Should people take more responsibility for solving problems that affect the their communities or the nation in general?
It is crucial that people stand up and take responsibility for the problems affecting their community. The ideal way to start change in your community is to start alone and inspire others to take responsibilities for their problems. Throughout literature and the real life events examples have proved that taking responsibilities on your own has resulted in a better outcome, a better community and nation.
From literature the example of the show “Arrow” demonstrates how an individual took on his responsibility and helped bring about a better nation. In Arrow, main character Oliver Queen decides to use his martial arts and combat skills to fight crime in Starling City He doesn’t sit around and air for a larger body to come and solve the problem. Oliver dresses as a guy in a green hood and start calling himself the ‘Arrow’. He goes around the city stopping stop crime and bring criminals of horrendous crimes to justice. As a result of Oliver’s actions, the over all crime rate in Starling city fell drastically. People in other cities decided to take on crime on their own and in the end, a safer and more peaceful nation emerged.
In real life too, taking on one’s own responsibility turned out to be beneficial to the community and eventually to the whole nation. Professor Stuart Harper at the Denmark Institute of Medical Sciences was working on a medical Marijuana product, but the country’s strict laws prevented the use of such product. As a result a lot of diseases that were capable of being treated with medical Marijuana were left untreated. Professor Stuart knew he had to take a stand, so he decided to test the product on his own daughter. During the treatment, news spread about Professor Stuart’s experiment and he was soon jailed for breaking the law. Eventually, his daughter recovered and the community saw how medical Marijuana helped treat the illness. Because of Professor Stuart’s decisions, the government allowed the use of the product and a lot of diseases were stopped from spreading, resulting in a better, healthier nation.
Examples of Arrow and Professor Stuart prove how taking responsibility for solving problems in your community can be futile and result in a better nation all together.