Kindness is one trait every individual desires to be treated with by others. It is , after all, the state of warm welcoming that helps us assimilate in a society. Besides, no one likes the feeling of getting rejected by a particular group based on their different backgrounds, culture, physique and/or experiences. The only way that perhaps heels this rejection ,due to the difference's in an individual, are the acts of when an another individual presents and treats others with their acts of benevolence. This act then also sheds a new light on an other individual's perspective, and gives them the knowledge to assert what they think is right for them to obtain their objectives. In the short story " The Glass Roses" by Alden Nowlan, the protagonist …show more content…
Even the slightest bit of cold would freeze him , and the "wind howling" would make him feel scared and lonely in this community. He sees himself, in his father's "cold grey eyes," as a one big disappointment. In addition, the more he saw the easy strength in the "ox-like shoulders", the more he worked himself into exhaustion ,and "the more certain he was that he could never become a man." Despite all his effort to fit in the lumberjack crew, he had had come to the conclusion that this job was never meant for him and the axe only made him " feel stupid and ridiculous.", but when his father used the axe it were as if "the blade grew out of his arm." He thinks he is nothing close towards being a man or at least that is what he reckons. It wasn't until later when Stephen started to socialize and exchange information with Leka, a person who had been …show more content…
It is through Leka's story and acts of kindness that truly entranced to entice his mind and give him a new way towards approaching the definition of "vitality." After all, it is by all means Leka's strength that, despite all the jeering, insolence and acridity centered on his weakness and difference shown by the men in the bunk, he still stands imprudent to believe in his own mindsets and ideology; He is not afraid to