Redemption Is Better Than Revenge Persuasive Essay

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Everyone in this world has experienced some type of hatred towards something or someone. This would result in some form of revenge that would later inflict harm upon that person or thing, but the person who sought revenge against someone or something won’t come out unscathed. Taking revenge on someone or something would always result in some form of harm to either the person who is being sought after or to those around them. That’s where redemption comes into play. Redemption doesn’t give the user as much weighted responsibilities as there would when taking revenge upon someone and it would be most beneficial to the user without inflicting any harm to anyone. Redemption allows the user to be cured from their sins or evils that they’ve inflicted …show more content…

What I mean by this is that it’s better to take the redemption path than to seek revenge because although it is slow, it is much safer and easier to go through than to take the revenge path. For example, in the book “A Long Way Gone”, written by Ishmael Beah, Beah goes through rehabilitation for several months but successfully was able to relieve himself from his past life as a child soldier and was able to gain his humanity back. Even though Ishmael Beah had to spend several months in a rehabilitation center, he was able to return back to normal than to take revenge on the rebels who killed his friends and families. But on the other hand, people can manage to take the revenge path and end up in the finish line without failing. The chances of this happening are slim to none because if you rush life, you’d run into some devastating results that would leave the user to harming themselves. Therefore Seeking redemption is a safer and better road but a slower ride than seeking revenge which is a bumpier road but a faster ride with higher chances to come across failure than