Humanity

Humanity is a very broad word without a substantial meaning. The dictionary definition is "the quality of being humane; kindness; benevolence", but it may take on many different meanings and conceptions throughout different environments and different people. For example, a farmer may see humanity to have much simpler aspects and requirements, and still be satisfied, while a prisoner of war caught in a concentration camp may find humanity to be parallel to survival. I also believe that humanity means treating others in a humane way. The way that John James was tortured was extremely crude and cruel. It was something that I couldn't imagine **anyone** could do. I conclude that the person in charge had not achieved humanity. If I were to define humanity, It would be "to be in a civilized community in which troublemakers are humanely disciplined as necessary. Trying to achieve humanity alone is like trying to fly. It can't be done. To achieve humanity, one must be in a community in which he/she can interact and communicate with others, Otherwise it wouldn't be called the human **race, **and rather just be the human, or the person, because a race must consist of a great multitude of a species with a sufficient amount of history. Like in Chris Abani's story of the people who would create their own god, and then they would destroy it if the people came to a consensus that the god they created became unruly. The people had at least a sense of coexistence, if not a crude one. However, the world isn't perfect and neither are human beings, so to achieve humanity doesn't mean to achieve perfection, because to have faults is to be human. 15/18 @http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQlWWp48CWP99YJ0__3Wmcbj6nuzXUqVoRwpdTU8kwjh-mvBI2sDg
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