Reflections on a Peer's Essay

I choose “Doing Acts of Charity” this essay for my reflection on a peer's essay, and the reason why I choose this essay because an act of charity this issue is very important and popular as well recently.

Firstly, in the beginning of the essay, there are two questions for the hook: “Have you ever thought of doing an act of charity? Or, have you ever done something good to help those in need?” The author points out the topic directly and using questions for an intro really attracted readers. And the following connection information is: “Nowadays, people become more indifferent, since they don’t really care about their neighborhood and the society.” I agree with the author. I think some of people live in this society nowadays are too selfish or maybe they just do not know how to care people, so they become indifferent. People who live in the twenty-one century seldom greet to our neighbors, it is really a bad phenomenon. The thesis statement here is: “Thus, it is important to figure out why people are unconcerned about the society and how we could do acts of charity.”

Secondly, in the body, the author points out that the media overly claim that doing charity is to donate a huge amount of money and contribute some great deeds. This is definitely a serious issue. People affected by media a lot, so I think be a celebrity or journalist should speak or report their own thought carefully. Because the wrong thought, people tend to be indifferent. To solve this problem, people ought to care more things around them.
On the other hand, “doing charity is one way to show our care about the society and the world; we ought not to measure the contribution in terms of its quantity.” this is the topic sentence and I agree with the author. I think if we fix up this kind of wrong thought, doing an act of charity is still a good way. On the bottom of this paragraph, the author said: “These behaviors don’t have to be great, but they give help to others in some way.” Through reading this sentence, we can find that the rhythm in it with great and way. I think this is an attracting way for the readers.

    The author describes an example for the paragraph which is about her experience. The author sponsors a child in her own way that she remits NTD700 per month to the organization and she will have an adopted child. I think this is the easiest way for a student to do an act of charity. The topic sentence of this paragraph is: “All in all, I not only do an act of charity, but also help a child to live his life and fulfill his dream.”

    Finally, the topic sentence of the conclusion is: “Doing acts of charity is one of the most important things that everyone should do in his or her lifetime because by helping others, we will have a more meaningful and happier life.” I think this conclusion is not that enough. Maybe we can add more in the end.

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