Matt+L.+If+not+you+then+who?


 * Argument**: We should help others because if you don’t then who will? We get the perception “oh somebody else ‍will take care of it.” But if everyone has this mindset then no one will help.
 * Source**: "ImageShack." //ImageShack//. Web. 07 May 2012. [].


 * ‍‍‍‍‍‍This picture clearly supports my argument that when everybody has the mindset that someone else will take care of it, the person in need never even gets ‍ acknowledged or the help they need. Also it shows that we should pay that much more attention and help others in need. The author created this piece because he knows that the bystander effect is a big problem and is not properly addressed. He wants the problem to be known and make sure it starts to be fixed. This piece was influenced by the bystander effect. That everybody gets the mindset there is hundreds of people that have and will walk by and see the problem and fix it so why should you? It also wants to address the problem and wean people away from it. Ethos: This photo had a personal story with it that talked about seeing people walk right by those who need help. It also talked about that one person who made the difference and helped. Pathos: It makes you both angry and sad to know that someone who truly needs help is being ignored. What if it were you in that time of need? Logos: It makes sense because clearly shown one of the men say “I’m sure someone else will take care of it.” This shows that people get the mindset that someone else will always handle it and fix the problems. ‍‍‍ ‍‍ ‍

Why bother? Someone else will take care of it…: By Kalpana Aroda Last year... but really not so long ago, just a month back... we spent a glorious weekend with friends in Angels Camp and then decided to surprise mom and dad and went straight to LA from Angels Camp to spend a holiday week with them. By the time we reached LA, it was late in the night, when we rang the bell my husband’s mom came to the door and peeked through the glass window to see who came at such a late hour to visit them. When she saw us on the door, she could not believe her eyes, she opened the door and hugged us and first thing she asked is don’t you have key to the home? Anyways we had planned to spend our New Years eve with them and our plans were going well. We were having a good family time, making puzzles, going shopping, exploring tennis court, small trails that go around the house where my husband grew. On one of the afternoons, there was a family gathering and I got to meet a lot of uncles and Aunties and their kids and grand kids and we had a gala time eating Indian food (puri, chhole, dhoklas, Raita etc) and doing art work with kids… One of the Aunties found out about our plan to drive back home on Jan 1st. They were thinking of visiting some of their relatives in Fresno which would have been kind of in our way if we took a different route coming back home. So we offered them a ride. So on January 1st we started to drive back home with car full of loads of things packed for us to bring back home from mom and dad and we had Uncle and Aunty with us for first four hours of our journey. We were having a gala time talking about how they used to meet when kids were young to all the recent travels they did and we were comparing notes on what all we have seen etc. The ride home was going smooth until we suddenly saw traffic slowing down. Our GPS had not given any warning and we were kind of surprised and were anticipating an accident. So here we were now at a speed of 10 miles/hour from 65 miles/hour. As we were chugging around, to our biggest surprise we witnessed the reason for the slowdown which I had never seen before. On the right side of the freeway over the shoulder, we spotted a man pushing car backwards and hitting the windshield and side windows frantically. He looked so mad; every car was slowing down and observing this on that four lane freeway. All five of us in our car were just at a loss for words and could not believe that we were seeing something like this on the side of a freeway. After a few seconds when we could speak, all of just started saying to each other, what was going on? Did you see how that woman inside the car? The guy has damaged the car already; we hope the woman is safe. And then one of us and I don’t remember which one said I hope someone called 911. To that all of us just agreed, someone would definitely have called, so many people are observing this. The traffic slow down was gone and our car picked up the speed again. After a few minutes another comment came inside our car, what if no one called? Ladies sitting in the behind seat said, let’s just call 911 ourselves and ask if someone has complained about what we saw? Uncle sitting in the front seat called 911 and explained our location where we saw the scene and asked did anyone call for this? To our surprise he got the answer that no one did so far. After uncle finished his conversation, we all felt such a relief that we made this call. We may have helped someone that day.

The truth is we did not know what was going on between that man and the woman, we did not have any idea who was at fault, but what we saw during our 30 second view of the scene was that there was a woman who had locked herself in the car, a man was pushing the car and banging on the car front mirror and side windows and it looked intense. Our assumption of someone else would help was invalid. It left me thinking, how often we like to believe someone else will take care of the situation while no one is really taking care of it.


 * This piece supports my argument because it says right in it that several cars drove by the scene and chose not to intervene. It also mentions them not wanting to call because they thought surely several people had reported it when really no one did. The authors purpose was to show that choosing to act and help those in need pays off because everyone is likely thinking like you that several people would have already offered to help but haven’t. This was influenced because the author felt this disturbing and wrong that so many people can recognize there is a pertinent problem and still choose not to do anything about it. Ethos: Gave several dates and times along with police report call. Also, she told a lot of details that would be hard to make up. Pathos: It talks about how scared the woman in the car looked and how angry the man was. Also it brings out anger to the readers that nobody on the road chose to call in the distress. Logos: Gives reasons why you should be the one to act and reach out to help others. Also gives examples of what good things come from the act of helping and how good it makes you feel.


 * Source**: "Our Mission." //WorldWeDream//. Web. 07 May 2012. .