Have you ever seen a book falling off on the floor and pretend that you didn’t see and didn’t pick it up? I wonder if it was because no one was watching you or because you thought you don’t get anything out of it by doing so. I like Daru in the story The Guest by Albert Camus because of the way he treated the Arab prisoner in a fair and equal manner. Even knowing what the authority wanted him to do and the fact that he was not going to get recognition, Daru chose to take care of the prisoner as one human being by giving the same food he eats and sleeping in the same room. Anyone can be or at least pretend to be nice to someone while others in presence because we all want to be seen as a good person. However, I believe true genuineness comes when one wants to help or be nice to people from his heart as human nature even knowing that he would not get any return. Getting recognition is not the point but doing good for others is also for one’s self as well. Even though no one recognizes his behavior, at least he himself knows it.
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