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Stars and Scars
We all aim to reach for the stars. Everyone has their own "star" and most would do anything
to get what they want
Dreaming, working hard and trying to achieve slowly morph into something different. Competition
and pressure are enough to turn a well-mannered lady into a rabid dog or a predator, looking
for prey. Instead of working hard, we do selfish things to get what we want. For instance,
an honor student would cheat on a test she did not review for. Our tendency is to do
something immoral before thinking about it. When we're caught, we feel guilt. We say "I
wish I hadn't done that" or "I regret my actions." Yet, I have never heard the simple word that
is sympathy exit a guilty man's lips. We regret and we feel blameworthy, but it is rare for
the predator to feel sympathy for its prey. We are murderers. We only feel guilt. We do
not think about the victim's family, friends, and dreams. We forget about the person's own
stars and how we might have possibly sabotaged them. We only think about ourselves, our own
stars, the verdict given to us when we are caught, the punishments we will receive, but
never about the victims. We are ruthless murderers of dreams. We are selfish machines.
Ace's father was no exception to this. He only focused on the betrayal and pain he felt.
Driven by his wrath and jealousy, he did not think about the impact of his action in Ace's
life. He killed his own wife, who betrayed him and cheated on him. He also committed
suicide, leaving Ace a lonely orphan. This selfish decision changed eleven year old Ace
Smith's life. She was made to live with Francoer and his wife, who would both beat her and
scold her. The abuse and pain drove Ace insane. She developed a multi-personality disorder
called Schizophrenia, and could possibly live with it her entire life. The question here
is: Did Ace's father think that this would happen to Ace? The harsh answer is: he did
not. He only thought about getting his revenge on his cheating wife. He never even thought
about Ace's feelings, her future, and about how she would cope without having any parents
to guide her. Ace was the victim in our story. Her life was diminished by her father's feeling
of betrayal or his wrath. Although, Ace's father is not the only one at fault here.
We also see another selfish act, an act that started it all. Ace's mother dearest had a
"star". She wanted to feel loved. She wasn't content with a rich, loving husband and a
daughter like Ace. She needed more, so she pursued another man. While cheating on her
husband, she did not think about her family. She only thought about herself; this act of
selfishness was the one that started it all. You see, a single decision of selfishness
is like a single thread of spiderweb. You start off with a thread that isn't harmful
and is barely visible, then another thread follows. Before you know it, your single thread
turned into a humongous spiderweb, that traps more and more victims. Your decision has become
the centre of a chain of a thousand decisions and unfortunate events. Our bad decisions
turn us into spiders, dancing in the centre of the web, ready to trap the weak pariahs
or victims.
In the real world, we can see a lot of spiderwebs and victims. Sometimes we, ourselves, are
the ones that start these webs. Like Ace's mother and father, we also make bad decisions.
Although, it is safe to say that nearly all of us have been victims like Ace. Though,
our victimization should not cause us to make spiderwebs of our. We should make decisions
that start constellations of good deeds and positivity, instead of spiderwebs of evil
and victims. So, that when we meet the inevitable time of death, we will not leave the world
with spiderwebs and scars. We should leave the world with stars. We should make the world
shine brighter than the Sirius star.