How can such a little boy who had already suffered oppressive affliction remain pure in body and mind?The reason is the nature of goodness.I think it is the most important information implied in the novel by Dickens-he believed that goodness could conquer every difficulty.Although I don’t think goodness is omnipotent,yet I do believe that those who are kind-hearted live more happily than those who are evil-minded.
For me,the nature of goodness is one of the most necessary character for a person.Goodness is to humans what water is to fish.He who is without goodness is an utterly worthless person.On the contrary,as the famous saying goes,The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose’，he who is with goodness undoubtedly is a happy and useful person.People receiving his help are grateful to him and he also gets gratified from what he has done,and thus he can do good to both the people he has helped and himself.
To my disappointment,nowadays some people seem to doubt the existence of the goodness in humanity.They look down on people’s honesty and kindness,thinking it foolish of people to be warm-hearted.As a result,they show no sympathy to those who are in trouble and seldom offer to help others.On the other hand,they attach importance to money and benefit.In their opinion,money is the only real object while emotions and morality are nihility.If they cannot get profit from showing their‘kindness’，they draw back when others are faced with trouble and even hit a man when he is down.They are one of the sorts that I really detest.
Francis Bacon said in his essay,‘Goodness,of all virtues and dignities of the mind,is the greatest,being the character of the Deity,and without it,man is a busy,mischievous,wretched thing,no better than a kind of vermin.’
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