What makes us human? Over the past few years, there have been several articles debating about whether it’s our physical being, our complex minds, and even if it’s our unique intelligence and cooperation with fellow citizens. Although this may be true, the real reason for our particular nature is having the capacity to go through joy, sadness, anger, and extra sensations like these. Being human is the ability to show feelings towards others. To begin with, acquiring a fallible aspect is having good moral character towards those who need it most. In particular, actions that portray a righteous appearance put emphasis on our ethnological traits more than anything else. Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address is a great example of this. Back when it was written, slavery was the main issue occuring in the US. While some people viewed slavery as natural, others viewed it as a hateful treatment of people who didn't deserve it, a cruel, cold cloud of misery that slaves couldn't get out of no matter how hard they tried. By encouraging the nation to abolish this unnecessary practice, Lincoln saved millions of lives and…show more content… On page 152 of the book The Adoration of Jenna Fox, author Mary Pearson writes, “Every joint that wants to sweep me up the stairs. I concentrate on every word I have practiced since yesterday. Don’t go, Jenna. Don’t go. Don’t go.” In this scene, Jenna goes against her parents’ orders and decides not to go to her room. She does this not out of programming, but of her attitude about the situation. Even though she’s 90% Bio Gel and microchips, enough to be considered a computer, she resolves internal conflicts like a person made of flesh and bone. Consequently, this shows that emotions are the ignition to the car we drive down the highway of life, the coffee that pumps through our bloodstreams, filling our lungs with energy and making us feel whole, even when we don’t seem like
