U8 The kindness of strangers
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The kindness of strangers
One summer, the author passed by a hitchhiker who had his thumb
out and held a gas can in his other hand in the desert. With the criminal
rate rising, “I don’t want to get involved” has become a national motto.
This experience set him thinking of a trip to find out whether people
could still rely on the kindness of strangers.
In author’s 37 ages, he set out a journey from coast to coast without
any money. In 6 weeks, he got 82 free rides and covered 4223 miles cross
14 states. During his trip, he found people were generally compassionate
and he was treated with kindness wherever he went. For instance, one day
in Nebraska two old ladies picked up him and told him she’d rather risk
her life than feel bad about passing a stranger on the side of the road. A
trucker picked up him though the trucker was once robbed at knifepoint
by a hitchhiker. And what he found most touching was the fact that
people all did it as a matter of course. In Jamestown, an executive
director invited him to spend the night in his house but they rarely
entertained strangers. And the director’s wife invited the author to talk to
her class about his trip. A patriotic tone ran through the talks he gave that
afternoon. And he regained faith in his country and realized that, in spite
of everything, you can still rely on the kindness of strangers.