The person that I was influenced to become a better man is Martin Luther King.

When I was young, my father taught me that the poors are poor because they are lazy and unthoughtful. He said that I don’t have to be sorry for them or have any duty to help them. He was only interested in collecting money, not giving a hand for the poor. Naturally, I thought that the poors are not related with me and I don’t have to feel pity to them. But one day, I accidently watched an address that Martin Luther King made on TV. I was very shocked. Because his address was so emotional that everybody listening to him was speachless including me. After I watched him on TV,  my mind was changed. I started to think poor and isolated people like Black are not lazy anymore. They don’t want to be poor but the things around them made their way to be poor. They just have no chance to be rich or to live a better life. He already knew it very well. He knew that the Black people are same as White people and tried to make people realize that. Anyway, he was killed by someone who was opposite to him. But I think Matin left us a lot of lessons and made people like me change their mind. So lately, I joined an certain institution which is doing many activities for the poors. And owing to the website of that, I met a little girl named Awa from Senegal and I decided to help her constantly with a little money I own. Now, I feel so proud of myself and feel more respectful for Martin. I’ll keep doing my way, not my father’s way, to help other poor people around the world.