Allies

The saying “opposites attract” was mainly introduced to describe the attractive nature of magnets. However, it can be used to describe ways humans interact. It is no secret that not all the 6 billion people on this Earth will end up becoming allies, much less friends. Yet, there are two reasons why people from different interests and back ground can become civil allies. The first is if one person has something that the other desires. For example, say my father is the owner is the most exclusive nightclub in Los Angeles and there is a girl who I do not particularly that needs to find an affordable and adequate place to host her mother’s wedding. I know that my father can lower the otherwise extravagant price for renting his nightclub if the person is a friend of mine. I also know that this girl’s mother is an admission’s representative at the college I would love to attend. Therefore, since I need to attend that college and the girl needs an affordable wedding venue, we can put our differences aside to help each other. The other reason is mere survival. Sometimes we need to put aside our differences in order to survive in rather hostile environments. For example, during World War II, the Jewish community was being persecuted by Hitler’s Regime however many different ethnic groups including non-native Germans also faced persecution. It would have been extremely difficult for a Jewish family to survive on their own in comparison to a Jewish family who teamed up with a German family. The Jews had every reason to dislike the Germans during the war, yet both sides knew their chance of survival-however small it may be- would increase if the learned to coexist with each other and become allies.