Balance of Trust

Corey England

Ms. Parkinson

English IIIB

14 March 2016

Maintaining a Balance of Trust

Trust is that one force that unifies people together, as we often put a considerable amount of effort to prove to someone that you’re a trustworthy individual. Or trust can be a force that separates people apart, as some people have no interest in talking to one another from a lack of trust.

So I’m here to explore this topic and wonder, when is it dangerous to accept too much or too little trust from different social groups? For example, Lennie in the book Of Mice and Men meets a man named Crooks that is separated from the rest of the town and ramble to Crooks about owning their own place,””You think it’s a lie,’ Lennie said. “But it ain’t no lie. Ever’ word’s the truth, an’ you can ast George’” (Steinbeck 70). How can Lennie be so easily influenced to tell a secret he swore not to tell? It’s similar to when I’m working on a group project with others and we all divide the work and I have to hope that I’m not placing too much trust on individuals that I’m doubtful of to get the work done. When you’re uncertain, you never know what might happen.