In a manner stray of morose, I often consider when humanity can truly be regarded as equal, comprised of individuals treated the same and humbled to be a member of the world rather a certain body of people. With only an eternal servitude to planet Earth, the existing social hierarchies and accepted norms of the do’s and dont’s diminish, and the principle of living is solely individualistic. As I was reading “The Children of Men,” it commented that death was the great equalizer, and that sincerely prevailed as I thought about all of our values and fundamental theories. We truly have made is so that every individual knows her place amongst others, whether that is through her profession, income, or identity. Rather than living for the sake of accomplishing personal aspirations, we are each subjected to a life according to an oppressive standard given. Yet then as humanity, we are severely hypocritical when someone of actual talent or interest dies because though they may have lived a life of solitude, void of all appreciation, their death suddenly symbolizes the passing of something much greater than a lifetime of triumphs. I think the comment of “the great equalizer” resonates as it is almost required of someone to be no longer living, for not a single of their previous allegiances to matter, since death is death-absolute. While we are living individuals carry their own biases and presumptions, whereas passing strips away such unjustified judgments and leaves every person as an equal. Imagine if we could value the people in our communities for their character while they were living, rather while gone. It should not be so that when a person is approaching their end that we finally forget the tangential issues, and regard their accomplished lives as noble. As humanity we should strive to adopt an equalizer through daily routine life, as the length given in this world per person is greatly limited and waiting until the end to notice the significance of others is a society wasting its potential.