Do you think these words mean the same thing? Well, if you said yes you're not completely wrong, but you're definitely not completely right. Sympathy is the FEELING of pity or sorrow for someone else's misfortune. Empathy is the UNDERSTANDING another person's condition. An example of sympathy is me feeling bad for Becky because she is sad about losing her aunt, but I don't have an aunt so I can't relate to this. An example of empathy is me understanding what Becky is going through because her boyfriend broke up with her, and I totally had my heart broken in third grade. Both empathy and sympathy may or may not have something to do with a shared experience, but sympathy is about having feelings towards the subject while empathy is thinking about and understanding the subject. Empathy is a very important tool for historians. It is essential for historians to understand people of the past's conditions from their own perspective. Hopefully you guys can realize the differences between sympathy and empathy now.
Hope you've had a historic time reading......... Crosby
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