Being honorable means doing whatever it takes to achieve the goal you have set. An honorable person does what they can and more to accomplish their goal. Atticus was honorable because he didn't let what people did or say get to him. He stands up for what he believes is right and he stood up for Tom Robinson even though he knew they would lose. He teaches his children everything he knows and they believe he is the most honorable person alive.
All of these things reveal the values that Chesterfield believes in and should be enforced in his son. In conclusion, in Lord Chesterfield's letter to his son, he employs the techniques of irony and contradiction, which gives way to plain intimidation, in order to enforce the values of obedience, success and education, and upholding a good family
Despite Jack and the other boys' recent inhumane nature, Ralph still considers joining forces with them because he is still responsible for them, and his focus is still on getting everyone rescued. This reasoning is crucial for leaders to be successful;
As the great American author Mario Puzo one said, “The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, lies in its loyalty to each other. ”This is saying that loyalty gives people the ability to work together and succeed in anything they set out to do. In The Odyssey, written by Homer and translated by Robert Fagles, they really learn the power on relying on one another and seeing why loyalty is so really important in life and so nothing can get in the way to succeed in life. And as the story is going through the journeys of Odysseus he learns different way to get all the tasks and challenges done and still try to find a way home to get back to his wife and his only child. Even though he does put his crew in some unpromising situations,
In the short story, “Powder” by Tobias Wolff, the roles of father and son are flipped. The father in the story doesn’t act as a typical father figure, but instead the son meets all of the requirements that a fatherly figure should have. Throughout the story, the father and son spend a lot time together, making up for all of their lost time together. Through bonding and talking with his father, the son realizes who he is compared to his father and his actions.
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You can see the tone change around the middle of the commercial. It goes from a happy and peppy theme to a dark reality of poverty and struggle. The tone change is queued with the line, “but… My Dad is a liar.” After this the viewer sees the moral dilemma that the commercial is trying to portray. After the tone change the commercial no longer focuses on all the things the father is giving the daughter but instead all of the things that the father is doing to give her those things.
Atticus always has a sense of doing what is right and tries to get Scout to do the same thing he does. Parents, whether good or bad, are the most important and influential persons in the kid’s life.
One of the first words children learn to say is “daddy.” This is one of the earliest signs that fathers play extremely large and important roles in their children’s lives. Part of the father’s role that can make or break the relationship with his child is the expression of fatherly love. Reuben Land of Peace like a River receives a constant stream of affection from his dad Jeremiah. In fact, the righteous Jeremiah Land is a near-perfect example of pure, fatherly love and even more so an example of God’s love for His children.
He has two children, who he loves, and teaches them moral lessons that will get them through life. It is reasonably accurate that Atticus did try to make a stand to defend Tom Robinson. Given that Atticus is defending Tom Robinson, it shows that it is in Atticus’s nature to help others. Atticus is a man who helps others, and has
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view […] until you climb into his skin and walk around in it. "This comes from a wise man by the name of Atticus. He teaches his kids lessons to get through life’s challenges. His kids, Scout and Jem, learned his lessons through many examples such as the Tom Robinson trial and seeing the innocence of Boo Radley. In this essay, we will talk about the theme on To Kill a Mockingbird which is “It is a sin to kill the innocent,” and we’ll show this by identifying the character development of Scout, motivation of Atticus, and how we can apply this to real life.
Because he is grounded in principles reflected in the Golden Rule, it also makes sense for Atticus to take a stand and defend Tom Robinson because he wishes to inculcate such virtues in his children, knowing that his actions will serve to be their apotheosis of an ethical person, both as their father and as a lawyer. Atticus knows that his actions will be Jem and Scout’s paragon of an ethical person, and although defending Tom coincides with his own moral beliefs, it also coincides with the example he wishes to set for his children. He wants them to understand the importance of taking a stand in a peaceful way, and wishes to instill these principles in them, knowing that their involvement in Tom Robinson’s court case will be the determinant
Weislogel 1 Ben Weislogel Mrs. Crays English 9/10 28 April 2017 Atticus, the most Moral of Maycomb In Harper Lee's classic novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, Atticus Finch is faced with moral dilemmas and deals with each with the utmost integrity. When Scout asks why Atticus is defending a colored man, he replies "For a number of reasons, the main one is, if I didn't, I couldn't hold up my head in town, I couldn't represent this country in the legislature, I couldn't even tell you or Jem not to do something again"(75). He believed that not doing what was right would forfeit any moral authority he has ever had. A good example of Atticus using moral authority to correct others is when Jem had mutilated Mrs. Dubose's flowers, Atticus forced Jem to visit her and apologize(104).
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view-until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” is a quote by Atticus Finch stated in To Kill A Mockingbird (Part 1, Chapter 3, Page 39). The person I have chosen to shadow is my father. I chose to shadow my father because he is a self-employed hard-worker. I wanted to see what it would be like to be in an independent business.