My Family Values

Loyalty should be considered a quality that is supposed to keep family ties together and use the shield of bravery to protect it. It is proven that devotion in families of today, are lost and bravery shows no character in a person. It is a personality that each individual has in them only to be used in the most courteous way and should not be used selfishly. Loyalty cannot be purchased and must be earned. If it used in the wrong way, it can climax to a disaster.

Loyalty is a concept, which can be seen in many point of views. Some people relate loyalty to love, friendships and family. Loyalty isn’t just loving someone, being kind and helpful, it’s being devoted to someone, when times get hard, appreciating them for what they’ve done for you, putting them before you; and no matter what you will always be there for them even at the hardest of times. For some people being loyal is harder at the hard times, some people let inhumanity take over man itself or people betray and sometimes for many different reasons like rumors going around school but sometimes for reasons you feel at first to be a good reason but in the end you just feel guilty like in the novel Night by Elie Wiesel; like the son of the Rabbi

In our society today, loyalty is a trait that is valued by many, despite its relative weakness compared to betrayal. This is because many will remember the times when they were betrayed, yet will only remember a handful of times

What exactly is loyalty? To me, it is your faithfulness to your commitments. You want people to trust you to do your part of whatever you may be doing. You don’t want to let them down. Loyalty is having people being able to depend on you. It is being honest and having trustworthiness. It is having integrity, being able to support others, and help them out. It is being a friend.

One example, is Dally is loyal to Johnny. Johnny was constantly abused at home and had nobody to love and care for him. However, Dally was the fatherly figure in Johnny's life and he always had his back. Also, when Ponyboy and Johnny came to Dally for help after he murdered Bob, Dally told them everything they needed to know and helped them throughout their journey. Along with that, during the fire at the church, Ponyboy and Johnny plunged into the flames to save the kids. They were all burning, thus Dally went into the fire, but he did not go for the kids, he went for Johnny. Dally needed Johnny. Most importantly, when Johnny dies, Dally is heartbroken and he decides to get himself shot. Dally did this because he could not live in a world without Johnny. They completed each other. Their loyalty was uncomparable and Dally got shot on purpose because he wanted to be with Johnny forever. Another example, is the loyalty between the relationship of Ponyboy and Sodapop. Soda was always loyal to Pony because Ponyboy went to Soda for everything. Such as, comfort and advice. That is a bond of loyalty between two brothers that will never be broken. GIVE

Loyalty can be viewed in many different forms. You can show different people loyalty in many kinds of helpful ways. Loyalty doesn’t have to be from one person to another. In the Odyssey, I felt there was a time when Odysseus was loyal to himself. In the epic, Odysseus stated on page 863, “I stormed that place and killed the men who fought plunder we took and we enslaved the women to make division equal shares to all”.

Who are your friends? Are you loyal to them as they are to you? Are you more loyal? Are you less? Are you sure?

As shown in The Odyssey by Homer and “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe, loyalty is a huge asset to the happiness of life because it makes family stronger and trust more dependable.

The definition of loyalty has been answered from the beginning to end of the book, House Of The Red Fish. One example would be Tomi, the main character, who would defend an item with all of his might even if it would cost him his life. One of the answers of loyalty in the book that informs the definition of loyalty is on page 15 & 157. According to House Of The Red Fish, it states, “Which was just exactly what Papa would have said if he’d been here.

Loyalty is the act of being faithful to one’s leader or party and keeping their commitments. In the Odyssey, loyalty is shown by Odysseus and his men as they make their long, treacherous journey home to Ithaca after the long battle of Troy. This story explains how showing loyalty to others is key in any relationship.

“You cannot buy loyalty; you cannot buy the devotion of hearts, minds, and souls. You have to earn these things.” Says Clarence Francis. Loyalty can be characterized as an everyday disposition to persevere in a fundamentally valued as an associational connection. It involves a potentially obligation to protect or at the slightest not to jeopardize the well-being of the loyalty.

One of the main example of loyalty is shown through Inigo life. After his beloved fathers’ live taken by the six finger man, Inigo makes a revenge to his father as first priority in his life, which he makes himself to learn a sword fight, travel all over hunting for six finger man. He even was offered wealth and power by Count Rugen, but Inigo told them what he wants more than anything is his father back. Another example is that Westley loyalty for Buttercup, as he was living in Buttercups family house, he worked hard, keeps clean and and does that was given by Buttercup as she wishes to be

Throughout our lifetime, us as people decide to admire different objects, ideas, and people due to what pleases their thoughts and actions. The infinite examples of things we could’ve valued could’ve been toys, friends, book, etc.. But then we began to mature and begin to come out of our little shells to discover new products, views of the world, and new ways to advance in our technology and therefore influencing what we value today. And as I matured in my lifetime, I established a novel value to my parents the greatest.

When many people think of loyalty they forget the fact that you can be loyal to yourself. I think the most important parts to staying loyal to self are staying true to self and doing what you believe is right. An example of this would be if you are getting peer pressured by your peers to smoke, there are several choices you can make. You can smoke just to gain popularity by that group of people and destroy your health or refuse and report to the counselor. A person who is loyal to self will obviously pick the second option by doing this they will stay true to self, do the right thing and stand up to peer pressure.

Loyalty is sticking with the people who have hurt you or lost your trust. It’s having