Review of Literature Character Education All societies in the world have benchmarks for what it means to be a good citizen. Moral behavior and doing the right thing is not just a Christian principle, it is the cornerstone for most societies on the planet. “Character is an acquired human quality derived from learned practices that achieve intrinsic outcomes, devoid of external rewards (Marshall with Caldwell & Foster, 2011). Being of good character requires doing the right thing, even when no one is looking and without be rewarded. There is no society that rewards laziness. Treating people with respect and dignity is an idea that dates back long before the birth of Jesus Christ. “The word character comes from a Greek word, which means to engrave” (Wilhelm with Firmin, 2008). When something is engraved the cut is difficult to fill. When one has positive character traits engraved in their personality, they are prepared to contribute to society. Citizens need to be responsible because without responsibility and accountability all societies will be in a constant state of chaos. Without loyalty people do not have a framework of living a life that is bigger than oneself. Stories of the importance of telling the truth are told in virtually every language on the planet. If people did not possess courage, no one would take risks for fear of failure. For every invention that has changed the world, there were countless failures before the inventor found success. Being
Having an older sibling is rough already, but having a brother that you have to worry about him breaking in and stealing valuables of your own, that's tough and the main character Gordie Jessup has to deal with the betrayal of his older brother, Chase Jessup everyday throughout Katherine Holubitskys’s novel “Tweaked”. Gordie’s efforts trying to fix his family are overwhelmed by Chase’s drug addiction and money debts he has with his dealers. There are many themes throughout the book.
Mark Smith's novel 'The Road to Winter' explores the behaviours of characters after their experiences of loss, and their ability to persevere whilst trying to continue to act to their own ethical principles. The protagonist of the novel, Finn, is one of the many who have lost their family and way of life to the deadly disease that has ravaged the world, yet has managed to survive without much external help and relative isolation. Whilst he has managed to keep his benevolent
1970. Choose a character from a novel or play of recognized literary merit and write an essay in which you (a) briefly describe the standards of the fictional society in which the character exists and (b) show how the character is affected by and responds to those standards. In your essay do not merely summarize the plot.
What are the most five important things that have happened to your character in his or her life so far?
“ His Expression remained the same- cynical, defiant, painful” (Gaines 84). Miss Emma did not think that Jefferson knew he was going to be put in the chair, which kind of furthers this whole idea that everyone has that’s he’s incompetent. Even his own aunt without realizing has degraded him. I think that maybe Jefferson can’t read or write but he’s a human who understands laws. At the beginning of the book I was feeding into the notion that he was mentally challenged, but I think now that he just grew up in the uneducated black stigma put on him by white people not letting black school have the same education. And so he knows he is going to die, he doesn’t fight he doesn’t resist he faces the unjust punishment with grace and is going o let
The two main characters in the novel “Three Day Road” by Joseph Boyden; Xavier Bird and Elijah Weesageechack, have many key differences that are illustrated throughout the novel. Xavier is reserved and visceral, while Elijah is self-assured and talkative. Xavier was raised by his Aunt Niska for the Majority of his childhood, opposed to how Elijah was raised in Moose Factory by nuns at a residential school. These factors hold an important responsibility on their personalities and the way that they think and make decisions. The three key differences between them that are paramount to the story and the themes of the novel are; firstly their respect for their Oji-Cree culture, secondly their respect and love for human life, and lastly their
In Edith Wharton’s The Other Two, Waythorn, a successful businessman, marries Alice Haskett, a cosmopolitan woman who has married twice before. Having just married Alice, Waythorn initially is ecstatic and excited about the prospect of creating a new, personal relationship with Alice, a woman he feels he understands and knows well. As the story progresses, Waythorn starts to realize that his relationship with Alice is not as clearly defined as he once thought, a revelation largely recognized because of Alice’s two ex-husbands: Varrick and Haskett. Hawthorne, who initially questioned their potentially disruptive role in Alice and his marriage, negates all of the initial doubts he had relating to them and their visits to his residence. However,
Grant Wiggins is very conflicted and confused about many aspects of his life when he comes back to his home town. Despite his reluctance, he is eventually forced to overcome his defeatist attitude and accept the sense of responsibility that Tante Lou and Miss Emma are trying to instill in him. Grant is also haunted by his past having grown up in a very racist small town which he could never find a way to deal with.
In the novel Between Shades of Gray, by Ruta Sepetys, a teenage girl named Lina Vilkas is thrust into the Holocaust by the unforgiving NKVD. This novel tells the tale of the little-known side of the Holocaust that took place in the Soviet Union and Baltics. The book follows Lina through long weeks in cattle cars, many months of fear in the camps, and near-starvation and death in Siberia. Throughout the novel, Sepetys expresses two main themes: wisdom can be gained by observing ignorance, and traumatic moments lead to strength.
Hartman, E. (2006). Can We Teach Character? An Aristotelian Answer. Academy of Management Learning & Education, 5(2006), 68-81.
According to Hartman, we cannot decide the job or solution for a person; we just help him or her to figure out the perception by him/herself, create good values while ensure the happiness (79). Teaching ethics class for business students is a good idea to help them imagine their future and decide a right path for themselves. Thousands students learn the same things but each of them will have different outcomes. In order to ensure the accuracy of the research, people need to implement the studies on different students based on their races, genders, and cultures. Those factors can affect differently on the same principle. In conclusion, no matter who we are, what we do, one of the most important things is being a virtual person. We have to make sure that everything we do; we are doing right even though no one is watching
Both Dade and Julian where fixated on proving themselves right and defending their beliefs about
Why is character important? Why is it important to be a person of good morals, ethics, and character? Can that make you more productive in life, family, school, business, work, etc. ?
Teachers have a vital role and their tasks are many in the classroom, they must be an educator, and a manager of children’s disruptive behavior regardless of their best efforts teachers detect students constantly becoming off task or showing disruptive behavior; such as calling out across the room, arguing, noncompliance, tantrums (Perle, 2016). To combat disruptive behavior researchers have noted that character education is a unit of the child’s growth, which marks the child’s tendencies and dimensions to be in control, and allows them to have moral and self-management (Lapsley and Yeager, 2013). There has been a revival of character education, placing a strong emphasis on the teachings of moral qualities, and has been a wide spread instructional trend the past decade. Character education is one way some schools in a variety of communities are trying to improve these behaviors (Davis, 2007). In addition, a well-known body of research discoveries purports that children living in impoverished areas have a more advanced risk of developing a diversity of social, demonstrative, and behavioral problems (Armstrong, 2009; Eamon, 2001) With the aim of developing character virtues demonstrating virtues such as compassion, bravery and thankfulness in youth are being properly adopted into school curricula in several countries (Olof Franck. 2017). Teachers and parents are of great concern for children’s moral virtues (Lapsley and Yeager, 2013).
Many of the values stated from the bible regarding on how to be a “good” Christian reflects citizenship as well. The best example of these values is written in the book of Titus, it’s a great illustration on how Christianity reflects good citizenship, and what the term “good citizen” entails: