The Theme Of Responsibility In Avi's 'Nothing But The Truth'

During the play, most of the characters use the word responsibility at one point or another and each member of the family has a different attitude to their responsibility towards social issues and Eva Smith. The inspector can see that the Birling family dislike the working class and their society as they see themselves as better off and higher than them in society.

Parenting played a big role in shaping the two boys lives. Having a parental mentor is important because they assist and guide children to take the right decisions about their lives. The author had his two parents at the beginning of his life. Also, the author’s parents, especially his mother, tried to raise him in an effective way wanting him to know the right from wrong at an early age. “No mommy loves you, like I love you, she just wants you to do the right thing” (Moore 11). This quote was a live example of the author’s life with his parents. It reflected the different ways his parents used to teach him “the right thing.” Though his mother was upset from his action toward his sister, his father

Imagine losing a job you have had for 20 years all because of a ninth grade student who was creating a disturbance in your class and told a bunch of lies. In the book, Nothing but the Truth, Philip Malloy is a ninth grade student at Harrison High School. During morning announcements the national anthem is played and Philip hummed along with it even though they are supposed to stand in a respectful silence. After he did it the second and third times he was sent to the office by his homeroom teacher, Miss Narwin, and suspended for causing a disturbance. When he told reporters what happened the word got out quickly. In the end miss Narwin got fired in an attempt to save the school budget and Philip moved to a new school. Philip Malloy is to blame

In one instance, the speaker claims the students “sweat the final in the park”, read “disorganized essays”, and when the bell rings everyone “zigzags” in the streets. Although it is humorous how he mocks the students’ tendencies, Collins belittles his students, thus leading the audience to conclude that Collins’ has a negative portrayal of his students. Similarly, Collins’ diction is specifically chosen to criticize his one failure of a student who “brushes her hair like a machine”, implying she has no emotion. Collins even mocks the students who enjoyed creative writing, for their interest in school did not assist them to find a purpose in life and have resulted to playing the “lute”.

The students all took a practice test and only thirty-three percent of the students have passed and the states minimum average is seventy-five percent. Throughout the school year, the students work effortlessly with Mr. Clark along with their school teachers prepare for the real test. Mr. Clark’s crazy and wild antics start to get to the students and they begin to respect him even more for it. They begin to see that he is only doing this with all of their best interests in mind. One of the students who was expelled’s mother complained about the way Mr. Clark ran things at his school and got the mayor involved. After Mr. Clark is found with the chains on the door, which is illegal and a fire safety hazard, and was arrested. All of the students came down to the Board of Education in Paterson and basically protested and ranted on how they wanted Mr. Clark to be released and return to his duties as principal. Eastside High’s assistant principal Mrs. Barrett claims that Mr. Clark was not the right choice to serve as principal of Eastside. But the students all say in rebuttal how Mr. Clark cares for them like no other and how he has done so much good for them that they will not accept anyone besides Mr. Clark. Soon after, Mr. Clark was released and good news was received. More than enough students

“What is the age of responsibility?” said Alan Greenblatt in his article “The Age of Responsibility.” Clearly what can be seen according to one of his lines “In America, ‘adulthood’ already has its familiar compass points, 18 and 21” (Greenblatt Par. 6) that the controversy between the milestone of adulthood and what age it should be is blatantly present in society. When Alan Greenblatt explained “...what if that age--the point when citizens are responsible enough to earn all rights [...] bear no resemblance to the ages already enshrined in law” (Par. 6) obviously what can be seen is that even though adulthood is marked between age eighteen and twenty-one, that doesn’t mean they’re responsible enough to handle them. Several factors apply to marking the milestone of adulthood, such as rites, rights, responsibilities, and overall: the age of responsibility.

The PTA meeting was coming up so Charles became an excellent student. He assisted the teacher pass put crayons and became a favorable helper to his teacher. Charles knew if he acted amiable before the meeting his name would not be mentioned by his teacher to his mother. On the other hand, he “said the evil word himself” (349). He still continued his unacceptable behavior and had a girl in his class’ mouth was cleansed with soap for saying the same bad word. Charles was a disruptive child that was smart enough to avoid being caught at the PTA meeting.

Phil changes after convincing Rita that he is reliving the same day and she tells him to make the most of it. He starts allowing reason and character to weigh in on his appetites, thus following the path to Ultimate Happiness. By listening to these sides of his soul, Phil begins to show both Moral and Intellectual virtues. His moral virtue increases as he begins helping the townspeople including: a boy falling from a tree, old ladies with a flat tire, a homeless man, and a man who is choking. Intellectually, Phil pursues the piano and masters French along with French poetry, allowing him to prosper in a rational sense. All of these examples show how Phil begins to live a virtuous

“Doubt can be a bond as powerful and sustaining as certainty.” Based upon a few indirect details and various intuition, the ultra-strict, Sister Aloysius Beauvier believes that one of the priests, Father Flynn, at the St. Nicholas Catholic Church and School has been molesting a twelve-year-old boy named Donald Muller, the school 's only African American student. To help her, Sister Aloysius recruits a young and naive nun, Sister James, to assist her in monitoring the suspicious yet charismatic Father Flynn. She also addresses her concerns to Donald 's mother, who surprisingly is not horrified or even shocked by the allegations. She is more concerned about her son getting through high school and avoiding a beating from his dad instead of what her son is going through at school. Close to the ending of the play

Since of Philip Malloy's suspension, he was suspended for disturbance not for showing his patriotism. Miss Narwin stated, "During the playing of the National Anthem he sang. Loudly. With no respect." Accordingly, Philip was singing with no respect and loudly just to impress his "crush" Allison.

In between the middle and the end of the novel, Phillip was very angry and unsure about everything he had to do while being blind. Once Timothy passed, he realized why Timothy didn’t let him have it easy. An example is “At first I was angry at Timothy. I said to Stew Cat ‘ Why did he leave us here?” then it also says, “I buried Timothy, placing stones at the head of the grave to mark it.”

Gaines puts in little sentences like that, little hints, that clue us in on how closed off Phillip was and how bad he made himself. Even if you don’t think someone will understand or can help, in his case especially, just talking it out with someone you care about can help. This finally becomes true in the end, after Phillip finds out that Robert X, or really Etienne, Phillip learns later, committed suicide before Phillip got the chance to make things right with him. Phillip argues that all he wanted to do was see his son and talk to his son and be a father to his son but never got the chance to. Phillip got so caught up in trying to be the best Reverend he could be so he could block out his former life, he forgot to be a father to his own children, of which there were 3.

In James’ case he knew that if he worked hard at school he could gain his fathers approval. However it seemed that he was in the shadow of his brother, who was also under the same pressure. He had turned to cheating to get better marks to avoid his father’s disapproval. James’ own sense of right and wrong were being clouded by his loyalty to- and competition with his brother, also his need for approval from his father and his sense of duty to protect his frail mother by “not

In the Namesake written by Jhumpa Lahiri, America is often referred to as the land of opportunity despite how foreign immigrants are still being treated as second class citizens such as an outcast. Throughout the novel The Namesake the parents of Gogol, Ashoke Ganguli and Ashima Ganguli brought their family to America to find their opportunity despite their strong beliefs in their Bengali culture. Going against their Bengali belief, Ashok and Ashima settled in america with their baby boy Gogol and their baby girl Sonia. Throughout the novel The Namesake Gogol has been struggling to find himself and make peace. Gradually throughout the story Gogol begins to wonder why his parents made the decision to come to america, Despite their strong Bengali beliefs to stay in india. Gogol’s crisis to finding himself slowly deteriorates when he finds himself come to peace with who he is. The author, Jhumpa Lahiri shows Gogol improving and developing as a mature character intellectually, socially, and emotionally despite all the hardships that Gogol had faced.

Today’s society, many people have health insurance through the company where they work. Depending on the company policy full -time workers receive a full coverage of health insurance. On the other hand, those as part time receive half or nothing at all. The communication between the health provider and workers about health insurance sometimes ends with an enormous problem. Because what the company said to the beneficiary and the health providers’ policy are totally different. But having health insurance is very important because uninsured people receive slighter medical care. It is significant to have one because in life, no one concoct to get sick or hurt. It is not something that a person wants to happen. But the unexpected one can occur where people may come to face challenges that would constrain them to choose between life and death. In this case, infrequently, people act violently in order, to save their beloved when feeling helpless. Because of this issue of health care that people are facing every day that John Q’s movie is given to our analysis. The movie is a perfect example because it relates to our course materials such as moral, values and ethical issues, etcetera.