This week in class we watched the film On the Waterfront. The film goes along with our quarter two topic, which is ethical choices. Many characters make decisions based on ethics, and others do it for loyalty, even if it isn’t right. Terry, the main character, changes his mind about the things he believes in the movie. In the beginning, he believes that staying loyal to your friends (even though those men were not real friends), was more important than doing the right or ethical thing. But near the end of the movie, he realizes that doing the right thing is the most important thing to do. He stands up to the mob, even though is old friends consider him to be a traitor, or as some people call it, a “stool pigeon”.
I believe that what Terry did at the end of the movie was the right thing. Even though I think staying loyal to your friends is a good and honorable trait to have, in cases like the one in On the Waterfront, you must first think of what is best for the community. Sometimes doing so can get you into trouble with people who would want to keep things the way they are, but it is a risk you have to take in order to do what is best for society.
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I definatly agree with this post. At the end of the movie, Terry realized that he needed to do what society thought was right, instead of protecting his friends. "Stool pigeon" in my mind, doesn't apply unless it's a petty problem. But what Terry did was right, so he's really a hero.
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