In my personal opinion, I think it is okay if one tattles on someone else if it is hurting society or someone else. Here is one example that many teenage girls deal with. There friend confesses to them that they're anorexic, but makes you SWEAR not to tell anyone or else your friendship will end. Although it could risk you friendship, if you tell someone about her problem, you will be saving her life. If someone has a secret that doesn't hurt society, someone, or something, then there is no reason why one should rat them out.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
On the Waterfront Post
In the film On the Waterfront, we find out about how characters feel about being tattle tales. The biggest example in the film is when Terry rats out his "friends" in the mob. The mob were a group of men who were very dangerous. Whenever they found out someone was going to stand up to them or tell their secrets, they would kill them in a very sneaky way. Terry was not afraid of them and realized that they were hurting society so much that it was worth it to tattle on them. In the end, the mob is very angry and Johnny Friendly, the leader of the mob, beats Terry to the point of death. Even though Terry got very hurt, he showed that if one has secrets that are hurting, or in this case killing, others, than it is better to tattle on them than to have society get more hurt. Who knows, if Terry wouldn't of stood up to the mob, so many more people could have gotten killed.
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You make some good points in your post. I liked your example. It was an example that we can relate to, rather than the example from the movie, since none of us have had to deal with the mob most likely.
You bring up an interesting point that I definatly agree with. The needs of society outweigh the needs of a few people. And, if something is dangerous then one isn't a tattler, but just concerned. Good job relating the movie to real life.
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