Is killing someone worth saving your friend? If your friend stole something would you be loyal and help him or have justice and tell the police? Loyalty is a strong support or allegiance with a person or people. Justice is following the law. Loyalty is more important than having justice because you have to be loyal to your family, fighting for what you believe in and being loyal to your friends.
First, being loyal to your family . You should always be loyal to your family. In the article When Family Loyalty Becomes a Crime godmother Edelmira Anderson, was giving her godson $150 a week for 15 months. The text states “Anderson was generous to a fault... It was a crime.” it also states “her weekly stipend was going to support a vicious killer” This shows that Edelmira was being loyal to her godson by giving him the …show more content…
Some people say that justice is more important than loyalty because you should always follow the law but they are wrong because in the book The Outsiders Ponyboy is getting drowned by socs and then his friend Johnny killed a soc to save Ponyboy. The text states “I killed him, I killed that boy” ... “I had to they were drowning you Pony.” This shows Johnny was loyal to Ponyboy because he saved him by killing Bob, but he went against justice because he killed someone. Also the text states “They was gettin’ him for breakin’ out the school windows in the school building, and it was Two-Bit who did that. And Dally knew it. But he just took the sentence without battin’ an eye or denying it. That’s gallant¨ This shows Dally was being loyal to his friend two-bit by going to jail for a crime he did. The text also states “We’re goin’ back and turn ourselves in... It ain´t fair for Ponyboy to have to stay up in the church.” This shows Johnny was being loyal to his actions and was going to take the punishment and being loyal to Pony because he wouldn have to stay in the
First, being loyal to your family . You should always be loyal to your family. In the article When Family Loyalty Becomes a Crime godmother Edelmira Anderson, was giving her godson $150 a week for 15 months. The text states “Anderson was generous to a fault... It was a crime.” it also states “her weekly stipend was going to support a vicious killer” This shows that Edelmira was being loyal to her godson by giving him the …show more content…
Some people say that justice is more important than loyalty because you should always follow the law but they are wrong because in the book The Outsiders Ponyboy is getting drowned by socs and then his friend Johnny killed a soc to save Ponyboy. The text states “I killed him, I killed that boy” ... “I had to they were drowning you Pony.” This shows Johnny was loyal to Ponyboy because he saved him by killing Bob, but he went against justice because he killed someone. Also the text states “They was gettin’ him for breakin’ out the school windows in the school building, and it was Two-Bit who did that. And Dally knew it. But he just took the sentence without battin’ an eye or denying it. That’s gallant¨ This shows Dally was being loyal to his friend two-bit by going to jail for a crime he did. The text also states “We’re goin’ back and turn ourselves in... It ain´t fair for Ponyboy to have to stay up in the church.” This shows Johnny was being loyal to his actions and was going to take the punishment and being loyal to Pony because he wouldn have to stay in the