My Moral Conviction In Jeannette Walls’ novel Half Broke Horses, Lily is the main character. She is an independent, strong-willed woman. She is stubborn, uncompromising, and is not afraid to stand up for what she believes in. Lily is a teacher and with her strong beliefs, it is hard for her to be governed. She believes in teaching the children actual life lessons they will learn from instead of reading the school books. She says that the books won’t teach the kids how to handle life situations, but with all her experience she believes she can. She teaches the kids the quote that she lives by “The most important thing in life is learning how to fall.” Even though Lily thought she was teaching the best thing for the kids, many parents did not like it and it causes Lily to be fired from many teaching jobs. Despite losing jobs, I applaud her moral conviction in this case.
Like Lily, I have struggled with a moral conviction with my best friend Alice’s mother, Mrs. Reddon, who smoked while pregnant. Alice lived right across the street from me, and we were practically sisters. We were always together and had a good time whenever we hung out. Mrs. Reddon began …show more content…
When I was eight-years old, my aunt became pregnant. She was a major chain-smoker and smoked throughout her entire pregnancy. All of the doctors warned her of the major risks that came with smoking during pregnancy, but her excuse was that her mother smoked during her pregnancy and she turned out just fine. My whole family was strongly against it, but my aunt had always had such a laidback personality; at times we thought it was too laidback. My aunt went into labor at six months, which was way too early for the baby and he wasn’t able to survive on his own yet. His lungs were not fully developed, so when he came out he was not breathing. He had to be revived and had to go into level 3 NICU. This was the beginning of a long journey for my
Like Lily, I have struggled with a moral conviction with my best friend Alice’s mother, Mrs. Reddon, who smoked while pregnant. Alice lived right across the street from me, and we were practically sisters. We were always together and had a good time whenever we hung out. Mrs. Reddon began …show more content…
When I was eight-years old, my aunt became pregnant. She was a major chain-smoker and smoked throughout her entire pregnancy. All of the doctors warned her of the major risks that came with smoking during pregnancy, but her excuse was that her mother smoked during her pregnancy and she turned out just fine. My whole family was strongly against it, but my aunt had always had such a laidback personality; at times we thought it was too laidback. My aunt went into labor at six months, which was way too early for the baby and he wasn’t able to survive on his own yet. His lungs were not fully developed, so when he came out he was not breathing. He had to be revived and had to go into level 3 NICU. This was the beginning of a long journey for my