The Misfit Definition Of A Good Person Essay

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himself knew he was not many people's definition of good and he was okay with that. The Misfit even said that his parents were good people and he meant that, when the grandmother said The Misfit were good people she did not mean it. Her definition of a good person was for that person to be perfect and that is something that the grandmother proved herself to be far from. The moral of this essay, is simply that morals play a vital role when it comes to the judgement of others. Down to the endless amounts of research and stories, it is evident that people determine things based off of morals. If you live an honest life, you are deemed as an honest man, just as if you live a vegan lifestyle you are deemed as a vegan man. You would eat like this because you believe that it is morally wrong to consume anything that …show more content…
If one who considers himself to be vegan eats an animal, he can no longer deem himself as strictly a vegan. The grandmother considers herself to be a lady, but really what is it to even be a lady if not everyone agrees with her. What is it to be anything in this world if not everyone has the same outlook as you do on life and the things that it consists of. That is just it, everyone has their own judgement and own definition of what makes something a certain way. The key to coexisting is just understanding that not everyone is the same and you are entitled to feel differently, but don’t openly judge others because they don’t meet your standards, especially if you can not even meet your own. Throughout the story the author gives examples of two completely opposite characters which entail shows that there are no set type of morals for humans to live by, it is up to them to decide

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