We are first introduced to Alex, most commonly known as Fish face. Alex was born 26 weeks prematurely and his parents were told that he could possibly not survive. Alex would get bullied by other people in class and even some high school kids on the bus. Alex gets punched, slapped, stabbed and called names just because he is different. Later on in the film we are introduced to Kelby, who is 16. Kelby is gay and just for that she is not accepted by anyone in her community. All of Kelby’s life she was brought up in a religious background. Being taught that same sex love is a sin. When her mother first asked her if she was gay, Kelby did not say yes, but burst out into tears. When the whole community found out her family was not welcome anywhere,
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He believed we had virtues such as humanness, rightness and courage/ goodness. Humanness could mean many different things such as perfect virtue, kindness, goodness, and human- heartedness (p.114). All of these meanings of humanness express an individual that is warm hearted and care for the well beings of others. Confucius would like for each individual to give each other their basic human rights. Rightness has to deal with the acts that the individual is committing (p.115). Confucius looks at the acts the person is doing and not more so the person themselves. This could mean that Confucius could view the person as a good person, but the actions they do are not right. Separating the acts from the person to try to get a better understanding of what the individual can do to change for the better. Confucius has a concept of a gentleman and the stigmas attached. Courage is one of them, this has to deal with either a physical or moral change (p.115). Goodness could be used in two different ways. The first way it could be describing something as good, for example music, questions, and sayings. The other way is describing the actions as good at doing something (p.115). Another key component of Confucius is understanding, this is awareness, knowledge, and appreciation of the world around us (p.115). These are just a few concepts used by Confucius and he would not agree with what the children are doing to each other. He believed that everyone should have some values instilled in them and should be able to live a good life helping one
He believed we had virtues such as humanness, rightness and courage/ goodness. Humanness could mean many different things such as perfect virtue, kindness, goodness, and human- heartedness (p.114). All of these meanings of humanness express an individual that is warm hearted and care for the well beings of others. Confucius would like for each individual to give each other their basic human rights. Rightness has to deal with the acts that the individual is committing (p.115). Confucius looks at the acts the person is doing and not more so the person themselves. This could mean that Confucius could view the person as a good person, but the actions they do are not right. Separating the acts from the person to try to get a better understanding of what the individual can do to change for the better. Confucius has a concept of a gentleman and the stigmas attached. Courage is one of them, this has to deal with either a physical or moral change (p.115). Goodness could be used in two different ways. The first way it could be describing something as good, for example music, questions, and sayings. The other way is describing the actions as good at doing something (p.115). Another key component of Confucius is understanding, this is awareness, knowledge, and appreciation of the world around us (p.115). These are just a few concepts used by Confucius and he would not agree with what the children are doing to each other. He believed that everyone should have some values instilled in them and should be able to live a good life helping one