Throughout Johnson’s “The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit” (1956) we observe characters and situations which demonstrate integrity and virtue ethics. While we can agree in class we all try to be virtuous people who want to lead the good life, it cannot always be done. There are examples of people who do within the film which will be covered in this paper, but deeper conversation seems to focus around the main character and his choices throughout.
During Tom’s flashbacks to war, more specifically the fighting scenes, were really drawing a parallel with the sadhu cartoon. Going into war, I could not imagine the struggle of watching fellow men die next to you or even living with the grief that comes after. The main character is obviously traumatized …show more content…
If we were all on the frontlines do we pick up every dead body in respect? I don’t think anyone would be super critical about ethics in times of war. But the main reason why I bring up the Parable of the Sadhu, is because how character brought out. On the mountain we saw that the actions were justified and there was a lot of factors that led the travelers to leave the sadhu on the mountain, even in class we were very divided with only a handful justifying why we would. To quote the Sadhu article (McCoy, 1983) “Where, in your opinion is the limit of our responsibility in a situation like this?” This quote resonates with the film where time is not there, it is a do or die situation. If we were to dial everything up to a hypothetical war situation, we saw the main character carrying a corpse in a war zone. Even though the character was pushed to the mental limits, we still see a no man left behind mentality. Delirious in the situation, and despite not really seeing the true horrors, we see a character overcoming reason because of his character to save. If it were any of us, I do not know if I could have done that. Even though I would have carried the sadhu, I don’t know if I would have the mental strength, or physical strength to do that. I would probably be mentally broken at that point. McCoy (1983) mentions he still “felt guilty” about the circumstances of leaving the sadhu on the mountain. We could then say, at least Tom did not in his circumstance as he acted out of courage and willingness to save
During Tom’s flashbacks to war, more specifically the fighting scenes, were really drawing a parallel with the sadhu cartoon. Going into war, I could not imagine the struggle of watching fellow men die next to you or even living with the grief that comes after. The main character is obviously traumatized …show more content…
If we were all on the frontlines do we pick up every dead body in respect? I don’t think anyone would be super critical about ethics in times of war. But the main reason why I bring up the Parable of the Sadhu, is because how character brought out. On the mountain we saw that the actions were justified and there was a lot of factors that led the travelers to leave the sadhu on the mountain, even in class we were very divided with only a handful justifying why we would. To quote the Sadhu article (McCoy, 1983) “Where, in your opinion is the limit of our responsibility in a situation like this?” This quote resonates with the film where time is not there, it is a do or die situation. If we were to dial everything up to a hypothetical war situation, we saw the main character carrying a corpse in a war zone. Even though the character was pushed to the mental limits, we still see a no man left behind mentality. Delirious in the situation, and despite not really seeing the true horrors, we see a character overcoming reason because of his character to save. If it were any of us, I do not know if I could have done that. Even though I would have carried the sadhu, I don’t know if I would have the mental strength, or physical strength to do that. I would probably be mentally broken at that point. McCoy (1983) mentions he still “felt guilty” about the circumstances of leaving the sadhu on the mountain. We could then say, at least Tom did not in his circumstance as he acted out of courage and willingness to save