Friendly Persuation Moral Issues
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In the movie, Friendly Persuasion, the Birdwells are a family of Quavers. Being Quavers, the Birdwells don't believe in violence or fighting, and they don't listen to music, they are very peaceful. Unfortunately, at this time in the family's life, the Civil war was happening and it threatened to take over their farm. The war and other things gave the Birdwells some difficult choices to make and where they had to put their morals in to play. This essay will explain a few of those decisions.
One choice was made by Josh's friend, Caleb. At the Carnival Caleb was asked to wrestle with a professional to win some money. The excitement and energy of the carnival got to his head, and against his beliefs, he chose to wrestle. However, half way through and to the disappointment of the crowd, he remembered his values and stopped. I don't believe that Caleb chose correctly...