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Saturday, June 25, 2011

STEP BY WICKED STEP

MORAL VALUES

  •  Family is everything
This is the main message in all the five stories from Claudia, Ralph, Colin, Pixie and Robbo. Love is the factor that binds the family together but sometimes the family unit breaks down due to a lack of understanding between parents. Most of the time, children are not prepared for such a situation and this lands them in an awkward and painful situation. It is important to minimize the impact of divorce on children and to make sure they do not feel unwanted or unimportant. Parents must always try to keep the family together despite the breakdown in their relationship.
  • Patience is a virtue 
It is important to practice a lot of patience in difficult times. No parents would want a divorce if they can help it. Hence, everyone affected by a divorce must be patient and tolerant.  Richard Clayton Harwick does not show enough patience when he leaves his family because he cannot get along with his step father. As a result of his action, his mother dies of heartbreak and his sister blames him for being selfish and cruel. In Pixie’s story, she does not show much patience towards her step siblings. She refuses to share her bedroom with Hetty. She is also hard headed and argues intensely with her step mother.
  • We must learn to adapt to new situations 
Children from broken homes have no choice but to learn to adapt to new situations. This may be unfair to the children who seem to be the ‘victim’ of circumstances beyond their control. However, in the five stories told, we learn that adapting is better than resisting although it takes a lot of patience and effort on the children’s part. Claudia shows she is a rational and sensible child to accept her step mother. Ralph, who has three step mothers, gets along with all of them despite their different personalities.
  • Don’t give up hope 
Colin’s story is the saddest of all. He does not give up hope of one day finding Jack whom he accepts as his own father. He's saved up all of his money and plans to look for his dad when the time is right. Colin is a very determined person despite his young age. He knows what he wants. Robbo also hopes his sister Callie will accept their step father Roy. However, Callie resents Roy and decides to live with her real father in the end. 

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

There is a slight error in the point 'Don't give up hope', where it should Jack instead of Roy in the sentence : ''Colin does not give up hope...''

Mia9194 said...

thank you for pointing that out to me i didn't notice the slight error once again thank you ^_^

Anonymous said...

Must you really speak to her in such a rude language? Us humans makes mistakes all the time, and if you haven't noticed, the comments were from last year. Mind your manners.

Anonymous said...

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Annomyous said...

WHAT THE FXXK is this?? My school worst student can even write better OMG

Anonymous said...

Kau burak ape ni bodo.. X reti nk beterima kasih ke? cukup2 la.. Gi cermin dri sendri

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