Morality By Tim O Brien: An Analysis

What they carried themselves with dignity, poise, and a kind of moral; a moral that has been tainted throughout life going against their own ideals of what is right and acceptable. For if a person’s life continuously seems to be filled with morals, without a moral less action, do not believe them. ‘Morals’ is defined as a person’s standard of behaviors or beliefs of what is and what is not acceptable for them to do. Whether in a situation of which a person’s life is in jeopardy, the way they were raised, hardships, or just the person’s origin, people’s “standard of behaviors” change from person to person.
Being a research on human emotions, I looked into what exactly affects and determines a person’s morals. As a young adult, I once thought
I also realized how much age has an effect on morals and how maturity and morals are intertwined. Such as Gogol when he was young he fit in with the morals of his age because of the guidance from his parents. When Gogol was a teenager his morals were significantly low, drinking, smoking weed, and going against his family’s wishes changing his name to Nikhil. I researched found this story to be prevalent in almost all of character’s growing up. Although Tim O’Brien wanted to run away to Canada, he comes to the realization that he cannot run from the war, he envisioned his friends, family, and strangers all yelling at him calling him a coward. Knowing that he would not fit in with the people he cared most for, he followed through and went to war. This is very mature of O’Brien, following through with the draft notice even though his life will be on the line. There was two exception to this case was Oscar Wao and Troy. Where he never fit in with this “standard of behavior.” Dominican males have the stereotype of charming all the women, being a Dominican Oscar breaks the stereotype. He fails greatly when attempting to be with a woman. Not only that Oscar is a nerd, that can only think about sex, and attempts suicide. Troy fit in with the standard of behavior when he was young, being dedicated to his wife, and having a family. Although he used to be a robber at a young age, he did so for good reason, to feed his family and child since he could not get a job which shows that he has some morals. But after eighteen years of marriage, owning a house, and having a job; he cheats on his wife, beats his son, kicks his son out of the house, has a child with another woman, and is a drunk. This shows how low his morals are even though he grew over time. This does break my theory on how the older you are the stronger your morals. This does help proves my theory on how everyone’s definition of morals are