Summary Of Kenny Rogers Coward Of The County
Coward of the County
Kenny Rogers
Must you always fight to be a man? In the song Coward of the County by Kenny Rogers a young man lives by his father’s words of “you don't have to fight to be a man.” The first conflict of the story involves the young man’s father dying behind bars.
The young man’s father died in prison when he was 10 years old. Before he died he told his son that he does not need to fight to be a man. The young man was named Tommy, but folks just called him yellow. Tommy was called yellow because he never stood up for what he believed him, nor did he ever fight for anything. This paragraph demonstrates how by living by his father's words it makes him seem like a coward.
Tommy met a woman named Becky whom he fell in love with.
He always felt like a man in her arms without having to prove it. One day while he was working he heard her crying. Her dress was torn and she had a shattered look on her face; she had been raped by the Gatlin brothers. Tommy knew something had to be done. In this paragraph Tommy realizes he can’t just sit back and do nothing this time.
Tommy walks over to the picture of his father and puts it away. As he walked across the floor to lock the door his father's words were going through his head; “you don’t have to fight to be a man.” As all of the anger bottled up inside of him came out in those moments nobody left that room except for Tommy. Everyone considered him the coward of the county until he said “ sometimes you gotta fight when you're a man.” Tommy showed us we need to stand up for the things we care about.
“You don't have to fight to be a man.” Moral of the story is you need to stand up for what you believe in. Fight to be a man but don’t be a man that has a reputation for fighting. The young man fought for what he cared for, but that doesn't mean he was a fighting man.
Kenny Rogers
Must you always fight to be a man? In the song Coward of the County by Kenny Rogers a young man lives by his father’s words of “you don't have to fight to be a man.” The first conflict of the story involves the young man’s father dying behind bars.
The young man’s father died in prison when he was 10 years old. Before he died he told his son that he does not need to fight to be a man. The young man was named Tommy, but folks just called him yellow. Tommy was called yellow because he never stood up for what he believed him, nor did he ever fight for anything. This paragraph demonstrates how by living by his father's words it makes him seem like a coward.
Tommy met a woman named Becky whom he fell in love with.
He always felt like a man in her arms without having to prove it. One day while he was working he heard her crying. Her dress was torn and she had a shattered look on her face; she had been raped by the Gatlin brothers. Tommy knew something had to be done. In this paragraph Tommy realizes he can’t just sit back and do nothing this time.
Tommy walks over to the picture of his father and puts it away. As he walked across the floor to lock the door his father's words were going through his head; “you don’t have to fight to be a man.” As all of the anger bottled up inside of him came out in those moments nobody left that room except for Tommy. Everyone considered him the coward of the county until he said “ sometimes you gotta fight when you're a man.” Tommy showed us we need to stand up for the things we care about.
“You don't have to fight to be a man.” Moral of the story is you need to stand up for what you believe in. Fight to be a man but don’t be a man that has a reputation for fighting. The young man fought for what he cared for, but that doesn't mean he was a fighting man.