The Andy Griffin Show 'Opie's Charity'

Have you seen the Andy Griffin Show? The Andy Griffin Show is an American comedy aired from October 1960 to April 1968. It is about Andy Taylor, who was a widower, who splits his time between being a parent to his son Opie and being the sheriff of a southern town called Mayberry in North Carolina. There were a total of 249 half-hour episodes aired. In the episode “Opie’s Charity,” several characters display compassion.
Opie showed compassion for his girlfriend Charlotte. He only gave 3 cents to the underprivileged charity drive. He wanted to save the rest of his money to buy Charlotte a new winter coat. The coat Charlotte is worn out. He wanted to buy her a new coat because her mother cannot afford to purchase Charlotte a new coat. Opie is showing compassion because even though he is not giving to
Tom did not want to make a fuss about letting people know he was alive. Tom did not want people to make fun of his wife Annabelle for having a funeral for her husband who left her. Tom showed compassion for Annabelle because he was worried about what others would say about his wife faking his death. He did not want the town people laughing about her. He was worried she could lose some of the benefits she received for being a proper grieving widower. He also showed compassion for coming back to his wife because he missed her.
Finally, Aunt Bee shows compassion towards Opie. Aunt Bee told Andy to have faith in Opie. Aunt Bee is displaying compassion towards Opie causes she wanted Andy to give Opie the benefit of the doubt because she knew Opie was a good, obedient, thoughtful child.
If you have never seen an episode of the Andy Griffin show, go take some time to watch a couple episodes. Almost all of the episodes of the Andy Griffin show some sort of valuable lessons. In Opie’s charity, the characters teach us about compassion. This is just one of lessons we can learn from the many lessons taught on the Andy Griffin