Characters
This young boy learns an unexpected life lesson after trying to steal a purse.
What is Roger?
This idea, value, or theme is shown when a woman feeds a boy who tried to rob her.
What is mercy?
This principle found in Luke 6:31 fits how Mrs. Jones treats Roger.
What is the Golden Rule?
This is what Roger does when given the chance to escape from the woman’s apartment.
What is nothing / he stays?
This is what the father in Hamlet wants his son to do before speaking.
What is think?
This woman responds to crime with grace instead of anger.
What is Mrs. Jones?
Shakespeare emphasizes this virtue by advising his son to think before he acts.
What is wisdom?
This commandment from Exodus 20 is broken by Roger’s first action.
What is “You shall not steal”?
This item, innocent in appearance, determines the fate of a soldier.
What is the death disk?
Shakespeare’s character warns against borrowing and doing this with money.
What is lending?
This character unknowingly helps save her father’s life through a childlike choice.
What is the little girl from the Death Disk?
Twain’s story critiques this system / action by showing its effect on one innocent family.
What is injustice or harsh judgment?
The general’s change of heart reflects this fruit of the Spirit.
What is gentleness?
After feeding Roger, this is the last thing Mrs. Jones gives him.
What is money for shoes?
Roger learns that this kind of love doesn’t require punishment first.
What is unconditional love?
This military man chooses mercy over law after seeing a child’s innocence.
What is the general?
The stories suggest that showing this to others can influence their future choices.
What is kindness / love?
Hamlet’s father encourages behavior that echoes this book known for wisdom.
What is Proverbs?
Hamlet’s father believes it’s better to avoid one of these unless necessary.
What is a fight or quarrel?
This is the one advice that we as christians have to be careful with in "A Father´s Advice to his Son"
What is “Be true to yourself”?
This speaker gives his son careful advice about friends, money, and reputation.
What is the father in Hamlet’s speech?
All three stories touch on this moral truth: how a person treats others will often return to them.
What is sowing and reaping?
All the stories reflect this quality of God that Christians are called to show to others.
What is grace / mercy / empathy?
In Twain’s story, this is the setting where the soldier’s fate is nearly sealed.
What is the execution square or military prison?
This is the advice the father in Hamlet gives his son concerning friends.
What is to“Choose friends wisely"