integrity theme
When a character sticks to their moral principles in spite of temptation to do otherwise.
Examples
Captain Kirk unhesitatingly refused Korob's offers of tasty foods and sparkling gemstones in exchange for his cooperation in tos2x01 "Catspaw".
33 total · 3 choice · 13 major · 17 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: Scent of a Woman (1992) | choice | Charlie refused to snitch in spite of having every incentive to do so; he could also have left Frank to his fate |
| novel: Stoner (1965) | choice | the novel highlighted Stoner's sense of integrity, and other character's spinelessness, when faced with Lomax' blatantly corrupt behavior |
| tng7x12 | choice | Riker :: Riker chooses to reveal the truth about what happened on the Pegasus in the end and stood up for what is right |
| ent2x19 | major | Archer's lawyer Kolos stood up for his beliefs at Archer's tribunal. |
| movie: All the Presidents Men (1976) | major | the journalists and the Editor all debated issues related to integrity and proved to be remarkably upstanding in the end (story related by themselves, of course) |
| movie: Citizen Kane (1941) | major | time and again we came back to the topic of printing truth in the news, shades thereof, or outright lies for this or that motive |
| movie: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) | major | A point of the story is that, by an odd chance, a blue-eyed and exceptionally honest young man becomes senator and confronts several of his corrupt colleagues. |
| movie: Sweet Smell of Success (1957) | major | Steven was said to be overflowing with integrity; by contrast Falco had none |
| movie: The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) | major | A striking feature Colonel Nicholson's psychology was his impeccable integrity. Notably, Nicholson was offered the opportunity by Colonel Saito to be exempted from manual labor in exchange for agreeing for his subordinate officers to be consigned to this fate. Nicholson stoically declined Saito's offer. |
| movie: The Disappearance of Flight 412 (1974) | major | The crewmen of Flight 412 refused to change their story in spite of hours of putting up with government agents coercing them to deny that they saw two Marine jets disappear out of the sky. |