loyalty to one's family theme
Someone shows constant support to a family member.
18 total · 3 choice · 11 major · 4 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: Ran (1985) | choice | Saburo was loyal to his father, not so the other two sons |
| movie: The Godfather (1972) | choice | The story underlines that the success of the Corleone family crime syndicate was in no small part down to the tight bonds between the members of its inner circle: Don Vito and his sons. Tom was an adopted son and in most matters equal to the other children, yet when push came to shove decisions were made only by the true blooded scions of Don Vito. |
| movie: The Godfather Part II (1974) | choice | Michael's loyalty to his own family above else was on full display. In particular he was outraged when his family was imperiled in an assassination attempt in his home. He kept a tight hold on his children even as he, reluctantly, divorced Kay. He displayed unwavering adoration for his mother. He told his brother Fredo he loved him, and it was an iconic nadir in Michael's moral decay when he committed fratricide by ordering Fredo's murder at the end. |
| blackmirror3x02 | major | Cooper felt ashamed about having left his mother to backpack around the world. |
| ent1x10 | major | Matthew Ryan was loyal to his family and he questioned Mayweather's loyalty to his spacer family. |
| ent4x06 | major | Udar was torn between his Augment family and the Humans. |
| movie: Casablanca (1942) | major | Ilsa thought her husband, Victor, was gone for good when she took up with Rick in Paris. Despite falling deeply in love with Rick, when her husband returned Ilsa went back to him at once to support Victor in his flight from the Nazis, at great risk to her own life. |
| movie: The Godfather Part III (1990) | major | Vincent showed unwavering loyalty to the Corleone family and was ultimately adopted by Michael, and shoulder tapped to be the next Don. |
| movie: The Lost Weekend (1945) | major | Helen and Wick never gave up on Don no matter how many times he let them down, or how deeply he descended into his raging alcoholism. |
| movie: Tokyo Story (1953) | major | the story was a commentary on how this cherished Japanese value has been eroded in modern times, perhaps because of Western influences |