swallowing one's pride theme
A character acknowledges their instinctive feelings of pride but consciously strives not to let them dictate their actions.
1 total · 1 major
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: In the Heat of the Night (1967) | major | Bill Gillespie, while obviously racist and flawed, was a many-layered and intelligent character who was capable of understanding when he had been wrong, face evidence, apologize and feel shame. Notably, Bill Gillespie twice concluded he'd caught the murderer, only to realize that he'd been wrong, and then went back to Tibbs and more or less humbly requested his continued services. |