“Honor isn’t about making the right choices. It’s about dealing with the consequences.” Midori Koto said this quote. This quote is proven to be true in several instances throughout A Few Good Men. This is shown when Dawson and Downey meet with Lieutenant Kaffee .I believe that this quote means that true men listen to orders that are given to them and will accept the consequences for their actions.
The first time in the movie when this quote is supported is when Daniel Kaffee meets with his two clients Dawson and Downey. Dawson was convinced that he didn’t do anything wrong, all he did was follow orders and if following the orders that were given was wrong then he will accept the consequences. This shows honor because he was following the code of the Marines. Downey also shows honor when he tells
This quote is once again proven during the last several minutes of the movie when Kaffee is questioning Jessep. During the trial when Kaffee was questioning Jessep, Jessep admitted that he had ordered Dawson and Downey to perform a code red on Santiago. As soon as Jessep admitted that he had ordered the code red he was put under arrest. But instead of being honorable and accepting the consequences for his actions and admitting that he did the wrong thing, he was angered that he was being arrested and he didn’t deal well with the consequences. This shows that he wasn’t as honorable as he seemed to be.
A major theme in A Few Good Men is honor, and there are many instances when honor is portrayed in this movie. In order to be in the Marines you must follow a code and part of that code is to have honor. Dawson and Downey sho
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