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    Dela Cruz, Jamara Kyla A.

    Insights on the Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio

    11/27/13

    The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio is the type of true to life film that will leave

    you with a lot of lifes very important lessonssuch as: mildness, contentment,

    endurance, perseverance, courage, and forgiveness. The fact of it being true to life just

    makes the audience feel more connected to the characters in the movie. It inspires the

    viewers to be able to face, deal, and solve lifes challenges while just focusing on the

    good and staying happy.

    In relation to the topics in Health Ethics class, the main characters displayed

    what every living being is capable of doing. An appetite is the tendency toward what is

    good or suitable for an individual and there are two types of appetite: the Sensitiveand Rational appetites. First, the sensitive appetite is divided into two categories:

    concupiscible and irascible. The concupiscible appetite is when the inclination to see

    what is good in things perceived and to avoid what is harmful or unpleasant. On the

    other hand, Irascible appetite is the inclination to resist obstacles to the good and

    harmful threats. Passions are the acts of the sense appetites. They fuel the desire so

    without it there will be no appetite. Second, the rational appetite is the inclination to

    the good which is known by the intellect.

    Evelyn Ryan displayed the concupiscible appetite because she possessed the

    acts of the concupiscible appetite such as: love, desire, joy, hatred, aversion, and

    sorrow. She showed love to all her children and her stubborn husband. She loved her

    children by showing patience in everything that they did. She also loved her husband

    despite his many flaws, failings, and vices. She loved what she was doing, she never

    complained and that is what kept her going even through the tough times. She also

    had the desire to do what she can for her family in every way possible. That was

    through her literary skills, she took advantage of the contests to try and win

    something for her family. Her desire was so strong that she got to win more than her

    share of prizes. That benefitted her family so much. Her job is not easy but she was

    always happy even during the hard times. She displayed an optimistic spirit that kept

    her family feeling joy as well. At times, she felt hatred, Feeling this is normal, for she is

    just like any other human who can feel the burning fires of hatred but this did not last

    a long time. She just needed time alone to cry and she was alright again. She

    displayed the act of aversion by controlling herself and not saying words that she will

    later regret, not even if her husband was clearly the wrong one. Whenever her

    husband displayed sharp bursts of anger, she would remain calm and avoid him or

    even tend to his needs. She was very wise and she always knew the proper and correct

    way to respond to something unpleasant. Lastly, she was sorrowful when she learned

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    that her husband kept a secret from her. Their house was going to be taken away and

    thats when she was the most sorrowful during the entire movie.

    The complete opposite, Kelly Ryan displayed the irascible appetite because he

    possessed the acts of the irascible appetite such as: hope, despair, courage, fear, and

    anger. He was a very nice man, he knew his weaknesses and faults but he neveradmitted them or apologised for being like that. But he had hope, he had hope that he

    would fill their cooler someday even if it took a long time. It was difficult for him to

    achieve it, he just needed the right willpower to do it. It was actually attainable but he

    let his passion fuel his appetite to be above his intellect. He showed despair when he

    would become aware of their situation as a family, like not having enough money to

    pay the milk man. To him the good was unattainable. He demonstrated a spirit of

    courage when he did all the things he did may it be for the good or whatever sustained

    him. Lastly, he had anger bouts depending on his alcohol intake. His mood would

    swing after a while. In the movie, he nearly wrecked their cooler because of his anger.

    He threw out some of the food from the shopping contest because he felt like it was his

    duty to fill the cooler. He also felt like he was becoming worthless in the family.

    The childrens roles were supporting their dear mother and defending her

    against their father. They shared the type of appetite as their mother, the

    concupiscible appetite.

    Each of the characters had the Intellect and freewill to do whatever was right in

    their eyes. The aforementioned go above appetite and they are higher because of good

    reason. We must be ruled by our intellect, decide freely according to virtues, and be

    satisfied with the good things through our appetite. However, Kelly Ryan was ruled by

    his appetite. He spent his savings on alcohol which contributed to the loss of money

    for other important things. He had ten children, he knew his responsibility but the

    passion that fuelled his appetite was just too strong, stronger that his willpower to do

    what is right. Evelyn Ryan, on the other hand, was successful in that matter because

    she used her attributes wisely and she was the one who took the place of her husband

    as the breadwinner of the family. She was a balanced human being, someone worth

    looking up to, a very good role model.

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    1). The sensitive appetite is divided into appetitus concupiscibilisand appetitus

    irascibilis, according as its object is apprehended simply as good, useful, or

    pleasurable, or as being obtainable only with difficulty and by the overcoming of

    obstacles (Summa Theol., I, Q. lxxxi, a. 5; Q. lxxxii, a. 5; I-II, Q. xxiii, a. 1;Qust.

    disp., De veritate, Q. xxv, a. 2). All the manifestations of the sensitive appetite are

    called passions. In the scholastic terminology this word has not the

    limited signification in which it is commonly used today. There are six passions for

    the concupiscible appetite:loveandhatred,desire and aversion,joyand sadness;

    and five for the irascible appetite: hope and despair,courage,fear,

    andanger(Summa Theol., I-II, Q. xxiii, a. 4).

    The appetitus rationalis, or will, is a faculty of the spiritualsoul,

    followingintellectualknowledge,tending to the good as such and not primarily to

    concrete objects. It tends to these in so far as they are known to participate in the

    abstract and perfectgoodnessconceived by theintellect(Qust. disp., De veritate,

    Q. xxv, a. 1). In thenatural and the sensitive appetites there is no freedom. One

    is necessitated by thelawsof nature itself, the other by the sense-apprehension of

    a concrete thing as pleasant and useful. The will, on the contrary, is

    not necessitated by any concrete good, because no concrete good fully realizes the

    concept of perfectgoodnesswhich alone can necessarily draw the will. In this is to

    be found the fundamental reason of the freedom of the will

    The sensitive appetite in man is under the control of the will and can be

    strengthened or checked by the will's determination. This control, however, is not

    absolute, for the sensitive appetite depends on organic conditions, which are not

    regulated by reason. Frequently, also, owing to its suddenness or intensity, the

    outburst of passion cannot be repressed (Summa Theol., I, Q. lxxxi, a. 3; I-II, Q.

    xvii, a. 7;Qust. disp., De veritate, Q. xxv, a. 4). On the other hand, the

    sensitive appetite exerts a strong influence on the will, both because

    thepassions modify organic conditions and thus influence allcognitive faculties,and

    because their intensity may prevent themindfrom applying itself to the higher

    operations ofintellectand will

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