In John Wayne: A Love song the audience gets some pretty good insight on the characteristics and values that shape a man. Examples of that include the quality of being tough, revenge seeking and a representative of justice. In the trailer that we just watched this was symbolized by one guy trying to shoot the man that called his friend a drunk and also one of the brothers who was trying to find the murderer of his father in order to seek some revenge. I strongly believe that such characteristics were important at that point of time in history considering that ones image and reputation was a survival key at that time which John Wayne reflects perfectly. A man should also be willing to do whatever is necessary to protect his family and belongings. Women on the other hand were inferior to man but still played somewhat of a motherly role.

The book Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell taught me a very important lesson about life. The book is about four Navy Seal's in Afghanistan of whom three sacrificed their lives so they would not disobey orders. When they saw a couple of farmers of whom they were sure of that they were Taliban spies, they did not kill them since they did not pose an apparent threat. An hour later their suspicions were confirmed when one hundred Taliban soldiers with AK47's charged at them over the hill. Unfortunately three of them died but one managed to defend himself against all of them and lived to tell the story. I believe that this sense of loyalty is a very important aspect in life and that this code of loyalty should be maintained in all cases between friends and family.