I agreed with the majority of the lessons in the film, however I felt that the lesson that "nobody" cares is incorrect. If people didn't care than the human race wouldn't be as successful as it is, the fact that people do care has meant that we can form these large nation states and do all the thing's we've done. However, that isn't to say that there are people who don't care, its just that the statement "nobody cares" is incorrect, there is always someone who cares, it's just not everyone.

sometimes you do good things for bad people. if you do things for a bad man or any bad person then most of the time they will repay you, i feel like everyone has done god things for bad people i do it daily. and down teh roadyoucan alwasy get favors from people and you wont have to get your hands dirty because one thing bad peole do good is they remeber. they reember who hurt or helped them. bad people can always be tied up in teh wrong stuff and usually they arnt afraid to get roughed up or knocke don their ass and like it happenedin teh movie Sunny did remeber what C did for him his whole life.

I thought that the lesson "It's better to be feared than loved" was inaccurae. I think you can see this in the movie by looking at the life of Sonny, who was definiatley more feared than loved. He trusted no one and consitantly told C that the life he lived was not for C. In the end he met his death at the hand of someone who was seeking revenge. You can compare this to the life of C's father, who was more loved than feared. Although he had his various struggles throughout the film, he made an honest living and successfully supported his family. He had a wife and loved his family and seemed to be happy and proud of his life.

"Nobody Cares?" Was a great term for the relationship of Sonny and C, his father believed that Sonny was using C but instead he was trying to get him through school, and be a smart and good adult. He never wanted him to be like him and wanted him survive and work for a living like his father even though they fought about the way life is and how to react to love and fear.

sometimes you do bad things for good people. When C lies and says Sonny didn't shoot the man he saved his and his families life and he didn't even know it. C did a good thing for a bad man and it was wrong for him to lie but this lesson goes both ways. A bad man can also do good things. Sonny was like a second father to C he would never let anything happen to him he wanted him to stay in school and not hang out with those kids. He kept him safe and he also saved his life the night his friends went to throw bombs in the colored part of town. Sonny was a bad man but he did good things for C.

"Nobody cares" is said throughout the movie, mainly by Sonny. He said to C when C was still just a kid that if somebody doesn't care about you, then you shouldn't care about them, and that really nobody cares. But by the end of the movie what Sonny says ends up being wrong. Sonny certainly never cared about C's father, but in the final scene C's father seems to care about Sonny, and there were clearly others that cared for Sonny's death. This movie really seems like it was about fear and love.

I thought the door test was the best. It was an easy way to see if someone is really a good person. If someone would unlock the door for you, rather than you having to go through the trouble of doing it yourself you can tell that they're good.

I thought the lesson "There's nothing sadder than wasted talent" was pretty interesting. I agree that if someone is talented and intelligent, they shouldn't waste it being lazy or sitting around and doing drugs or something like that. But they also should use their talent the right way. For example, Sonny used his intelligence and talents to create a criminal empire and kill people, which might not have been the best moral use of his talents, although he was successful in increasing the power of his gang. C's father, on the other hand, used his talents to start a family and try to raise C with good morals and ethics, instead of using his talents to earn extra money by working for the mob. In either case, both men used their talents to achieve their own version of success.

"sometimes you do good things for bad people", I felt was the most interesting lesson of the film. The lesson underscored the difficult reality that living in an area like the one portrayed in the film can be. The film was rarely black and white (no pun intended). Throughout the film choices that could be seen as good or bad can be argued either way due to the complex situation of what is good (the police) take an antagonistic role due to the presence of the mob and repercussions that can be enacted by them. For example C's father doesn't take the Money C got from the bar because of the moneys murky origins even though the money could be a big help to his family. C still hangs out with his friends even though he recognizes that they are bad people. C's choice to not rat out Sonny reflects that grey of issues of the film is and to a larger extent how life is.

"Sometimes you do good things for bad people" resonated the most with me (or at least a way in which it was accurately illustrated by the movie). It wasn't only this, but a corollary of it - sometimes the "bad people" have some good intentions. In the case of Sonny: on the surface, it would (reasonably) appear that he has no good intentions to speak of. However, he had some genuinely deep-rooted good intentions for C, even if those good intentions were predicated on "bad" deeds. On the flip-side, I think the "door test" couldn't be any more nonsensical. Although it demonstrated accuracy in the film, it epitomizes close-mindedness and snap-judgments that we try to avoid like the plague.

I agree with the lesson of "Availability" because in the movie it's demonstrated as staying close to everything, spot the trouble and get it taken care of. I think that having Sonny compare trouble to cancer and say "Trouble is like cancer and it needs to be taken care of early" was great because it really did illustrate the idea of being available. Like how Sonny was always there for C and saved his life.

I think that "Sometimes you do good things for bad people" is the best for this movie. If it weren't for this lesson, the movie would have been completely different. C knew that Sonny wasn't necessarily a good person but he was his role model and he kept his community safe, so thats why he didn't tell the police it was Sonny who killed the man. If he hadn't done that "good thing", his family probably would have been killed and he would have never had his great relationship with Sonny.

I think the door test is a good lesson for the movie because this movie is all about trust, and knowing what kind of people you are dealing with. If the person doesn't unlock the door for you they are selfish and could careless about you. Sonny didn't take crap from anybody so this was the perfect test to see what the person was really about and what kind of person they are. This was a good lesson for C; a simple, easy test to see who you are dealing with.

a good lesson that i think is the importance of family. family is the most important thing in your life and no one can replace them.

I think the lesson "nobody cares" wasn't a really good lesson. I think in life you have to figure out who cares and who doesn't instead of taking someone else's word for it that no one cares because of their own experiences.

I agree with all of the lessons in the movie but I especially agree with the "Nothing is sadder in life than wasted talent" lesson because it is true and something that is one of my pet peeve's

I think the lesson "importance of family" is a really good one becasue family is very important.

the lesson of whether it is better to be loved or feared is good to remember because it gives you a better outlook on life. i believe it is better to be loved, however that might leave a person vulernable so it can teach you to be strong. a person who is feared doesnt have to be strong, a person who is loved may need to defend themselves and the ones they love. a strong person should have nothing to fear from anyone

"wasted talent" people shouldnt spend most of their time doing unimportant things that wont help them in the long run. ex. someone didnt finish school and just jumped into a career that they mostlikely wouldnt have till retirement- something happens and they dont have any education to find a new and beneficial job --> they wasted their talent.

My favorite lesson from the movie is that there is nothing sadder than wasted talent. Someone could have all the talent in the world, but if they don't put it to use, it's completely worthless. It happens in every day life and with anyone. People don't realize the talent and skills they have, and it's sad when they throw it all away. In the movie, different characters have different skills, and put these skills to their own uses. Sonny uses his talent to get his work done, while C's dad uses his talent to protect and take care of his family. When someone doesn't take advantage of or use their own skills, it won't benefit them in life.

The lesson "There's nothing sadder than wasted talent" is really true, so many people i think could do great things, but they don't put their talents to use, and that is really disappointing.

I think one of my favorite lessons of the movie has to be the "wasted talent", because we all have an equal chance living where we are, some more than others. But a lot of us don't take advantage of what's around us while we're young, people wait and realize what they had, after they lose it. Opportunites get smaller with the more time and skill you waste.

"There's nothing sadder than wasted talent". When someone has the potential to do so much with their life and end up wasting it by doing something stupid or making stupid decisions. Its not only true in this movie but in real life. Ive had friends that are really good at sports and they threw it all away on drugs and by dropping out of school.

My favorite lesson from the movie was "There's nothing sadder than wasted talent" because I hate people who waste talent. For me though I think it is people who waste their education. People who don't take it seriously and think that they'll be okay without trying hard and some how along the way randomly figure things out. That doesn't happen too often.

my favorite lesson was probably the "door" test because if really shows who a person is. it can describe what kind of person they really are.

The rule "never rat on no one" seems to be a valuable lesson for some violent city areas. Ratting on somebody can put people in a bad place. The mob could've killed the family of whoever told on Sunny. Since he didn't tell the truth, him and his family were safe.

"There's nothing sadder than wasted talent" is a good lesson to put forth because everyone has natural talent at something and the lesson is saying that you should act upon your talent and use it to the best of your abilities to achieve great things in life because if you don't then you will lose that potential to do those great things in life.

theres nothing sadder than wasted talent is a quote that i can agree with. it is sad to see if some one becomes lazy or not live up to their full potential. If someone doesn't express their true talent because they are focused on doing someting for a bad person then it is a bad situation to witness.

The lesson "It's better to be feared than loved" I feel is more true for someone in Sonny's situation than for most people. To be a mob boss like Sonny and have as many enemies as he does people need to fear you so you can stay alive. For any other person, like C and his family, it was better to be loved than feared because he had no reason that he needed people to fear him. Being loved was something maybe Sonny didn't know because he had made so many enemies and wasn't a lovable person. However for C, he always had the love of his parents, no matter what happened he would always have them, which in my opinion is much more valuable than being feared.

My favorite test was the door test, it really shows someones charecter, if they are considerate or just thinking of themselves. However I think "just dump her" was a bit harsh, but it was a cute test :)

The door test was my favorite lesson in the movie. Truth is, it is actually a valid way to test someones character. Unfortunately, I think this test is a little out-dated, with the mechanical locks and the constantly changing right/wrong behavior of teenagers. Otherwise, I would use it. It allows you to see the inner intensions of the "target" and make sure they are raised well, with good values, in a quick practical way.

I think that the lesson of " importance of family" was the most important because the dad knew that Sonny was dangerous and he still confronted him about leaving his son alone. That showed how much he valued his family and their safety.

"There is nothing worse then wasted talent", my dad has been telling me this since I was a little kid. i believe this is true because you should use your talents for good not evil. Or its just as bad if you don't do anything with your talent and let it just waste away. i complete agree with this qoute. a person should work till their full potential no matter what.

I really liked every lesson the movie taught. However, my favorite lesson would be Lesson #10: The '"door" test. I thought this was a clever way to see how much somebody actually is just thinking about themselves and wondering if they look ok rather than thinking about unlocking the door for the other person. I think Sonny has a good point about this test and that in most cases it would tell the truth. A considerate person would automatically jump over and unlock the door and traits like that would be carried throughout the relationship. I like how Sonny gave this advice to C and treate him like he was his own son whereas C's father did not want C to go on a date with an African American. I believe this is an important lesson and even if you do not do this "door" test you can still look for traits or actions that show the person is considerate because that will be the most important thing in the long run.

#7. There's nothing worse than wasted talent. This is completely true. True talent is rare, and very valuable. If you are talented in something, and you just throw that away, i find that selfish, and cocky. If youre good at something, stick with it and be true to yourself.