The Picture of Dorian Gray 4

"Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them"(70).

When children are young, they love their parents. It is safe to say that most children grow up in an environment where they look up to and for the most part respect their parents. Children without question trust and follow what their parents say without thinking. As children grow older, the begin to question what their parents say. They analyze advice that their parents have given them in the past and look at how the situations have resulted. If parents make mistakes in raising their children, the children sometimes hold those mistakes against their parents. Not everyone is perfect and as children grow older they recognize the imperfections in their parents' actions. Sometimes as the children grow even older they are able to understand that everyone does make mistakes and poor judgement and grant forgiveness to their parents instead of judging and criticizing them.



"To be in love is to surpass one's self"(71).

I believe that this quote gives a good insight toward love, which is almost impossible to define. This quote states that being in love means to go beyond yourself. This is a major part of love. When you truly love someone, you put them ahead of yourself. You are going past yourself to do things for someone else. Also, sometimes love calls for doing things that you did not even know that you could do. It means going past your limitations and your comfort zone for someone else because you love them. Love requires one to go beyond what they want and their limitations to make someone else happy.


"You are quite incorrigible, Harry; but I don't mind"(81).
incorrigible- beyond correction or reform

"He made no answer, but sat down to his meager meal"(74).
meager- lacking fullness or richness