Trust and Teaching

Red is trying to teach Thomas to not trust anyone because he thinks that when you do, someone will take advantage of you. You also give them the chance to cheat when you won’t. Red is also giving Thomas lessons about how he should control his anger, when and where to take it out, and on what to take it out on. Red is also teaching Tom when and how to brawl.

Trust is very important because, without it, you are the only person who can do anything about you. You would be alone in life, allowing no one to be close to you through your gained inability to trust. Red was hurt, or was given some reason to stop trusting, when he was young because of his trust for someone or people. You should give at least a little trust to everybody and see what they do with it before deciding to continue or stop trusting that person.

I disagree with the first three quotes and how they say to not trust anybody, trust is a better compliment than love, and pick only the battles you know you can win. Things come in sequence for a reason and you have to trust before you can love and it is important to trust people. If you only pick the battles you can win, you will never learn anything from them. Trust enables you to do many more things than you would be able to do without it.

Anthony