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House Of The Red Fish Loyalty Quotes

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The definition of loyalty has been answered from the beginning to end of the book, House Of The Red Fish. One example would be Tomi, the main character, who would defend an item with all of his might even if it would cost him his life. One of the answers of loyalty in the book that informs the definition of loyalty is on page 15 & 157. According to House Of The Red Fish, it states, “Which was just exactly what Papa would have said if he’d been here. Don’t fight, Tomi-kun, he would say. Don’t shame the family. Be helpful, be generous, be accepting.” It also states, “Papa, this is too hard.” The two quotes shows loyalty by showing even in most tempting moments where Tomi would want to break one of Papa’s rules of not fighting, not shaming the family, being helpful, being generous, and being accepting. He would stay put and be loyal and be trustworthy with Papa by not breaking the rules. …show more content…

On page 16, it says, “Nothing was as important to our family as that katana, and I would fight to my last breath to guard it.” It talks about Tomi with his most important katana that he’ll fight for his life to guard it. On page 18 it states, “He’d been creeping around with his .22 rifle one afternoon and caught me cleaning the buried katana.He pointed the rifle at my chest. I said something like Over my dead body, not afraid of him or his rifle, not when it came to the katana.” This is how loyal Tomi is to the katana, he would not give the katana even if a rifle at his chest could kill

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