Personally, I really enjoyed the movie. I think that pride and reputation werethe most important things in the movie, and if you lost them, you were nothing. The mob was very hush hush, and if you were someone like Doogan or Joey who told the truth, you were considered a traitor/ tattle tale, and no longer good to the mob. Terry told the truth as well, but I considered him more of a whistle blower, because he had other people telling him to do the right thing, and I guess I believe this partly because the whole movie followed him, but I don't think his purpose in confessing was to be a traitor, it was just people that told him to do the right thing. Of course, he lost his reputation because the mob considered him a traitor because he confessed, but he gained it back by standing up to Johnny Friendly and the rest of the mob. I believe he did the right thing.
I think you are being a tattle tale when it is unneccesary to "tattle". Tattling, to me, is more of a whiny behavior because something didn't go your way, so you want that person to suffer. I think that speaking out against improper behavior is better, and more of something that you believe is right, and that should be told when absolutely neccessary in your mind. Speaking out is mostly about having the courage to do so, when your conscience is flaming at you because you should tell the truth.
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I agree very strongly that the word "tattle" might not be the right word here seeing as he helped a larger society and only hurt a bad one. I disagree though that pride and reputation were everything and without them one has nothing. I say this because after Terry "tattled" he had more than he had before adn I think that was the point of the movie.
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