The theme of tolerance. Tol·er·ance (noun), the ability or willingness to tolerate something, in particular the existence of opinions or behavior that one does not necessarily agree with. When you practice the act of tolerance, you accept one another along with their ideas and beliefs/ opinions— even if you disagree or find them nonsensical. Tolerance is a big matter in both The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and Glee. It is also important to have tolerance because if not, destruction and chaos may transpire. Glee conveys the message of tolerance by including many minorities and different people in Glee Club. Santana is Hispanic, Mercedes is an African American, and Rachel is a Jew with two gay dads. They were born that way and aren't afraid to show it no matter how many times they get “slushied". Beginning with the first episode, Fin (the quarterback) stood up to the football team when they put in Artie into the porta potty. “I’m not afraid to be called a loser ‘cause I can accept who I am. But I am afraid of turning my back on something that actually made me happy for the first time in my sorry life.” He becomes tolerant of what he actually wants, to stay in Glee Club regardless of what his peers say. Anther way that they convey tolerance is by having Kurt Hummel be a gay kid in Glee Club. The moment he walks into the choir room he …show more content…
Both are primarily using tolerance with friends no matter how different they are. Fin and Rachel are both really close as well as Bruno and Shmuel with or without other people not tolerating them. The “highest” class is tolerate of the “lowest” class nonetheless. This is a good thing because accepting each other no matter what others think or say is important. People like the jocks, Nazis, cheerios, Sue, and Hitler aren’t tolerant of things they do not like and make people suffer rather than thrive because of