What do you think makes a man?

Question

i have to write a play for a project and the theme is 'being a man' can you give me some ideas please. thank you

Gisel J and amp, thank you for your fantactic answer, i will surely use these in my play. thank you

Answer 1

A kind of coming of age type play? The difference between a boy and man are his responsibilities.
Realization that we are made a man by character perfection. To labor not for bread alone, but also to build virtues such as

Fortitude-ability to withstand all pain and pressure in the sustaining of doing the right thing
Prudence- Using knowledge and experience to produce wisdom that guides your decisions towards the best possible outcome.
Temperance- Learning when to subdue your passions and moderate your desires with control.
Justice- Not only holding others to the standard of law and order, but yourself and your judgments of others. Learning to temper justice with kindness is grace, and grace saves the soul.

Answer 2

Lots of things. Ability to learn. But Lazzerus Long (sp) said it well, if I can remember, it's been a long time. Something like a man must know how to grow a garden, cook a tasty meal, fix a leaky roof, diaper a baby, be a role model to the young, be able to do a mathmatical equation, shoe a horse, sow a button, fix a car, help with a broken heart, plan an offense, plan a defense, fight like a demon, and die honorably. Specialization is for insects.

Answer 3

The union between man and woman often makes a man but then again it could turn out to be a girl !
stronge, smart , independent,less scared of things are some of the ingredients, but when a boy starts taking responsibility then he's a man!

Answer 4

Someone who has an honorable code of ethics and morals and sticks to them when it would be easier to do something else. Someone who is truthful when it may put him in a less than perfect light. Someone who treats his family the same way he treats his best friends.

I kind of like the old western "man" described by Zane Grey or Louis L'Amour. They had codes to live by..do the right thing even if it's the most difficult thing.

Answer 5

A balance of love, wisdom, and power, in purity.

"Climb the Highest Mountain," Mark Prophet; "Man, Master of His Destiny," O. M. Aivanhov; "Gandhi, the Man: The Story of His Transformation," Eknath Easwaran, Ph.D., http://www.easwaran.org ; "Autobiography of a Yogi," Yogananda, http://www.yogananda-srf.org ; "The Reincarnation of Edgar Cayce?", Free and Wilcock, http://www.divinecosmos ; "The Beautiful Story of a Master," Louise-Marie Frenette; "The Path of Virtue," Jonathan Murro, "When Invisible Children Sing," Huang, M.D.; and "And There Was Light," Jacques Lusseyran, provide good examples.

Answer 6

Some go with just age (18 or 21 in America, many times it is younger than that in other cultures). Some go on whether you have had sex or not.

Many cultures have a one or more rites of passage that must be done or met before the boy can become a man.

Personally, I consider a boy to have become a man when he has learned to sacrifice. When he has learned the value of giving up certain things he likes for things he considers more important; whether for himself or for family or friends, he is a man when he can make himself do it (and doesn't need a parent or guardian to make him do it).

Answer 7

Well,,The milk makes the milkman.The mail makes the mailman.The repairs make the repairman.The ice cream makes the icecreamman.The bail makes the bailsman.The The sales makes the salesman.The candy makes the candyman.The Man man.Then theres the mainman,the mans man,the policeman, the fireman,the preacherman and the ladysman.The man makes the man,,,man.

Answer 8

To balance strength with sensitivity.
To temper wisdom with humour.
To be honest and honourable.
To stand up for what's right and not fall for what's wrong...

or maybe I'm an idealist. Perhaps there is no such thing as a perfect man but I've been fortunate enough to find someone awfully close...

:)
Cheers

Answer 9

Make a scene where he discovers his first chest hair and frames it up while playing the theme from Star Wars.

Answer 10

The real man must have the strength to stand up to protect and courage to bend in compassion or consideration.