The Man From Glengarry Character Analysis
A Story to Encourage, a Life Worth Living
One of Ralph Connor’s purposes in writing, The Man from Glengarry, was for people to learn, through the lives of his characters, about different character traits and help them improve their lives.
One lesson taught in The Man from Glengarry is the importance of Forgiveness.
This is demonstrated in both Macdonald Dubh and Ranald Macdonald in their challenge to forgive their enemy, LeNoir.
Another life principle demonstrated in Ralph Connor’s The Man from Glengarry is Honesty.
The character, Ranald Macdonald, illustrated this virtue in one specific situation that could have cost him a great amount.
Humility was another of Connor’s greatest Christian attributes demonstrated throughout this wonderful …show more content…
It all starts when Macdonald Dubh gets into a fight with another man, LeNoir. Macdonald comes home from this fight hurt badly and is attended to by the minister’s wife, Mrs. Murray. He eventually tells Mrs. Murray of his battle with LeNoir and tells her that he will never forgive him. She goes on to tell him what the Word of God says about forgiveness and that if he is not willing to forgive this man, God would not be free to forgive Macdonald of his sins. One evening she prays the Lord’s Prayer with him, but when she gets to the line ‘Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors’ he would not repeat it because he felt he could not forgive LeNoir. His son Ranald was also having trouble forgiving LeNoir for hurting his father. Later on in the story, Macdonald Dubh knows that he is going to die soon and talks again with Mrs. Murray. This time he realizes the mercy that God showed to him and that he must show the same mercy to LeNoir. He then tells his son that he must also forgive this man and also told Ranald that he must one day tell LeNoir that he had forgiven him. One day several years later Ranald finds LeNoir and tells him that he had been forgiven by both himself and his father. It was that day that Ranald understood the great mercy that God had shown to him, and it was God’s grace that enabled him to tell LeNoir that he was
One of Ralph Connor’s purposes in writing, The Man from Glengarry, was for people to learn, through the lives of his characters, about different character traits and help them improve their lives.
One lesson taught in The Man from Glengarry is the importance of Forgiveness.
This is demonstrated in both Macdonald Dubh and Ranald Macdonald in their challenge to forgive their enemy, LeNoir.
Another life principle demonstrated in Ralph Connor’s The Man from Glengarry is Honesty.
The character, Ranald Macdonald, illustrated this virtue in one specific situation that could have cost him a great amount.
Humility was another of Connor’s greatest Christian attributes demonstrated throughout this wonderful …show more content…
It all starts when Macdonald Dubh gets into a fight with another man, LeNoir. Macdonald comes home from this fight hurt badly and is attended to by the minister’s wife, Mrs. Murray. He eventually tells Mrs. Murray of his battle with LeNoir and tells her that he will never forgive him. She goes on to tell him what the Word of God says about forgiveness and that if he is not willing to forgive this man, God would not be free to forgive Macdonald of his sins. One evening she prays the Lord’s Prayer with him, but when she gets to the line ‘Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors’ he would not repeat it because he felt he could not forgive LeNoir. His son Ranald was also having trouble forgiving LeNoir for hurting his father. Later on in the story, Macdonald Dubh knows that he is going to die soon and talks again with Mrs. Murray. This time he realizes the mercy that God showed to him and that he must show the same mercy to LeNoir. He then tells his son that he must also forgive this man and also told Ranald that he must one day tell LeNoir that he had forgiven him. One day several years later Ranald finds LeNoir and tells him that he had been forgiven by both himself and his father. It was that day that Ranald understood the great mercy that God had shown to him, and it was God’s grace that enabled him to tell LeNoir that he was