Extra Credit Questions

[David Lockmiller]

(02-26-2019 11:51 AM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  David, I selectively quoted Tad's very own words and insight because that was my point. Do you have children? Especially boys like to challenge parental limits to the extreme. There were near zero parental limits for Tad, so he challenged those. I think he was aware thereof, and that his challenging behavior was AT TIMES not pleasant to others. I think his words indicate.

What others said about him is the same as I said in my last sentence, isn't it?

Eva, do you see any difference between your assessment of Tad's character and Elizabeth Keckley's assessment of Tad's character?

You wrote: "I think Tad was well aware his behavior and actions often were not those of a good (behaving) boy, and that he made "(ab)use" of his "protected status."

Elizabeth Keckley wrote: "Tad had been petted by his father, but petting could not spoil such a manly nature as his. He seemed to realize that he was the son of a President – to realize it in its loftiest and noblest sense."

Elizabeth Keckley used the nurse's "quoted words," in part, to prove her assessment of Tad's character. You used only the same nurse's "quoted words" from Elizabeth Keckley's writing to prove your assessment of Tad's character.

And, I strongly disagree with your statement that "There were near zero parental limits for Tad, so he challenged those."