Jose Gomez

As Alice James said in her diary, on November 19, 1889. "When will women begin to have the first glimmer that above all other loyalties is loyalty to truth, i.e., to yourself, that husband, children, freinds and country are as nothing to that?"
In a book we read, The Giver, the main character, Jonas, lives with a family unit, since the book takes place in the future. In his family unit are his mother, his father, his sister and him. His community is basically a controlled one with no choices. He is assigned a mentor, The Giver, he has to show him his assignment which is giving him memories. Jonas then becomes very loyal to him and does as he says. Later on in the book Jonas needs to run away from his community in order to help it. Once he does leave he is being disloyal to his community and family unit, but loyal to his mentor.
Also in a movie we saw in class, The Whale Rider, the main character, Paikea, the granddaughter of a well respected man in a community, in New Zeland. Paikea is not at all loyal to her grandfather, because since she is a girl in her community it means she needs to stay still and not do anything but chores and work around the house. She does the opposite of what the grandfather says and she learns alot about her past generations, which she wasn't suppose to do. That to her grandfather was very disloyal.
Some internet sites that use loyalty are Loyalty.com. "The loyalty group creates incrementa value for our clients by enhancing their coustomer relationship through loyalty." E-loyalty.com. "We teach e-marketers how to develope e-loyalty strategy." Amazon.com. "Loyalty, it's why customers keep coming back to our website." Proyectopv.org. "Loyalty is the key that permits us to have authentic acheivements when we relate." Humanityquest.com. "It is used in every way to find definitions and more."
The origin of loyalty is c. 1400. from O. Fr. loyalte (Fr. loyaute), from O. Fr. loial, from L. legalis "legal", from lex (gen. legis "law") Replaced Anglo-Norm. Leal (q.v.), from the same L. source sense developement in English is feudal, via nation of "faithfull in carrying out legal obligations" Loyalty oath first attested in 1952.
In any language, loyalty sounds the same. In Spanish, Lealtad, in French, loyaute, or in Italian, Fedelta, even in shakesperean era, Shakespeare used it in his play, King Henry VI, part III, i, 202. "In thy face I see The map of honor, truth, and loyalty."
Loyalty is a very important word we should practice everyday because it is the quality or state of being loyal. Its the tie binding a person to something to which he is loyal. In my mind its being there for freinds, and mostly family because they will always be loyal to you.