Mr Clown and the Seven Deadly Sins: Pride
Pride [prayhd] –noun
1.) A inordinately high opinion of one’s importance, merit, or superiority.
2.) The state or feeling of being proud.
On the one hand, it’s important to take a certain amount of pride in one’s self—be it taking care to dress nicely or appropriately, to complete work and tasks in a timely and acceptable fashion, or even to conduct one’s self as a mature individual with integrity. However, as with anything pride can be taken to an extreme—leading to places no one should ever go. That’s the situation that Lisa Berry has put herself in. Lisa very much wants to be the Green River Elementary 5th Grade Class President. She has declared that she is the only person capable of leading the 5th Grade to lofty heights. She has even decided that she is the only cool person in the entire 5th Grade and is prettier than all the other girls in her class, perhaps the entire school. Her self-esteem has become so bloated by her false sense of pride in her alleged accomplishments that she acts as though she is better than every one else. She has even come to a place where she rubs her perceived awesomeness in the faces of Fran Gerkenstine and her friend Joshie Palmer every morning on the way to Science Class. Fran and Joshie have both tried to warn Lisa that she is going down a dark path—letting her pride turn her into an unbearable braggart. And, that Mr. Clown is standing right behind her this morning with one of his most favorite knives. It’s too bad that Lisa won’t stop bragging long enough to hear their warnings, isn’t it boys and girls? Poor Lisa. Her pride has really gotten her into a real jam this time!
Mr. Clown and the Seven Deadly Sins: Pride © 2011 City of Troy Productions
