Movie Fallacy

A fallacy is a mistaken belief and today we see them all over the place. In the beginning of the movie, Sister Aloysius Beauvier thought that there was going to be a problem with Father Brendan Flynn and the little boy in the class (Donald Millers). The Father seemed to favorite the little boy and give him special treatment. The Sister thought that there was going to be an issue because of the Father that she had when was in school. After the boy had a meeting with the Father, the teacher smelt alcohol on the boys' breath. Sister Aloysius assumes that there is behavior going on that isn't acceptable for the fact that she had a father who would be inappropriate with student. Listening and watching this fallacy plays out, I would consider this to be a hasty fallacy because the Sister is assuming that the same situation is happening because it had happened to her. …show more content…
Once the Father hears this assumption, he is angry that they would think that. He explains to the Sisters that the boy was caught drinking the wine from the church. The Father brings in Donald Millers to explain to the Sisters his actions with the wine. Donald then explains his sins and begs for the sisters and the Father for them not to take him off the altar boys list. After careful consideration, they decide to keep him on the list with the other boys. I would consider this to be a pity logical fallacy because the Father is taking pity on the boy because he was begging the father to not take him on the list and it