The Loyal Samurai

Author's Note: I wrote about samurais because people should follow their actions. They are great role models if you look what they do good such as loyalty, honesty, and respect everyone.

In the book Warriors by Jim Eldridge really specified why samurai’s follow their code of honor so well. There were two kinds of samurais, one was a samurai who was trained to kill and hunt down people. The other one was a samurai who was just learning from his master to fight and handle a sword. They were sneaky warriors in the night that when told by their master to kill someone did it quiet and without anyone knowing. Samurai’s were the most loyal and brave warriors of the late 1800’s.

Samurais were so loyal because in 1800’s war was breaking out in Japan so the leader Toyotomi Hideyoshi went to the villages and collected a lot of the farmers and made an extremely strict caste system and made them follow his every command. He made all the farmers decide between the life on the farm or a strong brave warrior that would fight for him. Also he made a law that samurais were the only people who were allowed to arm themselves with a sword. Samurai’s without masters were called ronins which caused some trouble in the Edo Period. 

Bushido was the name of the samurai’s code of honor which meant “Way of the Warrior”, that was the way of their life. One reason why the samurai were so strong was because their masters would train them to be mentally and physically tough. Another reason is because masters stress their students to know that they need to have loyalty, wisdom and honor until death. A lot of people these days have forgotten and don’t use those great skills we can use every day. On the other hand many people still apply those great qualities. Employees usually and if they don’t should use these quality’s for their work to respect their boss.

The fearless samurai was trained by its master to be loyal, honest, and to follow their code of honor. These days there are not many samurais anymore because we have evolved into better technology such as guns, electronics, and social skills. Although samurais were feared deeply people can learn a lot from the samurais. The bravest, strongest, and most skilled warriors of the 1800’s were the samurais.