The Cider House Rules

Movie lines are very important to movies. They can either make a person remember funny parts of a movie or they can make a person think about the lesson of the movie and learn from the line. In The Cider House Rules there were many different lines that stuck out. The line about doing right by doing something wrong, plays a big part in the movie.
I think that the line teaches a lot to Homer throughout the movie. Homer never understood why Dr. Larch said this about the abortions that he performed until Homer was in the situation where he had to perform an abortion. I think that Dr. Larch understood the true meaning of the saying from the beginning of the movie because he could see why these girls were wanting abortions and that in a lot of cases it may not have been to the girls choice or the girls fault that they got pregnant. Homer believed that the girls just needed to control themselves better and he never realized that some girls were able to control themselves but that they still became pregnant because of events that weren't their choice. Homer learned the true meaning of this saying when he performed the abortion on Rose.
I think that the saying also is present in the movie when Dr. Larch lies to the children when Fuzzy dies. It was wrong of him to lie but at the same time it was good for the children to not know that Fuzzy had died and to believe that he had been adopted.
The saying also was present when Homer left the orphanage. It was wrong of him to just leave so quickly and to leave everyone that loved him behind. However, since he left he was able to realize that abortions weren't always bad and that the children really did need him. If he wouldn't have left he may have never realized how much he was needed at the orphanage.
The one other time in the movie that I think could be related to this saying was when Candy cheated on Wally while he was at war. Her cheating on Wally was a very bad thing of her to do but at the same time it helped Homer a lot to have a friend that he could confide in. Also, it made Candy appreciate Wally more when he came back and she was finally able to realize that what she had always been doing was wrong.
I thought that this was a fantastic movies that have many lessons that can be learned from it.