Johnny Tremain is a novel about a
young silversmith apprentice, Johnny Tremain, who first injures his hand and then
becomes part of the Revolutionary War. He is arrogant and disdainful of those he
believes are inferior to him.
In contrast, the silversmith
Johnny is apprenticed to is a godly man who is interested as much in building Johnny's
character as he is in refining his skills. Mr. Lapham is a man of great religious
devotion, even closing his shop on Sundays so his family--including his apprentices--can
attend church services. In contrast, everyone in the family and all the apprentices are
willing to secretly break Mr. Lapham's rule in order to make money. It is during this
Sunday work session that Johnny gets hurt.
The word "piety"
refers primarily to a person's reflection of godliness, as found in the dictionary
source cited below:
"reverence for God or devout fulfillment of
religious obligation."
I will
not write your sentence for you; however, if I had to use "piety" in a sentence, I would
write a sentence about Mr. Lapham. He is the most pious person in the
novel.
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