Someone good-natured is supportive and kind.
Bonachón is the augmentative adjective of good (something with values or characteristics that are considered positive). It is said that an individual is good-natured when he has a good character, is kind and supportive and always appears cordial .
Before getting to know the meaning of the term in depth, it is necessary to proceed to discover its etymological origin. In this case, we can say that it is a word of Latin origin that is the result of the sum of two different parts:
- The adjective bonus , which can be translated as “good” .
- The augmentative suffix -achón .
Good-natured concept
Someone who is good-natured is a good person . This is a human being who does not act with evil or with bad intentions: on the contrary, he seeks to ensure that his actions do not harm others. He also tries to collaborate with others and seeks to be useful to the community.
For example: “My uncle was a good-natured man who helped his friends and neighbors” , “Marcos is good-natured, although his clumsiness leads him to make many mistakes” , “I would like to meet an attractive, intelligent and good-natured man” .
Good-natured individuals are good people.
A book by Roald Dahl
“The Great Gentle Giant” , on the other hand, is the title of a book written by the British Roald Dahl , which has illustrations by Quentin Blake . This work was published in 1982 : seven years later, it had an animated adaptation.
Aimed at a children's and youth audience, this work begins when, one night, the good-natured giant enters the orphanage and takes the girl Sofia to the country of the giants. There the two of them will not only be happy together but they will also have to face the dangerous and evil giants that exist in the place, a challenge for which the Queen of England will help them.
The character Jon Bonachón
In the comic strip and cartoons starring Garfield the cat, a character named Jon Arbuckle appears, who in our language is known as Good Jon . This man is the owner of Garfield and also the dog Odie . Good-natured lives with his pets and is in love with Garfield 's veterinarian, but his clumsiness means he can never establish a romantic relationship with her.
The comic strips of Garfield , Jon Bonachón and company began to be published in 1978 . Ten years later the animated series premiered, after some television specials. In 2004 , Garfield starred in his first live-action film.
Other characters with these characteristics
In literature we find many other characters that we can also classify as good-natured. One of the most well-known and universal is, without a doubt, Sancho Panza , Don Quixote 's faithful squire. And that is a good man who is always by the knight's side and does not leave him at any time, even despite the madness he possesses.
In the same way, we cannot ignore another series of literary characters who can also be defined as good-natured. This would be the case, for example, of Jean Passepartout , who is Phileas Fogg 's servant in the play “Around the World in 80 Days” . This novel, published in 1873 , was written by Jules Verne .