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Bravery is courageous behavior or character. Bravery is one of the most important themes in Beowulf. Ancient heroes searched for instances to make their reputation represent their courageous deeds. Beowulf announces to all who will listen that he will use only his strength and his bravery to rid mead hall of this monster who has been interrogating them for so long. As stated in canto 22 “He tossed his sword

Bilbo Baggins is a hero, even though he has some help along the way from his friends. He is courageous because he made his first attempt at burglary from trolls, he puts himself before others and frees his friends from the ElvenKing and he is brave and loyal when he goes down to visit Smaug for the first time to fulfill a promise. I hope I have proved Bilbo Baggins to be

By putting his life in danger Bilbo shows a true example of heroism. Though the dwarves were still skeptical of his abilities, they were starting to take into consideration of what Gandalf had said about this little hobbit. Continuing their adventure the group is attacked by goblins where they are eventually saved by Gandalf. Throughout the turmoil of the attacking goblins Bilbo gets lost in the caves and finds himself alone in the darkness. It is in this event when Bilbo finds Gollum’s ring. Gollum was a sickly looking creature that had been dwelling in the caves for many years. Bilbo used his wits to outsmart the creature by playing a riddle game with him and eventually made it to safety. Having Bilbo win the riddle game shows that his smart and witty mind aids him in becoming the hero. Bilbo wasn’t some tough strong stereotypical super hero, he used his smarts to outwit his foes and to triumph over evil. Though Bilbo at the time did not know the power of the ring that he had retrieved from Gollum’s lair (the power of invisibility), it was his heroic fate that he found it as it assist him in becoming the hero of the story. Fate has it that Bilbo will become a hero, but Bilbo also has the courage on top of his fate to get the dwarves out of life threatening situations.

If you were in the face of moral danger, would you step up or back away and cower away from danger? Well, in the story The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien the main character, Bilbo, has to face danger multiple times when he went on a quest to help strangers take back their home. Bilbo shows his change from being a coward to a person who lives life more adventurously and courageously. Some ways he exhibits these actions is when he initially leaves and leaves his home, when he gets kidnaped by a group of goblins he was barely phased by it, and when he goes face to face with Smaug very strong dragon.

Bilbo forgot about the dangers, about his old home, about his rewards, he just wanted to help, and the fearless Bilbo was brought out of him. Courage is a hard thing for a person to acquire, but can be obtained by their achievements and failures.

Fact 1: Bilbo Baggins went through several tasks that made his character grow. Through countless excursions into the wild it was obvious that Bilbo developed greatly into a wonderfully cheerful hero. After Bilbo beat Gollum in a game of riddles he became more confident in himself. Bilbo’s task was to solve a riddle that Gollum gave him. If he got the answer he lived. If he was wrong, Gollum would eat him. Bilbo was good at riddles and he defeated Gollum. Then Bilbo used his ring to escape. This event made him even more confident. Bilbo realized that he had accomplished a very tough task when he beat Gollum. This event also made Bilbo more skilled in being stealthy when he had his ring on.

Courage is a great character trait which is built from the ground up through past experiences in a person’s life.  Risks are excellent examples of experiences that a person needs in order to become stronger.  In the book - Bilbo, the burglar - takes on many tasks where he put himself in danger, even though he is the one with the least practice in these kinds of situations.  He always listens to the team, and did what they asked.  On all missions Bilbo is given, he always sees things to the end.  Though he may say occasionally that, “I wish I was at home in my nice hole by the fire, with the kettle just beginning to sing!”(31), he pulls through for the team with determination.  In order to become truly brave, people need to get their priorities straight, and focus on the task at hand.

Fighting more than one monsters and risking his life for them. The battle with dragon shows a lot courage about Beowulf because he’s old and doesn’t have the strength like he use to when he was fight Grendel and his mother. He promised people that he would kill the dragon and that would be his last battle and work he do. “ Telling their sorrow , telling stories Of their dead king and his glory, Praising him for heroic deeds, for a life As noble as his name” that shows courage because what he did what he promised to do and end it by killing the dragon. He made his good and died as a hero and care a lot for his people they can tell the stories about their hero and what he did for them.( Beowulf line 1125-1128) Beowulf was brave , level-headed and strong; those are some of the characters that heroes have. The another example of courage is in The 13th Warrior Ahmed has a lot of courage working with the viking people. At first they didn’t understand each other but the time goes by they started understanding him more and he started to get to know and understand them too. “ Merciful Father, I have squandered my days with plans of many things. This was not among them. But at this moment, I beg only to live the next few minutes well. For all we ought to have thought, and have not thought; all we ought to have said, and have not said; all we ought to have done, and have not done; I pray thee

True bravery is when you’re aware that the odds are against you, however, you have the ability to persevere through it. Even though you don’t want to complete the task ahead of you, an inner force brings you the motivation to do it. Sincere courageousness doesn’t always entail violence; in fact, courage comes from the choices made within that affect yourself or those around you. The outcome may not always be to your advantage, but

First of all, he gains courage in the story. Before he went on this adventure, he was timid and to himself. This is because hobbits didn’t go on anything dangerous, especially adventures. This all changes as soon as Bilbo goes on this journey with Gandalf and the dwarves. We see our first example of this when he tries to steal from the three huge, nasty

Beowulf is a prime example of what it means to be courageous. In his fight with Grendel, he chooses “[n]o weapons, therefore, / for either this night: unarmed he shall face me / if face me he dares” (683-84). Beowulf has never encountered Grendel before. He has only heard the stories of the beast’s evil doings, so going into a fight with no protection requires great strength and bravery. Beowulf is the only man to dive into the waters to fight Grendel’s Mother. He goes into the fight believing “life doesn’t cost him a thought” (1536). The outcome of the battle does not faze Beowulf because a warrior should

The puck was back and forth, receiving a collective OOOH, from the crowd if it was shot at the goal. But the final period is where the game got interesting. Still tied at zero, a Capital player received a penalty for tripping, giving the Islanders a one man lead, or otherwise known as a Power Play. This reawakened the crowd, which began buzzing with excitement. Half way through this Power Play, a shot on the Capital goal tipped off the shoulder pad of the Goalie, ricocheting the puck straight into the net. As soon the tiny red light above the goal began its routine spin, the stands exploded with sound. Fans sung along together and toasted what was left of their drinks, while children squealed with delight, knowing something important happened, but not exactly what. And with that goal, the Islanders began playing at a level unrivaled by the other team, who felt panic and fear, as this could lead to their

Perseus and Bilbo were both courageous through their journeys. Perseus was courageous right from the beginning, but Bilbo didn’t start with this valuable characteristic. Bilbo developed it within his journey. At first, Bilbo is horrified at the thought of an adventure. “Good morning! We don’t want any adventures here, thank you! You might want to try over The Hill or across The Water.” he said. (Tolkien 7) Bilbo wants nothing to do with an adventure and would much rather sit in his warm hobbit-hole eating his ‘elevensies’.

Some may say that Bilbo is a coward, and it seems like it at a few points. He puts the ring on to survive, and doesn’t always help in the fighting. All of that is wrong. During the Battle of Five Armies, Bilbo used the ring because he couldn’t do anything else. The hobbit may be able to be effective when people don’t know where he is, but in all out war, Bilbo can’t be efficient. More importantly, he would have surely died in the battle if it weren't for the ring. With that point, it is unfair to say that Bilbo is a coward compared to Gandalf. Gandalf is a powerful wizard, capable of many devastating attacks in combat. Bilbo is clever, brave, and has the One Ring, but isn’t necessarily the best fighter. Which is fine, saying that he can do

Bilbo was courageous. When faced by Gollum, Bilbo, who was a smart little hobbit, knew that he only had one hope. He challenged Gollum to a match of riddles. Gollum accepted and lost. Another instance of Bilbo’s bravery transpired when he was challenged by the dragon. Then Bilbo recalled how to properly talk to a dragon, and confronted the dragon with the correct speech.