“Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.” - Mary Tyler Moore. This quote means that if you take chances you will make mistakes, making mistakes is a part of your life, pain strengthens you, and failing makes you braver. In the story, The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, the readers learn from Charlotte's adventures that there is many times to be brave, which is part of the theme, being brave is sometimes the only choice.
In the story, The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, Charlotte walks down to top steerage, where her luggage is, to get a couple of her belongings. When she’s down there, she sees a mysterious face staring at her. She doesn’t know who it is. It’s neither Captain Jaggery or the crew. She walks up to it slowly and finds out it’s not alive, it’s a fake face. She starts up the ladder but realizes she forgot her clothes. When she climbs back down to get her clothes, she sees another face, she realizes this face it alive. She had no idea who the face was. (Chapter 6 & 7, Pgs 70-71) This relates to the theme because here Charlotte had to be very brave to go up to the face, go back down to get her things, and having to go down there when she needed something from her luggage. She won’t know if the face will hurt her when she’s down there and she won’t know if the face is still down there.
Later in the story, Charlotte goes to find a needle for Mr. Ewing. When she was
We all have opportunities to display courage in our life, but if we actually do is our decision. Courage is being able to do what is right even if it can be hard. In the book Speak by Laurie Halle Anderson I found three different examples of courage. In this book Melinda Sordino, David Petrakis and Melinda, again all show courage.
Hidden Figures displayed integrity, persistence, and dedication to achieve things that may have been deemed impossible at that time. 1961, was a year where the workplace and schools were segregated, and colored individuals were oppressed to the point where they were not allowed to share the same bathrooms with Caucasian individuals.
Courage is something that is very hard to have, because it takes very little to break someone’s self confidence and courage but it takes a lot of strength to gain courage after someone has taken or broken yours because of something that they did. In the book “speak” by Laurie Halse Anderson a girl named Melinda loses her trust and confidence because of someone who took advantage of her, this led her to call the police during a party which ended up ruining her reputation at her high school. Throughout the book it takes a lot of courage for Melinda to speak and trust herself again, this story of Melinda shows how even small acts of courage can lead to happiness as they build up. It is important to be courageous because it will make
The motif of face represents the characters’ identity. Saving Face is an expression to keep definition. Face is a motif because face is used repeatedly, especially in close-ups to captivate the person’s identity. In the opening shot, there is a close-up on Wil’s face which she is seen wearing beauty masks to hide her true identity. The beauty mask prevents Wil from expressing her true identity because the face mask shows that Wil is
Courage’s importance comes into play if choosing to live life to the fullest. “The quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear.” A revealing and mysterious novel “Jasper Jones” by Craig Silvey has Jasper (14) appearing at Charlie Bucktin’s (13) home late one night. Feeling the exhilaration Charlie takes up Jaspers offer to follow him into the woods, nervous and excited they crept through the night. Charlie and Jasper discover something that never will leave their conscience.
“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do.” (Lee 149).
William Shakespeare once said, "For courage mounteth with occasion." William Shakespeare is portraying that courage comes when it is needed most. Shakespeare also displays that courage makes up for the strength that is absent in arduous situations. I agree with Shakespeare's message he is conveying in entirety. In the novels, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, the courageous acts are like one lone star lighting up the entire night sky.
Courage can be found in everyone big or small, mean, or nice. But sometimes it is hard to find your courage. In "Touching Spirit Bear" and " Maniac Magee" the author teaches us that people can be courageous by being friends with people they may not like at first and going to a place you might not want to go.
We’ve all faced difficulties in life and been at a point where having courage and maintaining hope was the only option available. While you may think courage simply means an act of bravery it’s much more. Courage takes a bigger picture of an act of bravery. It takes one to believe and have the ability to push through the hardest of times even when the results may not be guaranteed. It can be compared to a weapon armed in everyone's heart. You know when to take your gun out and load the bullets. A few of the main characters in the novel Between Shades of Gray ,Elena, Lina, and Andrius display courage in occasions that are easier said than done.
This quote talks about how courage involves taking risks especially in new situations. Laurie Halse Anderson had the same idea as Walt Disney in the book Speak. The characters she put in the book that showed courage had the take a lot of risks in new situations. In the book Speak Melinda Sordino, shows courage, by taking risks in the situations she were presented.
courage is needed to do most important things. The book Staying fat for Sarah Byrnes
Courage is fear, holding on a minute longer. G. Patton •10. Buy the ticket, take the ride. Hunter Thompson •11. Don’t go around thinking the world owes you a living.
People who are courageous are able to achieve their goals, to stand up and to have their say in what is right and what is wrong. They might’ve made mistakes in life, but if they are willing to reach it, they will get up and try again, becoming stronger than ever at trying to pursue their goals.
In The Cage by Ruth Minsky Sender, Ruth and her family struggle their way through the Holocaust. Formally named Riva Minska, Ruth was born in Lodz, Poland. Ruth, her brothers, Motele, Moishele, and Laibele are left to fend for themselves when their mother is taken away by the Nazis. The siblings take very good care of each other and are willing to sacrifice anything for each other. Laibele gets very sick and later passes away in the ghetto. In camp, Ruth becomes very ill. The camp doctor convinces the commander to let Ruth go the hospital and saves her life. When she is sent back to work, she does not go back to the factory. The Nazis put her in the first aid station with a doctor named Katia. Katia is very kind and protects Ruth. The theme of courage is clearly shown throughout The Cage especially
During the speech Rowling states “It is impossible to live without failing at something unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case, you fail by default”. This quote means that in life a person needs to be able to make mistakes in order to learn from them and grow. By making mistakes an individual can discover aspects about their character that they did not know before. Failure can teach one lessons such as