Courage In Code Name Sparta, By Elizabeth Wein

From one person to another, everyone has been brave at least once in their life. In a tough situation, one may not realize how brave they can be. In The Downsiders by Neal Shusterman, a subterranean city is under New York, full of misfits and outsiders who don’t belong on the surface. Downsider, Talon and Topsider, Lindsay are constantly being put through tough situations, yet time and time again, they show their bravery. Although bravery may always be in us, bravery can come when one needs it most.

The powerful and gripping novel The Boy Who Dared, written by Susan Campbell Bartoletti, is a Newbery Honor book. The novel is based on Helmuth Hubener who lived during the Holocaust when the Nazis were rising to power in 1933. Helmuth was one of the very few young boys who tried to expose Hitler to the people of Germany. Hitler was torturing the Jews and declaring wars on countries just because he wanted war. He also ruined Jewish shops and destroyed their futures. The Boy Who Dared shows historical accuracy in many ways, especially as it focuses on Helmuth’s life, the

The Most Interesting Thing About That Ancient Spartan Palace Isn't The Palace - It's The Language by Kristina Killgrove.

I read The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti. The Boy Who Dared has 192 pages and was published in 2008. Susan Campbell Bartoletti writes a lot of historical fiction book for younger audiences. She has also written book about the KKK, The Great Irish Famine, the Holocaust, Child labor, the Civil War, the Great Depression, and much more. Susan also writes young children 's books such as, Nobody’s Diggier Than a Dog and Nobody’s Nosier Than a Cat. I chose The Boy Who Dared because I really enjoy learning about the holocaust. This book falls into the Historical Fiction category. The Boy Who Dared, looked really interesting because it is about a boy who spoke up against the Nazi regime during the time of the Holocaust. The book is

All of these parts of the plot show courage. “Primarily she was on her way to get rid of Daniel, her terrifying husband. She kicked the sod at the thought of her marriage; and then shaking her head to forget, she surveyed the camp.” (George

The word courage means the ability to do something that frightens one. In the book that we're reading by Mildred Taylor called Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, Cassie shows courage in a few moments throughout the book. Cassie is an African American girl and the only girl in her family. Because of this, she feels like she has to protect her younger siblings. Cassie showed courage when she had to stand up for Little man, when she had to confront Mr.Barnet, and when she had to stand up to rival Lillian Jean.

The Red Badge of Courage is a book about coming of age and finding the true meaning of the red badge of courage. The main character, Henry Fleming, is a young boy who joins the army in hopes of being able to take part in the excitement of the war and earn himself a red badge of courage. Henry’s definition of a red badge of courage is a scar from participating in a battle, but what he does not understand about this badge is that it needs to be earned in some very strenuous ways. As Henry goes through multiple dramatizing events that lead him to the meaning of the badge, he grows into a fine man, with new found knowledge.

“The Red Badge of Courage” written by Stephen THE Crane was a great example of the works that the author penned. Stephen Crane was born in New Jersey on November 1, 1871. Crane was the youngest of fourteen children and attend a few different preparatory schools and colleges before deciding that he wanted to be a journalist and an author. He wrote first of things that had happened in New York City, but once he decided for sure that this was what he wanted to do, he threw himself into writing and consequently, wound up writing some of the most interesting books and stories written in those times. Crane was very interested in the Civil War and many of the books he wrote were descriptive of that. Crane also, at one point published works under a pseudonym of “Johnston Smith.” Crane did much traveling during his life, always trying to write a better novel then the one before, but before long he ran out of money. Also, his health was failing, and Crane found out he had tuberculosis. He died at the very young age of 28. Even after his death, his literature was being discovered by many and consequently, he had many novels and stories published after his death. “The Red Badge of Courage” was his most recognized and honored pieces of work and even to this day, schools all over the country have children that love to read this story.

The powerful and gripping novel The Boy Who Dared, written by Susan Campbell Bartoletti, is a Newbery Honor book. The novel is based on Helmuth Hubener who lived during the Holocaust when the Nazis were rising to power in 1933. Helmuth was one of the very few young boys who tried to expose Hitler to the people of Germany. Hitler was torturing the Jews and declaring wars on countries just because he wanted war. He also ruined Jewish shops and destroyed their futures. The Boy Who Dared shows historical accuracy in many ways, especially as it focuses on Helmuth’s life, the

Courage means to me is to stand up for your Convictions, and not lose it. Throughout the book “Roll of Thunder Hear my Cry” by Mildred D. Taylor, a young courageous girl named Cassie Logan has gone through quite a bit in this book, such as getting switched on the first day of school, not getting to ride the bus because of her skin color, and T.J. getting into some trouble. All of those things are hard on Cassie. There is so much more that has happened to her but those are the three main ones that we're a big impact on her life. Cassie was a very strong and courageous girl.

There were many important aspects of Spartan culture that lead to the success of the city-state.

The Red Badge of Courage was written by Stephen Crane. The book is a historical fiction, war drama. It was based in the war of Chancellorsville, Virginia, during 1863.

The history of Sparta was the great exception to the political evolution of the city-states. Despite the fact that Spartans in the end were all Greek, Sparta failed to ever move in the direction of democratic rule. Instead, its government evolved into something more closely resembling a modern day dictatorship. If the Spartans had followed the other Greek city-states in their political practices they might have been able to avoid their own downfall and could have even become stronger.

Scout was courageous to tell Miss Caroline about the Cunninghams and the Ewells even though she knew she was going to be fussed at. Courage is someone doing something that may make them look bad but will help others. It

Next, the Queen inspires patriotism in her troops by leading through example. She lets the troops know that she is there “to live and die amongst [them] all,” in order to convince them that she is there for more than just superficial support of her troops. She knows that if she were simply there to rile up the troops, they would some to resent her for being a hypocrite for standing on the sidelines and not joining in the war effort. By saying that “[she herself]