Jasper Jones Courage Quotes

In the novel Jasper Jones, many themes and values are explored that I strongly oppose, such as the abuse of power held by those in positions of authority. In the novel, Jasper comes to Charlie with “…His left eye like a cricket ball. A shiny bulb with a single seam…a dried cut on his lip.” It presently comes to light that the shire president and constable were the ones that inflicted Jasper to this physical torture. This is horrendous behaviour from somebody with the authority to protect the people of Corrigan, and shows a negligence of their power. Later in the novel, we discover the shire president has abused and sexually assaulted his own daughter, impregnating her and ultimately becoming the reason for her suicide. His feigned surprise

One of the main factors in Charlie’s journey from innocence to experience is his friendship with Jasper Jones. In the beginning of the book Charlie is very sheltered and naive, but when Jasper Jones appears at Charlie’s window to ask for help, he exposes Charlie to scary situations forcing him to be brave and face his fears. When Jasper asks Charlie to help

Courage means to go out of your way to face your fears. The book Jasper Jones displays many examples of courage throughout the book. The book Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey is a book about a mystery. The main Charlie is awaken by the knock of Jasper Jones on his window, later that night they find something that shocks them both. They have found a girl by the name of Laura Wishart hanging from a tree near where they usually hang out.

Good Afternoon teachers and students, The following texts express how an individuals understanding of belonging can quickly be changed by the people and place around them. “Jasper Jones a novel written by Craig Silvey”, it is a short story of a boy named Charles Butkins and the events that occurred because he helped Jasper Jones mask the death of Laura Wishart. “Australia by Ania Walwicz”, is attacking the people of Australia in the form of a poem, because of their point of views and attitudes in life. She also hates Australia itself because the people are not welcoming, this is the main point of this poem.

The 1960's was a really dark period for the many people whose race was noticeably different. Indigenous Australians, in most states were deprived of full citizenship of the new nation on grounds of their race. Restrictive immigration laws were also in place at the time to preference "white" European immigrants to Australia. However, people's perceptions were slowly beginning to change in the late 1960's.

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.

The importance of courage is that it helps continue with our story or life. Courage gives us strength and bravery to keep moving on with our life. If we didn’t have courage we would be still and not want to move on with our life. In the book Peace like a River by Leif Enger, Ruben, the main character, has courage to move on and go find his brother. Ruben finds the courage to go to go find work, when Jeremiah got sick and couldn’t support the family. Ruben find the strength and brave to go up to the stand and testify of what he saw during the shooting. Last Ruben had the courage to go and find Davy in the Badlands.

Winston Churchill’s famous words, “Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision,” are very important to me when we are thinking about courage. I believe that courage is important trait to obtain because not having courage wouldn’t let us do many of the things we have accomplished. Sometimes showing courage means doing something we wouldn’t normally do, and it also represents itself in doing something against our morals. In the book Jasper Jones, Charlie is a character that stands out to me because he shows a lot of courage throughout book after Laura’s death.

Sometimes we feel like we have no courage at all and then at other times we feel like we have all the courage in the world. There were many times in my life where I felt like I had a lot of courage, and times where I felt like I had no courage at all. Courage is also a theme in the book Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. It is important to have courage because it makes people happy, it can help people get out of risky situations, and it makes people more confident in themselves.

‘To kill a mockingbird’ by Harper Lee focuses on the topic of courage in the duration of the novel. This is done by many different factors, such as physically, mentally, morally and emotionally. Ms. Dubose, Boo Radley and Atticus Finch all show courage in the face of defeat. The three of them show great courage. Mrs. Dubose shows courage when she decided to conquer her morphine addiction. Boo Radley, otherwise known as the town shut-in, shows an equal amount of courage at the end of the end of the novel by rescuing Jem Finch from Mr.Ewell. Finally, Atticus Finch also acts courageously by standing up for and defending Tom Robinson, knowing full well that a black man cannot get a fair trial in Maycomb county.

One way courage was shown in the book was by someone talking to people. A character named David showed courage by speaking to someone even if he would most likely be judged or looked at differently. On page number 131 David asked Melinda if she wanted to go to his house for a party he was having after their school won a basketball game. He showed courage and didn’t care what other people thought. Since he had the courage to ask her she finally felt a little accepted at her school.

Courage or the act of being courageous is something that can depict if a person is being weak. This act ties into the classic tale when identifying the strength it took Sundiata to walk. Sundiata was at an age where other young boys were gathering objects for their mothers and he simply could not, due to the fact that he was unable to walk. However, “In a great effort he straightened up and was on his feet at one go, but the great bar of iron was twisted and had taken the form of a bow.” (Page 21) A boy who once couldn't walk was now walking. He who once had to depend on his mother can now be the one his mother depends on. Thus, “ When Sogolon saw her son standing she stood dumb for a moment, then suddenly she sang these words of thanks to god who had given her son the use of his legs”. (Page 21) Sogolon was so discouraged to the point where the sight of her son’s slow development became an embarrassment. She soon became joyful of the courage

Aristotle once said, "Such then is the character of true courage...though it never provokes danger; [it] is always ready to meet even death in an honorable cause." I believe this means that one has true courage when, in a situation, no matter what the outcome will be, one is ready to accept their fate, even if it means death. During the tragic event that occurred on September 11, 2001, almost three thousand people lost their lives. On that day, we were able to hear stories of many people, who would be considered couragous by Aristotle.

You may wonder why courage is such an important trait to have. Without courage, no one would be able to get through their everyday struggles and problems. Courage is what helps you to push past anything

Charlie is a very brave human throughout the entirety of ‘Private Peaceful’. As a person Charlie grows and gains a stronger sense of bravery. Bravery is having mental strength in a time of difficulty or danger, Charlie shows this on many occasions through the novel. Firstly Charlie shows bravery when he steals Bertha, a white foxhound from the Colonel’s kennel. “I stole her. I ran off with her after dark, through the trees so no one would see us” revealed Charlie to Tommo. This act of selflessness takes great bravery especially because Charlie knew the punishment he would receive. Charlie stole Bertha in order to keep her alive because the Colonel was going to shoot Bertha but Charlie had always seen Bertha as his favourite and saw this act