Jasper Jones Quotes To Show Courage

Good morning distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the 24th annual Queensland Literary Symposium. I’d like to start off by highlighting a prominent book that has captured readers with its engaging and thrilling storyline along with insightfully revealing significant aspects of human society and culture. I refer specifically to the novel, Jasper Jones. Written by the Australian author Craig Silvery, Jasper Jones is set in the scorching summer of 1965 in Western Australia. One night Jasper, the town’s mixed-race outcast, shows Charlie Bucktin a dead body. Told from the perspective of Charlie, he and Jasper embark on a riveting mission to solve the mysterious murder of Laura Wishart. Silvery’s story demonstrates many social and

Have you ever experienced that moment in your life when you are at an all time low? When nothing goes your way or your friends are mad at you? Well, what you have just experienced is depression. Depression is a phenomenon that can shatter your insides, give you a heart-throbbing experience or test your resilience. These experiences are what Craig Silvey willed upon us the audience in his novel Jasper Jones. Like giving us, the readers a panic attack in chapter 1 or making us give up during Charlie’s library experience.

A courageous action most often is associated with reaching a goal or task of importance, despite the dangers even risks associated with it (“Courage”). For any specific act to be considered truly courageous it must be reasonably thought about and determined that the goal is well worth the risk or danger (“Courage”). Courage so often can be put with words such as heroic, and bravery although with courage there can be a fine line between courageous acts and plain foolishness. All this can make people believe that courage only applies to physical actions. There are two kinds of courage moral and physical in many cases they are both displayed in a single courageous act; however, bravery must come before all else, because they are associated with reaching a task of importance regardless of risk.

He was raised in such a way by his father that he is able to look beyond the racism and stereotypes present in his community. The audience gets to see Charlie slowly develop an understanding throughout the novel of the impact prejudice has on his community, f rom this his innocence is lost in a way that exposes him to the damage of his town because of racism. This is seen when Charlie is having a conversation with Jasper about his sudden injuries, it had never occurred to Charlie that the Sergeant, a person in a community meant to protect them, would have beaten Jasper up “I wo uldn’t have though for a second that... [the sarge] was capable of locking up an innocent boy without charge and beating him.” (Ch6 Pg225)

Often in works of literature, a character encounters a situation that requires courage. In the real fiction novel, The Circuit by Francisco jimenez the main character Francisco is very courageous. Francisco and his family immigrated to Mexico from California had to do many things to making money and had a better life, because they are so poor and they they needed to do a lot things to know about the life. Francisco passed so many thinks that given courageous.

The characters in this book show a lot of courage but the most courageous is Charlie. Charlie shows courage by staying strong throughout

This quote was chosen because Charlie desires to be loved, treasured, and essentially wanted like any human being would, but unfortunately his love was received in the wrong manner.

The first person in the novel Peak who demonstrated a great deal of courage was Sun-Jo’s father, Kitar. A group of climbers were stuck beneath mounds of snow, because of an avalanche. The weather was too intense for anyone to rescue them, therefore Kitar determined he would go up the treacherous mountain to try and save these climbers. Sadly, only one climber survived. This one survivor was Josh, Peak’s father.

Some people say to be courageous you have to do something as big as running into a burning building to save someone's life. However there are a variety of ways to display your courage. The characters in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee display multiple representations of courage. Being courageous means to take risks, stand up for others, and do what you believe in, even if you may fail.

Courage is a difficult thing for people to do in real life. Some people may say courage is people who have strong bodies and hearts. The others would say it is someone who tells the truth instead of avoiding it. In To Kill A Mockingbird courage is presented by standing up to your fears and helping people that need help. Early in the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Jem shows courage by touching Boo Radley’s porch. “In the waning moonlight I saw Him swing his feet to the floor. “I'm going after them he said. I sat upright, you can't I won't let you. He was struggling into his shirt, I've got to. You do and i'll wake Atticus. You do and i'll kill you.” Jem lost his pants on the Radley fence by making a raid on the property in the hope of catching a glimpse of Boo from the back window of the Radley House. Atticus would demand to see the pants the next morning, so Jem knew he had to get them back. He also didn't want to lose Atticus's trust in him, or be punished further. This is an example of curage because Jem knew if he didn’t show Atticus the pants the next morning Atticus would had been really mad, so he decided to go back for

Courage aids in showing the leader is willing to make a sacrifice of himself to reach a goal. Ralph shows courage when he travels to Castle Rock to ask for Piggy’s glasses back. Jack clearly does not favor Ralph at this point, but he still makes to choice to aid Piggy in retrieving his glasses. Therefore, Ralph clearly shows he is willing to make a sacrifice of himself to reach a goal of retrieving Piggy’s glasses. Jack shows courage as well.

One way of being courageous is through kindness. It takes courage to give the homeless some money or food, but Roxanna, a character in the book with a loving heart, took it the the next level. So Reuben, the main character and his family were out of gas, and just barely made it a small gas station in the mountains, on a Sunday. Roxanna felt bad for these people so sold them gas, but they needed a place to stay and she offered a couple rooms to them for a couple nights. “ Or, if you’d like” she said, “I have a couple of rooms”(Enger,1790).

This was the point when he decided he was a part of the fight. Charlie went into the war knowing what he was fighting for. He was going to fight to get his youngest son back. Charlie understood his values as well, he valued family, peace, and love. Charlie loved his wife very much and although she died he still went to her grave and talked to her as if she was still alive.

Society is filled with heroes that inspire others with their acts of selflessness and strength. These heroes show great courage in their doing. One may wonder, what is courage? To be courageous is to commit an act because it is right, and to persevere.

What is courage? Is it doing the right thing even when everyone else is doing the opposite. Or maybe it is when someone does something no one else is willing to do. I think that doing both of these shows a lot of courage. Throughout this class we have read many books that have characters that show courage. There are themes of courage in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, To Kill a Mockingbird, the Holocaust Unit, and The Merchant of Venice.