Melinda Courageous Quotes

The students at some point have to show courage, if someone is being bullied, mistreated, or just sad. Courage is showing bravery and just doing what's right. In Mildred Taylorś book, Roll of Thunder Hear my Cry. Stacey has to show courage, when he took the blame for T.J. cheating.. Stacey also had to show courage by, coming up with the idea of digging the trench, and Stacey got everyone involved with the idea of digging the trench, for the bus to fall in.

Almost everyone knows the right things to do. When a bully is picking on a victim, people around them know the right thing to do – stand up for the victim. However, knowing the right thing to do and doing the right thing are two very different things – the difference is courage. This is shown clearly in Ernest Gaines’ novel, A Lesson Before Dying, in Henrik Ibsen’s play, A Doll’s House, and a quote from the movie Hidden Figures. Courage is shown through Grant, Nora, and that “there’s no bathroom for me here” (0:31) from Hidden Figures respectively.

It is important to be courageous to show people the true braver and how far people will go for something. In the book Jasper Jones. Charlie and his friends had several courageous acts. One these courageous acts that stood out to me the most was when Charlie decided to help jasper so he wouldn’t get into trouble. This is courageous because it shows the risk that Charlie is willing to take for someone he doesn’t even know.

"Who in the world am I? Ah, that is the great puzzle." This quote written by Lewis Carroll in the book Alice in Wonderland perfectly represents Melinda in the story Speak by the author Laurie Halse Anderson because she is discovering who she really is. Her main character is Melinda who is a freshman in high school. She starts Merryweather high school with a reputation. She called the cops on a party which shut it down. Because of her actions she doesn’t have any friends. She begins the year with no confidence and a stomach ache. Her personality completely changes after the party and not necessarily in a good way. There are many factors that contribute to Melinda’s identity, such as rape, friends, enemies, school, and her parents. Even though there are other qualities that make up Melinda’s identity, those are the most important one’s. Melinda is formed by all of her traits. In all honesty, Melinda’s personality depends on who she associates with and how other people respect her.

Courage is the ability for standing up for someone with strength and helping people when no one will. Mildred D. Taylor's Roll of thunder, Cassie faces discrimination she shows courage for standing up for blacks rights. Her family and all African Americans are treated unfairly because of the color of their skin. She stands up for her convictions and doesn’t change her convictions. She showed courage when she stood up to Mrs. Crocker, Lillian Jean, and Mr. Barnett at the mercantile. She had a lot of things that she didn’t understand at the time.

Helping others shows courage by know what you help other people and that many people to try and help all of these people. One example is from the book when Boo Radley had come out of his house and saved Jem and Scout when they had been attacked by Bob Ewell and then Boo Radley killed Bob Ewell with the knife he was going to use to kill the kids. This is courage because Boo never comes out of his house and he knows that the kids have been chatting with him for a while and he was a friend to them so he stepped up and he helped them. Another example is that lawyers are willing to stand up to help their defendants in the courtroom. I know this because lawyers want t make sure that the innocent people don't end up in jail because they want a fair and even casein the courtroom. The evidence connects to the contention because it shows how people stand up for other people’s beliefs even if they might not believe in that. Also the contention connects to the thesis because it is hard to help all of these people all the time but you need to be willing to show that you do have courage by going and helping

Everyone has the potential for courage, however, not everyone takes advantage of it. Imagine the nerd taking advantage of talking to the pretty girl in the lunch-room and compare it to not taking the chance. Similarly, in Harper Lee’s story,”To Kill a Mockingbird”, characters employ their wits in order to overcome adversity. Frankly, when used, courage can help with the impossible.

In the novel The Survivors, by Will Weaver, Miles Newell displays a constant mood of courageousness. One time in the novel, Miles takes the time to walk Sarah to the bus stop, even though she could've walked herself. (19) Another time Miles shows courageousness is when he shoots at that couple near the river. They could’ve been psychopaths and murdered him with axes. They were pretending to have a baby after all. (55) The last way Miles was courageous is when he and Artie tripped Danny off his motorcycle, at Birch Bay to get their old cabin back. (288) Danny could have also tried to kill them with his guns and stuff but they didn't they just left without a fight, which is kinda weird. Courageous means not being afraid to do whatever it takes

“Weakness of attitude is weakness of character”.(Albert Einstein) In Laura Hillenbrand’s Book Unbroken Louie Zampermini shows his resourcefulness when he and other POWs refuse to work outside the camp and he convinces the bird to let them work in the camp shows that Louie was a determined and this personifies Einstein's words as well as showing his resourcefulness. The proof that Louie refused to give up to stop fighting shows exactly how much character attitude and resourcefulness Louie had. This unforgettable tale of how Louie would not quite and would fight his demons directly or indirectly in clever ways to his own breaking point through the toughest of times that we cannot even imagine.

Laurie Halse Anderson shows the reader COURAGE is a theme in ‘Speak’ because on page 9 MELINDA got smacked in the chest with potatoes and tries to storm out when she is stopped by a teacher (MR.NECK) who won't let her out because she is too afraid to tell him what she was doing. She needed COURAGE. Another theme is FEAR, MELINDA has/had a fear of speaking, about anything, about what happened. This is shown on page 97 and 9 when instead of talking and confronting Melinda just runs away; in both situations. On page 97 Melinda runs away from Andy when he offers her a bite of a jelly doughnut (tauntingly and creepily not as a friend).

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.

Throughout the book, the author teaches the reader that “there’s a strength in all of us the courage to deal with our problems”

Bethany Hamilton once said “ courage doesn’t mean you don’t get afraid”. Courage means you don’t let fear stop you”. Hamilton gives a great description of what it takes to be courageous. Although some people face individual issues, others face racism throughout the society. Courage has no restriction, anybody can be courageous. Harper Lee uses one of her main characters Atticus Finch in To Kill A Mockingbird, to show how courage can help anyone overcome trials and tribulations.

An individual’s courage impacts society, but society’s courage also impacts the individual, had she not believe they would change their minds, she most likely would not have tried to integrate Central High School in Little Rock. The more courageous individuals are everyday, the more ethical society will be, less conflict and more

Standing up for the right thing can save someone and be a big help to people around the world. It is important to stand up for what you think is right, because it can help someone.