Notes On Discovering Courage And Speak

What is courage? Is it bravery, or is it something that keeps you going? For my parents, courage was just to survive. Being born during a war torn economy system is difficult, but you wouldn’t know until you’ve experienced it. Starting out from absolutely nothing then working your way through life. There was no hope, no goals, nor any ambitions. Giving up was one of the options, but that never occurred in their minds.

The essential question i choose was, what is courage. I choose courage because the story i wrote was about a girl who was not accepted by anyone accept her grandma. The reason this is, is because she smells horrible, and know one wanted to smell like her. She thought know one would accept her. I choose courage because she could of gave up and stop trying. But instead she was going to find someone that would accept her. Her mom did not accept her, or her uncle and aunt. She thought she was going to give up, but then she remembered that her grandma loved her through out anything that can happen to her. When she went her grandma's house she sang a song that she sang to her other family and they did not accept her either, but her grandma did. I

In Alice Walker’s essay, Beauty: When the Other Dancer is the Self, Walker recounts personal experiences to illustrate how she finally learned where true beauty comes from. By telling of actual events that took place in her life the essay becomes immensely more credible, and persuasive. Also, just in the fact that she is a woman that understands the struggle for beauty and acceptance that the majority of women and girls must go through, and the fact that she is willing to open up about it makes the readers of the essay want to associate with her on a deeper and more intimate level. This factor also makes her essay more understandable and relatable, making a greater impact on the reader’s life. The third aspect of this essay that makes Walker’s point so strong is how it addresses social issues as well. She not only points out how people put too much weight on the features of the face, but also on the color of one’s skin. These three factors, all working together create an essay which moves and inspires the reader to

A time I had courage was when I was paul bearer. It was at my uncle’s funeral. At first I didn’t want to do it but I knew my uncle would want me to. It wasn’t easy because I really missed my uncle and just the thought of him made me sad. I kind of felt better after the funeral because I knew he would be proud that I did something that would be hard for me.

Courage is a trait that can be seen in everyone. It is extremely evident during war and times of difficulty. Courage is being strong even though you are afraid. “Courage is the ability to do something that you know is difficult or dangerous” (¨Courage¨). Courage is a state of heart when dignity is the ruling force. Sometimes people overlook the intentions behind courageous acts. Simply being brave does not define courage. The purpose of courage lies not in the act itself, but rather in the incentives and beliefs behind it.

The mother gets angry and lashes out questions like, “Don’t you want us anymore,” “You want to be a mem-sahib, a white girl?” Panic is shown because the mother thinks she is losing her child and that one day the little girl would grow to resent and be embarrassed by her family. Climax

Louie was beaten and tortured in the hellish Japanese POW camps that made prisoners such as Louie feel dehumanized but Louie wasn’t frail and didn’t let the Japanese guards destroy him. To recap, Louie fought in World War II and crashed in a bomber plane. Louie miraculously survived the crash and the ocean and lived of of albatross and fish in the ocean for about one and a half months and then got captured by the Japanese where Louie had to be moved to a Japanese POW camp where Louie lived in squalor for 2 years. In the novel Unbroken, Written by Laura Hillenbrand, Louie had many skills that helped him survive including being rebellious and courageous.

Over the last decade, there has been various studies conducted in relation to whether the construct of courage can be used as a self-report measure. Courage is defined as acting to do good despite feeling fearful about the risk involved in that action. To determine whether it can be used as a self-report measure, courage is correlated with personality traits based on the five-factor model developed in the study by Goldberg (1992). These traits are openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and neuroticism.

In the narrative, I describe factors that posed challenge to my friendship with Sarah and identify cultural differences as the most challenging element of our friendship. The family structure within Sarah’s culture (Indian) is very different then mine, which made it difficult for me to understand and appreciate the customs. What especially concerned me was the control Sarah’s parents exhibited over her education. Eventually, I expressed to Sarah how I felt and she enlightened me about her family and culture in a very positive perspective. This experience was initially upsetting, however through several passionate conversations we are now closer together as friends. There are several connections between my Challenges to Female Friendship Narrative and the material we studied throughout the course, particularly with the readings of Sisterhood is Still Powerful (2000) and

Courage is strength or fearlessness in a dire, threatening, or unexplored situation. “Courage.” Dictionary.com, www.dictionary.com/browse/courage… Courage does not always have to be an outward ability, but it can also be spiritual or mental. With any obstacle, humans have a decision to make, whether to cower, to ignore, or to show bravery. When showing courage an individual does not have to face a life or death situation. In fact, there are six way one may show courage: Greenberg, Melanie. “The Six Attributes of Courage.” Psychology Today, 23 Aug. 2012.“Feeling Fear Yet Choosing to Act, Following Your Heart, Preserving in the Face of Adversity, Standing Up For What Is Right, Expanding Your Horizons,and Facing Sufferings with Dignity.”

While the concept of ethics in practice does not typically generate the initial image of courageousness, it is by far one of the more important principles of ethics in that it drives or motivates our personal convictions according to our beliefs as to what is right and what is wrong. The obvious advantage of courage is in that it gives us the strength to stand up for what we believe in and to do the right thing, even in situations where standing up for our beliefs, even when it may not popular be to do so. As Koocher and Keith-Spiegel (2016) mention, it’s impossible to perceive any practitioner as being ethical if they lack the necessary strength or courage to act on behalf of their moral convictions. Consider the following example: Let’s say you caught a coworker stealing office supplies from the supply closet at work. Would you tell anyone? Who do you tell?

What is courage to you? Is it mentally, physically or socially or could it be all of them combined. To me courage is something that can't be made or is a trait that is born with, but is something that only happens when you are scared or in fear and you show strength in the face of fear. That is what courage is to me. I also like the quote"courage is the mastery of fear not the absence of fear."(ray palmer, D.C. Legends). Which That quote could have been used by somebody else but the reason why I chose that quote was because that quote fits in with the book Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers because in this book, the characters show great courage mentally, physically

Ever since the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, Thomas Jefferson longed to know what lay in the West. Now that the land belonged to the Americans, sold to them from the French, they were free to explore it. Jefferson hired two men named Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to lead an expedition into this unknown territory on an adventure called the Journey of Discovery. This journey was set up so that Jefferson could collect as much information of the unknown as possible, including plants, animals, and other natural history. An author and American historian named Stephen Ambrose wrote a 484 page book retelling this story of Lewis and Clark titled Undaunted Courage. Professor at University of New Orleans, founder of the National D-day Museum, and

Sometimes anger gets the best of us but these three authors didn’t let it. According to Merriam Webster dictionary having composure means to have a calmness or repose especially of mind, bearing, or appearance. This can also mean calmness, tranquility, and coolness. Having composure does not mean to let out all your anger, it means to stay calm. An example of using composure would be working well under pressure. The authors who all share this trait are Melba, part of the Little Rock 9, she immigrates to an all white school. Malala Yousafzai, a young girl who was shot by the Taliban for fighting for women’s rights and education. And Felicia “Snoop” Pearson, who made many decisions in her life at a young age that lead her to the wrong places. These 3 people all faced challenges in their lives that forced them to use composure to stay strong in who they are and what they believe.

“I learned that courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear (Psychology Today)” Mandela 's quote implies that true courage comes from allowing oneself to be vulnerable and face fear. In his facing the fear, he overcomes it and becomes courageous. When considering strength, courage, and vulnerability, in some ways they are all related as they all have a relation to fear. “A common misconception is that a sign a strength is hiding one 's true feelings (prompt two)”, when in fact, showing one 's vulnerabilities is an act of courage because showing fear requires strength. Showing vulnerability requires an admission of fear of being attacked, as it also exposes personal aspects of an individual.