The White Rose Moral Courage

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.

     It’s always important to be touched. Writers know and understand this idea. Whether the audience feels good or bad about whom or what you present is not as important as the fact that they feel something. Bertolt Brecht’s Mother Courage and Her Children is a perfect example of a work that doesn’t leave us in very high spirits but touches us in such a way that it becomes even more powerful than if it had.

Moral courage is being selflessly courageous to help others out of morality. Raoul Wallenberg fits the definition of moral courage because he risked a lot to save as many Jews as he physically could. He was a successful business man who gave up his business to help save people. His life was always at risk. He would bribe and threaten which could have led him to a lot of trouble and even his life being taken away. He could climb trains and hand out Swedish protection passes, stand on the tracks, and break laws openly to get Jews with his protection passes to be released. German soldiers were sometimes ordered to open fire at him but they would aim high on purpose because of his extreme courage. (Jewish Virtual Library) After the war, Russians took him to prison and he died there. (Holocaust Encyclopedia) Raoul Wallenberg was truly a man of moral

Courage is doing what you know is the right thing even when it is hard to do. Jackie Robinson showed courage multiple I times throughout his career. In fact, his whole career would have gone down the drain if he did not have courage. As said in “Jackie Robinson All-Star” black men had little hope in the major leagues; Branch Rickey then came along and offered him a spot with the acceptance that he had to have the guts to NOT fight back. This meant that although Jackie was going to be taunted and humiliated he had to have the patience and courage to not retaliate so then he would give the whites a reason to respect black people. According to “The Noble Experiment”, this player had to be able to take abuse, name calling, rejections from both opponents and

Courage is conveyed through the characters’ actions in the book To Kill A Mockingbird and the movie The Help. Atticus from To Kill A Mockingbird is a white, Southern lawyer in Maycomb County, Alabama. He adamantly defends Tom Robinson, a negro who had allegedly raped a white woman, even knowing that his prejudiced county would convict him. This exemplifies courage because a white man to seeking equality for a black man was not accepted in their time period, a place of extreme racial segregation. Yet, Atticus defended Tom already knowing that he will lose. In The

We define moral courage as the ability to act rightly in the face of popular opposition, shame, scandal, or discouragement. When we say a person has moral courage, we speak of things like ethics, good and evil, right and wrong. This is the kind of person who does bold things. They do these things not because they are trying to make a name for themselves or impress their peers, but because it is the right thing to do. A person with moral courage stands up in the face of adversity.

As far as morally courageous individuals the shame of compromising morals might feel worse than punishments and social rejections (170). Moral courage once said by William Ian Miller is a, “lonely courage”, moral courage is far different from physical courage where there’s support around you such as in battle moral courage is simply an individual on their own (171). One example people may see as moral courage was the decision President Truman made to bomb both Nagasaki and Hiroshima in World War II. His decision wasn’t necessarily the most popular amongst everyone, but Truman did what he thought was right to end the war (175). Another example of moral courage would be when a soldier refuses to go to Iraq or Afghanistan he might have moral courage in his own eyes for doing what he believes in, however others may not see it the same believing that he might just lack physical courage (Olsthoorn

Throughout history, there have been countless times whenre individuals have courageously fought for change and societal justice. For instance, Gandhi helped India gain their independence, even though the circumstances were extremely risky for him, and could have led to his arrest or even death. However, he continued to persevere through it all, and was able to accomplish great things for his country. Another example is Malala Yousafzai, who promoted the education of girls in her country. Despite the clear threat of the Taliban, she continued to fight hard for her cause. Courage can be defined in many different ways, such as the ability to persevere and accomplish something in a frightening or risky situation. Examples of courage can be seen all around the world. Without courageous people, society would not have been able to improve. Being courageous is difficult, and requires an abundance of dedication and perseverance. It also includes remaining strong, despite the challenges that may occur along the way.

According to the dictionary brave means to defy; challenge; dare. Cesar Chavez, Mother Jones, and Jinsook Kim were all activists who demonstrated what bravery meant in their fight for workers’ rights. Cesar Chavez was an individual who showed that through happiness and leadership, working conditions could change for the better. Furthermore, Mother Jones was a woman who was persistent and cared deeply for the children she fought for. She saw how harsh the working conditions were and how the conditions had a toil on the children’s bodies, so she decided to fight for better working conditions for the children. On the other side of the world, Jinsook Kim, a Korean activist, fought for her co-workers justice after a mass layoff. These three persistent human rights activists, all fought for workers’ rights through courageous acts of bravery.

In the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, Johnny, a 16 year old boy greaser, is courageous. Johnny is courageous because he has bravery, honesty, and loyalty. Bravery describes Johnny because he went into a burning church to save little kids, honesty describes Johnny because he wanted to turn himself in so Ponyboy wouldn’t get in trouble with the police officers. Johnny also has loyalty and this describes him because he stood up for Cherry at the theatre. Johnny’s courage is displayed through his honesty.

Ordinary courage is a book that tells the story of an ordinary man who is inlisted in the continental army in the revolutionary war. Joseph Plumb Martin is the young man fighting in this war, at the time he entered he was just a mere 16 year old kid but by the time his time in the continental army was up he became a man. This is a first person memoir of what it was like for a regular person living in a war zone, and dealing with the everyday fears of food shortage, low morale, and danger of attack. This is something that many people in todays world could not handle because even some of the old guys in the

We’ve all faced difficulties in life and been at a point where having courage and maintaining hope was the only option available. While you may think courage simply means an act of bravery it’s much more. Courage takes a bigger picture of an act of bravery. It takes one to believe and have the ability to push through the hardest of times even when the results may not be guaranteed. It can be compared to a weapon armed in everyone's heart. You know when to take your gun out and load the bullets. A few of the main characters in the novel Between Shades of Gray ,Elena, Lina, and Andrius display courage in occasions that are easier said than done.

Do you know anyone who showed courage? I believe courage can be shown in many ways. One way to show courage is standing up for what you believe in, even if it is wrong. Another way to show courage is singing out loud, even if you are bad at it. More importantly, these people gave courage a new meaning. The three individuals who displayed courage were Tobymac, Martin Luther King Jr, and Rosa Parks because they all stood up for what is right two of them stood up for black rights and one stood up for his religion. Tobymac showed it by standing up for his religious beliefs; Martin Luther King Jr. by sticking up for African American rights.

Sometimes in life it takes courage to do activities in life. For example, sometimes it takes courage to go up in front of the classroom and talk or present in front of everyone because they get nervous or they are shy to go up and talk to everyone. In the book The View from Saturday by E.L Konigsburg there are many people that had courage and they were very brave. In The View from Saturday there are many people that have courage.

After years of mandatory national service, both Hans and Sophie found themselves attending the University of Munich. Because Hans had started going to the school a few years before Sophie joined him, he already had a group of friends that shared the same beliefs as him and his sister, so Sophie easily befriended them as well. Together they discussed the ugliness of war and Hitler’s actions. In time they came to believe that they should do more than just talk about their ideas and actually start acting upon them. The group decided to print and hand out leaflets calling resistance to Hitler, and began calling themselves the White Rose. Some of the members were Christoph Probst, Alexander Schmorell, Willi Graf, and even a philosophy professor at the university named Kurt Huber (“Hans Scholl”).