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    Smitty Ginny Analysis

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    didn’t know anybody when he moved in a new town.Ginny was a coward and shy person but,then later in the story she wasn’t a coward anymore,she was a strong and brave person and she wasn’t shy anymore.Now I am going to talk about Smitty and Ginny and the problems and good things that happened to the both of them. Ginny said that “the one thing about me is essentially,I’m a coward”.This shows that Ginny thinks she is a coward and that is the only thing she is.Later in the story,GInny says

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    a dilemma to make a decision, Elroy serves as a hero in his life. Tim O’Brien is a coward, because he makes all his decisions due to fear. O’Brien runs away, since he dreads war and does not support it. Moreover, he only returns for his reputation in the society. Even though he later decides to go to the war, he declares himself a coward person. Looking through his decisions and his fears, Tim O’Brien is a coward, because he runs away, returns due to embarrassment, and self-confesses cowardice. To

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    Amir a coward because he would never stand up for himself or for others in need for his support.”A {man} who won't {defend} for himself becomes a   man who can't stand up to {anyone}”(Khaled Hosseini 221).This shows that  there referring To Amir  , because Baba  is a hard man  to praise for  Amir, It's mainly  because he sense  Amir  needs  the boldness  to even defend  for himself, leaving Amir continually  desired  Baba’s acceptance. Amir’s aspiration  for this acceptance  as well as his coward personality

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    Opinion Essay: Hero or Coward “Murderer or Hero? My destiny depends on the edge of the blade”. In the short story “Just Lather That's All”, the stories protagonist, the Barber, deals with a situation which causes him to think whether he is a coward, or a hero. Throughout the story, The Barber was portrayed as a coward because of how quick he was to act on: Captain Torres’ death, his crafty method of killing him, and, how he planned to escape from the murder scene. By giving Captain Torres’ a quick

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    Red Badge Courage Quotes

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    lion was a coward; he was not brave and did not have any courage. The figurative symbol was the big beast was actually a gentle giant with his tail between his legs. This same description can be used to describe Henry, the main character, in the novel, The Red Badge Courage. Courage is defined as mental or moral strength to venture or persevere. While Henry desires to be courageous, Henry wonders deep inside if he is capable of such bravery when faced with battle. Henry is a coward as portrayed

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    Malala Heroism

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    A true hero is determined, riskful, and not a coward. A hero needs to be determined because they have to be focused on their goal whether it is to save people like Vincent ardolino, or to enlighten and inspire young girls like Malala. A hero has to be riskful in order to achieve their goal. They cannot be a coward because they can’t back down from their goal. A hero is not someone who will back down from their fight. Malala is not a coward because even after she was shot, she continued to fight for

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    The book Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, is about a coward African tribe leader named Okonkwo. Okonkwo is a coward because he always has to have somebody to blame his mistakes on. He also beats his wives and kids and belittles them for no reason. At the end of the book Okonkwo is such a coward he hangs himself. He can never own up to his responsibilities. Okonkwo is a coward because he always looks for somebody to blame his mistakes on. He blames all his weaknesses on his father. He says his

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    Estelle's Faith Quotes

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    He later is attempting to convince Inez that he is not a coward and states “Can one possibly be a coward when one’s deliberately courted danger at every turn? And can one judge a life by a single action.” (No Exit 43). If it were the case that this was the only time Garcin were acting like a coward it may not be possible to fully judge him based upon one action but, Inez points out that “For thirty years you dreamt you were a

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    what these people in the society conformed to, is a coward act on it’s own. To go ahead and follow something you don’t have knowledge on with the stakes so high and then not give others a voice when they bring viewpoints that differ to what you originally conformed to, is known as a cowardly act. Conforming is just a cover up stuck in ignorance and stubbornness, an excuse for cowardice. Mildred, the main character Guy Montag’s wife, equates a coward. In this particular scene, Montag has arrived with

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    In the novel ,The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, the main character Amir is a coward. Amir lives in Kabul, Afghanistan. His best friend Hassan lives with him and is his best friend. In reality Amir is Hassan’s owner. Baba adopted Hassan when he was a baby and he became their servant. Amir becomes very jealous of him and then becomes a coward. Amir was so jealous of Hassan that he even wanted a scar,“I wished I too had a scar that would beget Baba’s sympathy. It wasn’t fair.” (Hosseini, p 50)

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