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    What Is True Courage? “Courage doesn’t mean you don’t get afraid. Courage means you don’t let the fear stop you.”-Bethany Hamilton. In the book To Kill A Mockingbird, Jem learns the true meaning of courage. One day Jem meets Dill and they begin to obsess over their reclusive neighbor, Boo Radley. They often taunt and play games mocking Boo. One day when Dill dares Jem to touch the Radley Place, Jem ends up losing his pants. Jem’s father, Atticus, takes a case defending a Negro, and much of the town

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    Hero Is A Hero

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    to be heroes, they do good deeds to protect other people. A hero is not someone who has super powers, is known by everyone, and always knows what to do. No a real hero doesn't know what to expect, they just do what they think is right. Heroes are people we see everyday, they are always willing to sacrifice themselves, they show great courage, and they don’t do heroic deed for prizes but for the safety of others. Heroes are willing to sacrifice anything, even their life, for someone else. For example

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    Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, the message of courage is significant. This is due to the many characters that express courage in the novel through many events. The courage that they display is different compared to the dictionary definition of facing against dangers. The novel demonstrates how courage can be expressed through a variety of ways and no matter how subtle an act of courage may be it can make a difference in many ways. This courage gives them their strength and deepen their self-understanding

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    Atticus Courage

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    True Courage Harper Lee uses Atticus and Mrs. Dubose to communicate her theme that in order to be truly courageous people must follow what they genuinely believe is right. In the novel, Atticus Finch is used to teach a lesson of bravery and perseverance to his children and the reader. His choice to continue to defend Tom Robinson contributes to the credibility of his lesson. When asked about this case by Scout he tells her, “Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no

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    “You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along '” (Eleanor Roosevelt). It takes courage to live a life that one truly wants to live. One must be brave and strong enough to pursue this courage and then apply that to their everyday life. The definition of courage is, “mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand

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    Courage is not any ordinary feat. Courage is a battle won by the most ordinary or the most extraordinary of them all. People rarely see the faces of bravery and honor, but when they do, they see strong willed citizens with the everyday dream to prove that fighting isn’t just pointing a gun and pulling the trigger. In To Kill a Mockingbird, valor is implemented by standing tall when the weight of the world is on your shoulders; not backing down. In this novel, courage is displayed through the most

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    Courage is portrayed to be a special kind of knowledge or gift that you are born with. It can be demonstrated as rescuing a princess or even standing up to the local school bully. The webstermerriam dictionary entry for courage is, “mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear, or difficulty”.1 In the book, “To Kill a Mockingbird”, by Harper Lee, she uses courage as a theme for her characters and demonstrates how each person is able to use courage as their forte. One

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    The connotation of real courage seems to be neglected due to courage mainly being associated with physical strength. Through the example of Ms. Dubose, Atticus attempts to debunk the misconception by teaching Jem that courage arises from mental persistence, rather than by a man with a gun in his hand. The women is an excellent example of real courage since she decides to conquer her morphine addiction despite the pain that her body endures during the process. Jem was commanded to read to her by Atticus

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    I Am Malala Comparison

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    Courage, by definition, is the ability to do something very frightening. The novel, I am Malala by Malala Yousafizai, is about a girl who was shot by the Taliban, survived, and now lives on to fight for the rights of Muslim girls to be able to go to school and be educated. Malala shows nothing but courage through-out the novel; but, the person who is seen as even more courageous is Malala’s father, Ziauddin. The film, A Beautiful Mind, is about a brilliant man, John Nash, who struggles with Schizophrenia

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    Courage in”To Kill a Mockingbird” Cameron Fraser Per.2 An example of courage is if you understand you will be in danger whether or not that is physical or mental you still go on and you see it through no amount what. According to Atticus Finch, an honest advocate in Harper Lee's novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" courage is not a man with a gun in his hand. "Real courage" is if you action for what is appropriate behindhand

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