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    “The greatest test of courage on the earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.”-R. G. Ingersoll. Courage is a hard thing to have with people‚ however when you do have it showing it to others can leave a huge impact on them as they witness true courage. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee shows many acts of courage throughout the county of Maycomb‚ Alabama. Atticus Finch‚ father of Jem and Scout Finch‚ is a lawyer that deals with racism everyday. Scout and Jem try to get Boo Radley

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    Courage in To Kill a Mockingbird "Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities...because it is the quality which guarantees all others‚" (Winston Churchill). There are several different ways t be courageous. Harper Lee‚ in her 1960 novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ uses courage as a main theme. Harper Lee demonstrates that if one can tell the truth‚ change or remain rooted in their morals‚ they are a minority among people who lack the ability to do so. In To Kill a Mockingbird there

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    The Red Badge of Courage is not a war novel. It is a novel about life. This novel illustrates the trials and tribulations of everyday life. Stephen Crane uses the war as a comparison to everyday life. He is semi-saying that life is like a war. It is a struggle of warriors—the every day people—against the odds. In these battles of everyday life‚ people can change. In The Red Badge of Courage‚ the main character‚ Henry Fleming‚ undergoes a character change that shows how people must

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    Courage You gain strength‚ courage‚ and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do. Eleanor Roosevelt Courage. What feeling arise in our hearts when we hear this word? Maybe you would feel admiration‚ respect‚ or fear‚ or maybe nothing at all. The word Courage has a very long history and its origin is from the Latin word coraticum. The root “cor” means "heart". So literally it means “an action

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    Maycomb county that they let race decide your “fate” and that court system should be one of the places where everyone is equal. Even though all of these signs of inequality existed happened courage was shown by many of the townspeople so I decided to write my letter about that. Judge Taylor had the courage to assign Atticus to defend Tom. Usually the public defendant cases were given to younger/ new attorneys. He gave this case to Atticus because he knew Atticus was to only one who would try to

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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. You are not born with courage‚ it is something that is created over time. Being courageous is never a lucid decision‚ it determines the quality of a person’s mind as it is faced with difficulty‚ danger‚ pain‚ and a test of bravery. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird

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    Courage the Cowardly Dog Angela P. Sesin The University of Texas-Pan America Courage the Cowardly Dog Courage the Cowardly Dog is the name of an animated horror cartoon. The cartoon ran four seasons (52 episodes) from 1999 to 2002 on the Cartoon Network. The creator and executive producer is John R. Dilworth. Courage is a pink dog that belongs to Muriel and Eustace Bagge. He lives with them on their farm in the middle of Nowhere. Strange occurrences are a part of his daily life on the farm

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    John F. Kennedy’s Profiles in Courage discusses the presence of moral fiber‚ or courage‚ in the careers of 8 different Senators. Throughout the book‚ Kennedy tells accounts of how a select few Senators showed courage and displayed moral fiber by standing their ground on certain issues when their party and constituents were in great opposition to them. In Profiles of Courage‚ Kennedy dedicates one chapter to each Senator and his tale of courage. The following Senators were used: John Quincy Adams

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    Types Of Courage” by Karen Castellucci Cox. This article is about how different people have been classified as courage. That’s when author explained that people have been classify courage in four different ways‚ physical‚ social moral and creative. For every type of courage‚ author gave multiple facts on different events that had bad happened in the past whether it was for the good or bad. Reading each type of courage makes me feel that is based on true facts. The author shows courage herself‚ by

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    ” The meaning of this quote is that true courage consists of standing up for one’s beliefs and principles‚ even in the face of unfavorable odds. In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill A Mockingbird the characters Atticus Finch‚ Jeremy Atticus Finch (Jem)‚ and Jean Louise Finch (Scout) have shown the same true courage. They stood up for what they believed in even when the entire town was against them. One character from To Kill A Mockingbird that shows true courage is Atticus. He first shows this when he shoots

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