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    Faith not Fear ¨Courage is acting in faith despite your feelings of fear.¨ (Joel Balin) Fear is strong and controlling emotion. Although‚ a person who has faith and a good well being can conquer the vigorous feeling of fear. The Mirabel sisters from The Time of Butterflies by Julia Alvarez displayed courage in the own way throughout the book. Patria displayed courage not just by her involvement in the movement‚ but how she would do anything to keep her family safe. Courage is demonstrated through

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    As a child grows and matures‚ so does their idea of courage. Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird shows this maturation of courage through the protagonist‚ Scout. The novel is set in 1930s south; the town can be compared to most towns of the time where rumors spread and everyone knows everyone else’s stories. This town gossip leads to Scout’s early idea of courage. Scout’s perspective of courage grows from seeing Jem perform a courageous act of touching the Radley house‚ to seeing Atticus take

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    Many people will believe that ambitions are often achieved with the individual’s’ constant and continuous positive desire to achieve a goal‚ but it is truly the determination of one’s self towards a certain goal that allows them to achieve the success they intend. Through the inspirational story of Lance Armstrong‚ determination was significantly portrayed as the main motive that has driven him to overcome obstacles‚ both physically and mentally. With his previous achievement of overcoming an aggressive

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    of the word courage. It is a term that you hear many different times from many different types of people. Every time you hear the word it has a different meaning or is viewed in a different sense. Looking at it what is something that can define what is an agreeable sense of real courage. Real courage can be described by three different traits that hopefully everyone can agree on. Those three traits are strength‚ wisdom‚ and love. Strength is the first characteristic of real courage because it is

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    Courage Appears from the Most Unlikely People Courage‚ something that comes in many forms‚ hiding in every corner‚ but not always seen. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee portrays many forms of courage through the actions of her characters. The three characters‚ which from my perspective‚ revealed their courage via their actions within this novel are Mrs. Dubose‚ Jem and Atticus. Courage comes in many shapes and sizes and is often overlooked in the everyday individuals. One example is

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    CHEMISTRY DETERMINATION OF ENTHALPY CHANGE OF NEUTRALIZATION IA Criteria Assessed: DCP CE MS Introduction When an alkali neutralizes an acid‚ a salt and water are formed. Aqueous hydrogen ions (H+(aq)) from the acid react with the hydroxide ions (OH- (aq)) from alkali‚ forming water. The identity of salt will depend on the nature of the acid and alkali used. H+(aq) + OH- (aq) → H2O(L) The combination of H+ and OH- ions in this way releases energy. In this practical‚ the

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    many people showed different types courage. Atticus was one of the persons who showed the most courage throughout To Kill a Mockingbird because he defended Tom Robinson. Mayella Ewell had a lot of courage to accuse Tom Robinson of rapping her just because he was a black man. Calpurnia also had a lot of courage because she was a black woman working for a white family. First is about Atticus defending an indecent black man in court. Atticus showed a lot of courage because he defended a black man in

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    Moral courage is a quality many hope to have‚ but cannot achieve. In the novel To Kill A Mockingbrid‚ by Harper Lee‚ she uses a character named Atticus Finch‚ the father of the main characters‚ to show moral courage. She uses Atticus to show readers that despite not knowing the outcome‚ one can still succeed if one musters enough courage. Throughout the novel‚ Atticus shows evidence of being a brave man. He helps Tom Robinson when the lynch mob came to take him‚ he shot a rabid dog‚ saving the entire

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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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    Definition of Courage Atticus states that "courage is...when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what" (112). It takes a courageous man to face negative pressures of a society. In the novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ a courageous father and lawyer‚ Atticus Finch‚ lives in Maycomb‚ Alabama during the great depression. Atticus demonstrates courage in multiple ways‚ some apparent and some subtle. Atticus first demonstrates courage by defending

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