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    poem describing The Red Badge of Courage‚ Crane wrote‚ “Tell the brave deeds of war. Then they recounted tales - there were stern stands and bitter runs for glory. Ah‚ I think there were braver deeds.” In the first four lines‚ Crane speaks Romantically of the brave deeds of war‚ but in the last line he speaks Naturalistically of them. Stephen Crane saw the world in both a Naturalistic and a Romantic way‚ and this shows in his writing. In both The Red Badge of Courage and The Veteran‚ Crane toys with

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    Alienation in Brecht ’s "Mother Courage" In Bertolt Brecht ’s "Mother Courage"‚ alienation becomes the primary mover behind the characters that illustrate injustice in a capitalist world. While the plot revolves around war and its effects particularly on human beings‚ the concept of alienation continues to be evident in every aspect of the play. War is alienation. The effects of war‚ in whatever perspective one looks at‚ produce devastating results- destruction of man‚ nature‚ and morality

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    show the theme of courage in different ways. Courage is a difficult virtue for people to emulate in real life. Some believe that courage is when people have strong bodies and hearts. Others would say it is when people tell the truth directly instead of avoiding it. In this novel‚ Atticus Finch‚ Mrs. Dubose ‚ and Boo Radley are similar in their courageous attitudes by taking multiple risks to stand up for innocent people while they are different in how they demonstrate their courage ; Atticus Finch

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    and not society’s. A coward would say yes because he is insecure and doesn’t stand up for himself. A courageous person will always be a leader and do what he or she thinks is right .In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ several characters exemplify courage by standing up for their beliefs. The two most courageous characters are Atticus and Calpurnia because they never follow what is popular and instead stand up for their beliefs.

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    Response Essay 2 In the article by Ian Frazier‚ “Take the F” describes about Brooklyn‚ New York. Frazier mentions that‚ in Brooklyn people do not use term north‚ west‚ south or east to describe their location. Instead they use neighborhood and nearest subway lines. He gives a clear and detailed description about his neighborhood and F train he uses. Furthermore‚ he mentions about a group of people as well as diversity he sees around. I like the way Frazier had given all the details to explain the

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    Speak Up (Exemplification) Have you ever just stood by when someone else was being picked on? Sometimes you just don’t have the courage to stand up for that person. I’ve experienced many situations in which I’ve ignored or simply have been too scared to speak up against. For example‚ when I was in grade school‚ I encountered a bully picking on one of the new kids and I could have said something to stop him. Just anything at all‚ but I didn’t. I walked away because I was too scared to stop

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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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    The Courage in To Kill A Mockingbird Bam! Bam! Bam! “Order in the court! I find the defendant guilty of all charges. You will be hanged for this offense.” This was the sentence for Tom Robinson‚ a courageous black who stood up to defend himself in court. It took great courage to stand up for blacks back in that time. Atticus Finch was very courageous to stand up for a man who had done no wrong; many people gave him grief for doing his job. There is indeed great courage in this story‚ not only Atticus’s

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    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 defend Tom. Judge Taylor also postponed the trial to allow Atticus time to prepare. Atticus began to prepare

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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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