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    the exhilarating sound of my first shot‚ and believe it or not I had actually hit something. It all started one morning in 1868 when I was home alone. I was only 8 years old‚ my father was dead and there was no one to hunt for the family. After an exciting experience as a young girl i went on to perform in carnivals and inspire other young girls to do great things. While sitting by the fireplace I noticed my father’s old Kentucky rifle just sitting on the mantle‚ in my head I put together that if

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    For my Unit 4 Summative‚ I decided to create a poster based on the novel Maus: A Survivor’s Tale: My Father Bleeds History. I created my poster in the typical flyer style propaganda that would have been distributed across Europe during World War II by the Allied Powers. During that time‚ one of the most common spoken languages in Western Europe was French. On May 10‚ 1940‚ Germany distracted the Allied Powers by attacking the Netherlands‚ Belgium‚ and Luxembourg. The Allied Powers kept their attention

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    What is courage?

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    this is courage! When you say it is over‚ you acyually say that you eman what is going yo happen because everytime you do something‚ something else happens‚ you know what imean? "Virtue may be defined as a habit of mind (animi) in harmony with reason and the order of nature. It has four parts: wisdom (prudentiam)‚ justice‚ courage‚ temperance." (De Inventione‚ II‚ LIII)"Virtue may be defined as a habit of mind (animi) in harmony with reason and the order of nature. It has four parts: wisdom (prudentiam)

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    Knowing Courage

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    "What is courage‚" is the question many people are asking today. Is there a proper definition to this spiteful action and mind consuming word? And how do we explain this to others who ask what courage is and argue certain points on why someone might act courageously? In order to answer these questions‚ a person must first learn the points and ideas that the word courage brings forth. Courage is related to belief‚ will‚ and danger and always having to go down the difficult path. When someone

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    It takes courage

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    Matthew Engle GS2745 It Takes Courage To overcome any challenge or obstacle in life is to refuse to let it stand in your way. Overcoming difficulties in life does not require physical strength or mental brilliance. To achieve whatever problems or goals you face in life you just need strength of mind. With this you can live your life the way you choose no matter what. There will always be people who will say that you are not going to make something out of yourself and it takes a very courageous

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    Crazy Courage

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    Claim: If you have the courage to be who you are‚ then you deserve to walk with pride and confidence. Supporting Evidence: “And what it was‚ I think‚ was his perfect dignity‚ the offering of his living‚ red rose to the perceptive‚ to the blind‚ to the amused‚ to the impressed‚ to those who would kill him‚ and to those who would love him.” The appeal‚ logos‚ was used here to explain Villanueva’s. Even to those who could not understand what he was doing dressed as a woman‚ could see his dignity

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    Courage In The Odyssey

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    and he faces supernatural foes and receives supernatural help . Odyssey has great strength and courage in this movie he showed lots of braveness and courage . Its a lot of things Oddyseus sowed great strength and courage of warrior because he went to the underworld and it is a very scary place. The courage is he the one who was dong all the work and his feet was burning so thats showing a lot of courage . A sign of of strength of strength is when he built the boat and it broke and he was stuck in

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    Courage Essay

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    Courage Essay General statement: “that’s what being young is all about. You have the courage and the daring to think that you can make a difference" - Ruby Dee   Thesis: An analysis on the short story dancer by Vickie sears shows that courage can be demonstrated in 3 ways; will power‚ overcoming of fear‚ and stepping out of your comfort zone and trying new things.  Topic 1: will power - She used dancing a treatment to overcome her violent nature and past - - - - Topic 2: overcoming

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    Ordinary Courage

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    Ordinary Courage: The Revolutionary War Adventures of Joseph Plumb Martin Reviewed by: Michael Axe 10-5-10 Ordinary courage is a book that tells the story of an ordinary man who is inlisted in the continental army in the revolutionary war. Joseph Plumb Martin is the young man fighting in this war‚ at the time he entered he was just a mere 16 year old kid but by the time his time in the continental army was up he became a man. This is a first person memoir of what it was

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    affected my life. “Sure it bothered me‚ but I didn’t need him‚” is a quick summary I tell my friends. My father left Illinois not too long after I was born. My mother was still here‚ falling a tad bit short of the “responsible” example. Overall‚ I’ve done superb without him. However‚ thinking about all the times I wish he’d been here‚ I realize it made a big impact on my outlook and opinions. March of 2014 changed my life. I had spoken to my father once‚ a few weeks before‚ for the first time in

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