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    challenge fearlessly‚ so that when he dies he will be remembered for his bravery. In believe that in the story Beowulf shows courage many times and it is easy to see why. The value of courage shows in many parts of the story such as when he has his battle with Grendel‚ when he faces Grendel’s mother‚ and when he battles his son‚ the dragon. One of the best quotes representing courage is when he says‚ “I’ve never known fear‚ as a youth I fought in endless battles. I am old now‚ but I will fight again‚

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    In his masterpiece The Scarlet Letter‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne outlines the narrative of Hester Prynne‚ a young woman who is forced to bear an embroidered scarlet letter “A” on her breast for her sin of adultery. Alone in the Massachusetts Bay Colony‚ with her husband in another country‚ Hester has sexual relations with a Puritan minister‚ Reverend Dimmesdale‚ and together they have a child‚ whom Hester names Pearl. After the Puritan community in which she resides discovers Hester’s sin‚ as she is unable

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    Moral Courage

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    Moral courage is a concept means doing the right thing‚ it means listening to conscience that what does it saying. Standing on what believe. Moral courage has three major elements witch are principle‚ endurance and danger. it means moral courage and doing right things make us in the risk‚ we may face fear and danger for example with losing o job and security‚ reputation or etc. But falling in the risk is not matter because we follow our conscience and it is important because I believe that conscience

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    A Summary on Courage

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    COURAGE “All of our dreams can come true‚ but only if we have the courage to pursue all of them.” -Walt Disney About two years ago my good friend named josh graduated high school. This may not seem like a big accomplishment‚ but to him it was. He said “graduating high school changed my life. It gave me multiple options on what I would like to do in life. And I recommend to stay in school”. After school it was his dream to fight for our country‚ so he enrolled into the military

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    with them can make matters worse. Some of the best examples of the ways people dealt with these issues were shown in the poems “I‚ Too” and “White Lies”. In the poem “I‚ Too” by Langston Hughes‚ Hughes describes an African American’s willingness and courage to fight‚ when experiencing racism and segregation. But in the poem “White Lies” by Natasha Trethewey‚ Trethewey represents the lengths to which an African American would go in order to avoid standing up for herself or her race. In “I‚ Too”‚ the

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    PENGUIN ACTIVE READING Teacher Support Programme Teacher’s notes LEVEL 3 Stories of Courage Clare Gray Stories 5–6: Prisoner for Peace tells the story of Burmese Aung San Suu Kyi‚ the unofficial leader of Burma. Her government was removed from power by the Burmese army in 1988‚ and she was placed under house arrest shortly afterward. Since that time she has fought tirelessly for democracy. She was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1991 and continues to fight for her people’s freedom

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    Speaking of Courage Courage can be described as many things. For instance it takes courage to run in to a burning building to save someone. It also takes courage to stand up to someone that has a higher status than oneself‚ like ones boss. And it takes courage to stick with ones beliefs‚ when having a hard time‚ like in “The Rainy River”. I will in this essay write about the language‚ structure and mood/atmosphere in “Speaking of Courage”; how the language‚ structure and mood/atmosphere

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    Pneumatic symbols © Festo Didactic – Training and Consulting Pneumatic symbols 17.10.03 No. ١ / 23 Pneumatic symbols The development of pneumatic systems is assisted by a uniform approach to the representation of the elements and the circuits. The symbols used for the individual elements must display the following characteristics: • Function • Actuation and return actuation methods • Number of connections • Number of switching positions • General operating principle • Simplified

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    Unit 1 Assignment 1: It Takes Courage GS_2745 Anthony Norman 9/25/2014 Q. Why does it take courage to possess and display and qualities of persistence and enthusiasm. A. To overcome any challenge or obstacle in life is to refuse to let it stand in your way. Contrary to what many people think‚ overcoming difficulties in life does not require physical strength or mental brilliance. To triumph over whatever hurdles you face simply needs a determination that you will live your life

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    As I read “Speaking of Courage” by Tim O’Brien. I thought of many ways to interpret the story’s meaning. However‚ after much pondering and reflection I feel that the road around the lake that Bowker incircles continuously throughout the story leads to the true meaning of the entire story. There are many instances in the story of people and objects going nowhere. Everything and everyone he sees along the road seems to be stuck‚ like him. Norman Bowker is a war veteran who lost a friend in

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