Ainsley Schmidhausler Ms. Deslauriers English I Honors November 1‚ 2013 Courage Against Prejudice In the words of Elie Wiesel‚ “There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice‚ but there must never be a time when we fail to protest ” (Brainyquote). In the 1930s‚ social and racial prejudices were prominent aspects of everyday life. People were stereotyped by gender‚ social class and economical status. Racism was a way of life for many‚ and standing up against it was unheard of
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In the Novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” There are a lot of examples of courage. Characters in the novel all have distinct personalities and attributes‚ but only a few display courage‚ and not all in the same ways. Some of this character’s include‚ Atticus‚ Jem‚ and Scout. All of this people have courage for different reasons. Atticus’s courage is standing up for the right thing. Atticus defends a man who at that time was hated by the people around him. Atticus felt that this was not right and defended
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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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“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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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 overcome
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Stephen E. Ambrose’s Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ and the Opening of the American West Undaunted Courage is a very detailed account of what Ambrose considers the most important expedition in American history‚ Lewis and Clark’s exploration of the west. Ambrose attempts to project Thomas Jefferson’s vision of a country that stretches from sea to shining sea‚ of an open road to the west‚ of an "Empire of Liberty". Ambrose repeatedly shows how important the expedition was
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What is courage? Courage - the ability to do something that frightens one. Courage - strength in the face of pain or grief. Courage can not be defined by a dictionary. Courage is one of those things that you have to experience first hand before you really know what it means. It might not seem like it but courage is everywhere all the time.Courage is facing your fears no matter what the circumstance. Courage is risking your life for someone or something else in need. To me‚ courage is compassion
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Mockingbird‚ author Harper Lee shows the characters as being courageous. She shows courage by how it is defined in the novel‚ which characters have courage‚ and how they do it. So far‚ what I have read the novel is mainly about having courage. She has expressed using courage through the character. For example‚ Atticus says to jem that he wants a son “ to see what real courage is‚ instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand.” Scout‚ Jem‚ and dill are examples of this. Rumors
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If everyone around you were being taken and murdered‚ would you have hope and courage to survive? This was the reality for Jews who lived during the Holocaust. The Holocaust was a genocide in which Adolf Hitler’s Nazi’s killed six million Jews during the nineteen thirties and forties. Most Jews would hide and some of their non-Jewish friends would help provide them with the supplies they needed. This was true for Anne Frank‚ Mr. and Mrs. Van Daan‚ Peter‚ Mr. and Mrs. Frank‚ Dussel‚ and Margot who
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Mockingbird is a book about courage in many different situations from many different characters. The definition of courage is “the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty‚ danger‚ pain‚ etc.‚ without fear; bravery.” There are so many instances of courage in the novel that it is impossible not to consider it as one of the key themes of the novel. From childhood perceptions of courage such as completing a dare to the monumental examples of courage from Atticus defending Tom
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