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    help him rise back to his feet. If you can help them without harming yourself or if there is only a slight chance it could become fatal it’s a chance i’ll have to take. Another quality that every noble knight‚ young or old‚ should have is courage. Without courage you could never make it to the battlefield and you would bring shame not only to yourself

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    Explore the ways Mrs Dubose is presented in ‘to kill a mockingbird’ * How Lee uses languages and narrative to present character. * How Lee manipulates structure to present the character. * Your own and other characters’ response to the character. * How the character links to wider themes of the novel. Just as Boo Radley seems to be the ghost of Maycomb‚ Mrs. Dubose has an alternate persona herself; she is the dragon of Maycomb town. Scout introduces her as “plain hell” and she says

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    Definition of a Hero

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    it‚ if it’s in their power to do so. DEFINITIONS There are many different definitions that I found. A definition I found in dictionary.com was “a man of distinguished courage or ability‚ admired for his brave deeds and noble qualities.” I also found a definition from mariam-webster.com that said “one who shows great courage.” WHAT IF I believe that a hero needs to be courageous. One example of this would be if a child went to their parents and told them something that they want to be the

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    Brothers Are The Same and Through the Tunnel have a lot of similarities. Both of the stories are trying to prove a point on some ways kids enter their adulthood. Being tested on certain subjects and specialties. In this case it’s courage strength and bravery. Courage strength and bravery can always have different ways of being proved. In the story Through the Tunnel Jerry a kid that sets his self a task to go through to know he is not scared and is brave enough to actually do what the older

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    Compare Beowulf To Malala

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    rights‚ children’s education‚ and doing so in a warlike country of Pakistan‚ was unheard of for a 14 year old girl. Malala Yousafzai went against all odds‚ and become a women’s right activist‚ and my hero today. A hero is someone that has amazing courage‚ noble qualities‚ and achieves excellency. Even from one of the first heroes‚ Beowulf created in an epic poem‚ to Malala‚ characteristics and qualities of these heroes are more alike than they are unlike. A hero is often a phrase used in everyday

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    makes up a true hero? A hero can be found almost everywhere‚ someone can be a hero and not recognize it. They just need the courage that all heroes have. Likewise‚ a hero is one who possesses noble qualities‚ willing to help others in need‚ and is never seeking recognition. A hero is one who possess noble qualities. For example‚ in the movie “Mulan”‚ Mulan has the courage to overcome her fear of not bringing honor to her family by joining an all-male army and imposing

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    The Odyssey

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    obstacles‚ or discouragement. “Of all creatures that breathe and walk on the earth‚ there is nothing more helpless than a man is‚ of all that the earth fosters; for he thinks that he will never suffer misfortune in future days‚ while the gods grant him courage‚ and his knees have spring in them. But when the blessed gods bring sad days upon him‚ against his will he must suffer it with enduring spirit. For the mind in men upon earth goes according to the fortunes the father of the gods and men‚ day by‚ day

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    To Kill A Mockingbird

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    support his own stand no matter who disagrees with him. Atticus has great moral courage that I look up greatly to. Moral courage is arguably the most important type of bravery‚ and this Atticus had in spades. Moral courage involves the strength to stick with your own convictions and do the right thing‚ even when the whole world criticizes and torments you for it. An example of when Atticus possessed moral courage was when Tom was in jail‚ Atticus sat outside all night reading and faced down an

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    in different time periods‚ they all embody classic‚ heroic traits. Some of the traits that these three characters are portrayed to have consist of; bravery‚ strength‚ courage. In order to be portrayed as a hero of any kind‚ there are certain qualities that need to be present. Such qualities consist of; a strong set of morals‚ courage‚ loyalty‚ and physical as well as spiritual strength. Although all three of the men listed above did embody each one of these traits in one way or another‚ they also

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    while others may believe that a hero must a brave person‚ and yet others may believe that a hero can conceivably be a hero by chance and must not possess any specific qualities. Dictionary.com defines a hero or heroine as a person of distinguished courage or ability‚ admired for his or her brave deeds and noble qualities. The Greek philosopher Aristotle defined heroism in his book titled Poetics.

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