Bethany Hamilton - 20th Century’s Most Effective Citizen " Courage doesn’t mean you don’t get afraid. Courage means you don’t let fear stop you." -Bethany Hamilton. Bethany was born into a family of surfers on February 8‚ 1990 in Kauai‚ Hawaii. Bethany began surfing at a young age and entered her first competition at the age of eight. She is inspiring to many people because of her tragic story and how she got back up and did it again. Bethany was surfing in Kauai‚ Hawaii on October
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Rosnay’s Sarah’s Key‚ Sarah expresses her heroic self by exhibiting bravery‚ determination‚ and trustworthiness. Whether you call it daring‚ bold‚ spunky or audacity‚ Sarah had it. Bravery is a way of fearlessness‚ which she embodied. Sarah displayed courage by putting her head up from feeling despondent and continued to proceed with her mission. “’Be brave‚ my sweet love. Be brave‚ as brave as you can.’ She could not cry” (Rosnay 23). When Sarah had her head shaved she acquired great valor unlike the
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Before one can identify the courage they perceive or see in someone‚ I think it important to clearly define and understand exactly what courage is. Is courage always displayed externally for all to see? Does courage entail a brave deed that somehow separates actions from what previously would have been unexpected or unachievable? Could courage possibly be a less romantic‚ yet unmistakable internal decision that contradicts an action which a person would at any other time take rather than risk an
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"jump" in to pieces of history such as paintings or statues and explore them. While he is in these pieces of history‚ Alejandro exhibits acts of bravery and kindness. An example would be when he helps save his friend Franz from being killed‚ showing courage and kindness‚ even though Alejandro could have come into harm himself. Even after Alejandro has all of his adventures with the ring‚ at the end of the book he actually passes the ring onto another person‚ possibly leading to more adventures. I enjoyed
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is a neurological disorder that that effect body movement and muscle coordination. C. According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke‚ Rick had the most severe type of cerebral palsy. It is often accompanied by severe intellectual disabilities. D. Rick’s doctors had advised Dick and Judy to put Rick in an institution for the rest of his life‚ because he would only be vegetable and didn’t stand a chance at living a normal life. Transition: His parents refused‚ stating they
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someone’s personality‚ but when very brave‚ it mistakenly leads to being brave in situations where the dispute is unfavorable. Excessive bravery leads to careless or unneeded acts‚ times when doing something is insane. Having too much courage results in recklessness. Courage takes over rationality‚ the outcome being unwise choices‚ which leads to consequences. In both passages the qualities of bravery leads to unnecessary risks. In Beowulf’s first of the three brawls‚ Beowulf is certain he is stronger
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have grabbed all the treasure he wanted. “With high hearts they headed away along footpaths and trails through the fields‚ roads that they knew‚ each of them wrestling with the head they were carrying from the lakeside cliff‚ men kingly in their courage and capable of difficult work” (Lines 1632-1637). After Beowulf returned to his home land he ruled in peace for fifty more years until a dragon awoke and started to terrorize his town. Even though Beowulf’s men abandoned him at the sight of the dragon
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Daniel Ferrato Mrs. Alilovic ENG 1D1 April 8‚ 2013 Cue For Treason In Cue For Treason‚ written by Geoffrey Trease‚ we are introduced to the main Character‚ Peter Brownrigg. Peter’s neighbors and family break down the wall blocking the common lands and that’s when the adventure begins. This adventure Peter goes through shows how ambitious‚ independent‚ and brave he is. Peter’s traits are unveiled while he is on his adventure. These traits make Peter successful on his adventure and turn him
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Be brave to take the first step I have an unforgettable experience which is very special for me last year. My cousins and I went to Macau——a combination of east and west cultural city. We have long heard of the famous challenge project there from TV. It said Macau has a great challenge project integrating recreation‚ challenge‚ adventure and stimulation‚ which is 233 meters high from the Macau tower called bungee jumping. We went directly to the Macau tower as soon as we arrived at Macau
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Chen Writing 2 April 29‚ 2013 Homelessness: The Effects of Both Sides C.S. Lewis‚ a famous British writer once said‚ “Courage is not simply one of the virtues‚ but the form of every virtue at the testing point.” Virtues like generosity‚ hope‚ and justice are merely words without courage. Many people will come to crossroads where they face difficult decisions they must make; courage must be the core involvement for executing any task. There are no restraints within us when we all have to face decisions
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