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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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    importance of courage (sacrifice) Books: The Giver and The Outsiders People make many choices for society’s sake. In the book‚ the Giver and the Outsiders‚ one sees the importance of courage through the development of the characters in the book. The number of sacrifices Jonas and multiple characters from the Outsiders make for the benefit of the society is great. Through this story‚ the reader sees the powerful effect of bravery. First of all‚ there are moments in the novel when courage is important

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    Courage is being able to face difficulty and do what others are afraid to do‚ without caring about what others think of you. Courage is commonly interpreted incorrectly‚ a courageous person is more than just a strong person who fights for someone. A courageous person would be able to face situations with self-confidence and resolution‚ a will do something even if they are afraid of the out outcome. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ she demonstrates courage is doing what is right no matter

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    Never Forget In the darkest of times‚ heroes or cowards are not made‚ but are revealed to the eyes of humanity. Heroes do not do unrealistic things‚ but do realistic things under unrealistic circumstances. Men and women put their lives on the line just so you can be safe. Those men and women do it every day of our lives‚ whether it is firefighters‚ police officers‚ or even soldiers overseas. No one can pay them back for what they do‚ and yet‚ they still go out and give up their lives so that someone

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    Rebecca Porter Introduction to Literature Mrs. Ippolito March 8‚ 2014 Courage and its Many Forms in To Kill a Mockingbird The Merriam-Webster Dictionary (2014) defines courage as‚ “the ability to do something that you know is difficult or dangerous. Mental or moral strength to venture‚ persevere‚ and withstand danger‚ fear or difficulty.” The definition of courage may seem broad‚ but the true meaning of courage is molded to each person throughout the different experiences in our lifetime.

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    Courage Through Christ Life is a giant that every person needs to learn to conquer. It possess frightening challenges‚ one after another. Whether it be struggling through a seemingly impossible class‚ putting one’s life on the line to save another‚ or even starting the freshman year of college‚ every person has a battle. Every single challenge is scary‚ and takes strength to accomplish. Life hands out lemons like they are candy‚ and people need the strength to turn those lemons into something sweet

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    In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ Jem shows courage every day to his sibling and friends and other townspeople. Lee tries to show that courage can be defined in many different ways‚ and that courage doesn’t have to mean that a person is brave‚ although it can be someone who is brave. Through Jem Lee can show what courage can really means‚ by Jem`s actions and by how he is seeing about the world around him. Jem Protects his sister and Dill constantly‚ and he learned to do that from Atticus

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    The moral guide that American society should use for making moral decisions is moral absolutism. This means that I agree that certain moral ideas should be universally accepted. There are many different cultures and customs and each has their own ideas regarding their own truths and what is moral. There can be so many different views of what is right and wrong depending on the culture and their own beliefs. However‚ there are certain moral ideas that should be universal. Regarding moral relativism

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    Courage is the ability to do something that frightens one. In Speak there are many little acts of courage by many different people but I believe the main character Melinda had the most big and small acts of courage. In this essay I will talk about why I believe she does and why I think courage is important in the ways it comes into this book. The first reason I think Melinda has the most courage is when Melinda finally said no to Heather. When she said no to Heather she found courage

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    Mozart’s young life he lived and showed others an outstanding amount of courage. Dictionary.com refers to courage as “ The quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty‚ danger‚ and pain without fear” (“Courage”). The trait of courage to me means taking on hardships and obstacles in life and pushing past them without fear and coming out with what you want. Also‚ while making yourself a better person. Courage only exists because of fear. We are all afraid of something even if we

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