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    Courage Lives On A great man named Steve Jobs once said “Your time is limited‚ so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important‚ have the courage to follow your heart and intuition” (Steve Jobs) Mr. Jobs advice is applicable to everyday life whether it be confronting a bully‚ asking out a crush or saving someone

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    Nelson Mandela once said‚ “I learned that courage was not the absence of fear‚ but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid‚ but he who conquers that fear.” To Kill a Mockingbird‚ published in 1960‚ has won the Pulitzer Prize and has become classic in today’s culture. It is written by Harper Lee‚ who writes the novel from the point of view of the literary character named Scout (Jean-Louise) Finch. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Scout tells the reader about the people of Maycomb

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    Overcoming Conflicts with Courage On a daily basis‚ many people are challenged with obstacles that drive them into making tough decisions. At times‚ people don’t feel brave enough to face these challenges‚ but must overcome them by making brave decisions; being courageous. In the stories “Just lather that’s all” “Gentlemen’s your verdict” and “Dancer”‚ the characters express courageous acts influenced by different ways. The first way is when the characters follow their own morals and beliefs

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    To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee “Courage is not the absence of fear‚ but rather the judgment that something else is more important.” (Johnson‚ Samuel) Courage is something that lives in all of us; however‚ many don’t use the virtue. Many let the aspect of fear interfere with being brave and courageous. Often enough‚ people overlook the main objective of pursuing something because they are scared of the minor problems which may or may not occur based on the situation. When people are put

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    Narrative tasks may require you to write a story or part of a story; they may also ask you to write a true account. The purpose of your writing is to entertain the reader through the situation you have imagined and also to explore that situation and the characters involved in it • Remember how much time you have in the exam. Don’t try to write too complicated a story. Examiners want quality not quantity. • Don’t fill your writing with direct speech; it causes problems with punctuation and it’s

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    Red Badge of Courage Book Review Great novels aren’t just born‚ they’re created by people who put time and effort to create something extraordinary for their audience to experience first hand. Most novels written by authors are easily forgotten by their readers‚ but there are only a handful of novels that will always be passed down from generation to generation. They tell more than a story‚ they tell a moral‚ a significant message that will always be remembered. Novels like In Search of Lost

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    The act of courage has been used for millions of years‚ from David fighting the giant Goliath to characters in To Kill A Mockingbird showing acts of courage. The text took place in the 1930s‚ during a time when whites and blacks were divided and the years of the great depression. Maycomb county was the small town where everyone knows everyone else’s business. In To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee shows that standing for what’s right leads to the act of courage and how it can influence to change a

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    Critical Review of Undaunted Courage Stephen Ambrose’s Undaunted Courage is a remarkable piece of nonfiction literature. His work is so thorough that one wonders how he has time to do much more. Yet he has created time in his life to go west and go camping and hiking and canoeing in the summers with his family. Which possibly shows that anything can be raw material to the open mind‚ for it was on those trips that he developed a great fascination with the Lewis and Clark expedition that explored

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    Mrs Dubose - Courage

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    highly significant impact within the book as a whole; she embodies many themes such as integrity‚ injustice and growing up. And though she was a morphine addict‚ she did free herself from her addiction and in the process she embodied the theme of courage. Mrs. Dubose displays integrity by standing up for her beliefs. She has self-appointed herself as the "manners police"‚ according to the standards she was raised with. The way she was raised children were expected to respect their parents and other

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    Sarah Byrnes Courage

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    by Chris Crutcher and I felt that this book really ties into the courage that jk Rowling talks about. In this book‚ the main characters Eric Calhoun and Sarah Byrnes embody the image of courage that JK Rowling mentioned above. They do things that most of us would say that we could do but put under the pressure would craft like tempered glass hitting concrete. I believe after pondering the topic and reading this book that courage and bravery for that matter are not some extraordinary adrenaline

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