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    Ahmed Hassan Asif  ENG 2DO  Monday June 1st 2014   Asif 1     Courage in Life  A simple illustration of courage can dramatically alter one’s life. In the novel Theories  of Relativity by Barbara Haworth Attard‚ the author tends to show that a simple courageous  act can significantly change one’s life. In some cases in the novel the characters tend to be  not even be aware of it.The characters  Jenna‚ Dylan‚ and Ainsley genuinely demonstrate  how showing courage is so crucial in life‚ and that it can essentially change one’s life to either 

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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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    did in his lifetime. He showed moral courage and fought for what he believed was right. To understand this one must first understand what moral courage means. The word moral means “concerned with the principles of right and wrong behavior and the goodness or badness of human character.” The word courage means “the ability to do something that frightens one or strength in the face of pain or grief.” By putting these words together one can conclude that moral courage means doing the things that you believe

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    Theme Essay There are people who have to face their fears everyday and everywhere. Fears such as standing up to a bully or speaking out an opinion that is rather unpopular requires courage to face. Courage can make someone feel stronger inside and allows them to have faith in their actions. The subject of courage leads to a common theme portrayed through specific events throughout To Kill a Mockingbird‚ which is a story based in the 1930’s set in the fictional town of Maycomb‚ Alabama which had

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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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    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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    All successful drama consists of conflict‚ whether between or within characters. Henrik Ibsen’s work‚ A Doll’s House is no exception. Ibsen’s play studies Nora’s early courage and her confirmation of that courage at the end of the play. Nora’s strength of character in forging her father’s signature on a loan‚ and the repercussions of that act‚ provide much of the driving force for the drama. But Nora’s great choice remains until the last act. She speaks of "the most wonderful thing‚" she has countless

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    Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane forcefully depicts an epic adventure though war where the men fight for their lives. These men are subject to a scene which scars and destroys the human consciousness. The result of the war and its bloody landscape causes men to lose basic human judgment and replaces it with mindless violence. All of the men are stripped of what makes them unique and are subject to a merciless war. It is clear as shown by Stephen Crane’s The Red Badge of Courage the men are dehumanized

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    Throughout the story of To Kill a Mockingbird the theme of real courage was portrayed multiple times. Two characters in particular embody this theme‚ and provide many examples of what real courage truly is. The first character that possess real courage is Scout’s father‚ Atticus. Atticus is fearless and courageous for taking on the case of Tom Robinson. He knew that the odds were stacked against him. Regardless he tried anyway because he was going to fight for what was right‚ even if he was the

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