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    The Criminal Justice system has a set of laws in which the people follow the laws. When someone commits a crime‚ there is a clear set of rules on what the protocol is to make sure that individuals do not commit that crime again and is punished for what was done. Left behind are the victims of these crimes and often there is not a good enough justice that is served. The process of get criminal getting punished is retributive justice. This is done through the court and is usually a unilateral decision

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    Courage Appears from the Most Unlikely People Courage‚ something that comes in many forms‚ hiding in every corner‚ but not always seen. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee portrays many forms of courage through the actions of her characters. The three characters‚ which from my perspective‚ revealed their courage via their actions within this novel are Mrs. Dubose‚ Jem and Atticus. Courage comes in many shapes and sizes and is often overlooked in the everyday individuals. One example is

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    Oedipus Rex’s responds in a way of justice. Oedipus plays the main character of the play. as well as he is the person that causes tragedies. In fact‚ Oedipus was in search of who his biological parents were until he was told about his prophecy. Oedipus wanted justice for knowing who his biological parents were since he was told that he was adopted. Although he had lived satisfied until that day‚ he still wanted to know the truthfulness. He proceeds across the mountain to realize the facts when

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    many people showed different types courage. Atticus was one of the persons who showed the most courage throughout To Kill a Mockingbird because he defended Tom Robinson. Mayella Ewell had a lot of courage to accuse Tom Robinson of rapping her just because he was a black man. Calpurnia also had a lot of courage because she was a black woman working for a white family. First is about Atticus defending an indecent black man in court. Atticus showed a lot of courage because he defended a black man in

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    Moral courage is a quality many hope to have‚ but cannot achieve. In the novel To Kill A Mockingbrid‚ by Harper Lee‚ she uses a character named Atticus Finch‚ the father of the main characters‚ to show moral courage. She uses Atticus to show readers that despite not knowing the outcome‚ one can still succeed if one musters enough courage. Throughout the novel‚ Atticus shows evidence of being a brave man. He helps Tom Robinson when the lynch mob came to take him‚ he shot a rabid dog‚ saving the entire

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    “The greatest test of courage on the earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.”-R. G. Ingersoll. Courage is a hard thing to have with people‚ however when you do have it showing it to others can leave a huge impact on them as they witness true courage. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee shows many acts of courage throughout the county of Maycomb‚ Alabama. Atticus Finch‚ father of Jem and Scout Finch‚ is a lawyer that deals with racism everyday. Scout and Jem try to get Boo Radley

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    In the Novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” There are a lot of examples of courage. Characters in the novel all have distinct personalities and attributes‚ but only a few display courage‚ and not all in the same ways. Some of this character’s include‚ Atticus‚ Jem‚ and Scout. All of this people have courage for different reasons. Atticus’s courage is standing up for the right thing. Atticus defends a man who at that time was hated by the people around him. Atticus felt that this was not right and defended

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    How the Hubermanns Demonstrated Courage throughout the Novel Eleanor Roosevelt once said “You gain strength‚ courage‚ and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself‚ ’I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along. ’” <Brainyquote.com> Throughout the novel the Hubermanns demonstrate tremendous courage. Like what Eleanor Roosevelt says‚ the Hubermanns really did look fear right in the face. One

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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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    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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