Staying fat for Sarah Byrnes is a great book that shows much courage that many could learn from. Staying fat for Sarah Byrnes has two kids called Sarah and Eric that are outcasts in the school. They go through some rough experiences and then Sarah goes quiet and goes to a hospital but the reason she goes quiet is a secret that she has kept her whole life. In this book many show lots of courage, but these are just some of the people showing courage and they are Sarah Byrnes, Eric Calhoune, and Brittain.
In this book Sarah Byrnes shows courage by writing Eric a letter when she is trying to stay quiet even though she is at great risk. Sarah writes a heartfelt letter to Eric and she tells him some stuff she has never told anyone before(127-130). Sarah shows much courage by writing this because if her dad saw this she would have been abused to almost death. She also shows courage by just saying what she actually feels and she has never done this before, this is a very hard thing to do for people that aren't open to others. An example of courage is when Sarah gets in the car with Eric to go to Lemry’s house(147). This takes …show more content…
In the book Eric stands up to dale Thornton who is a bully that wants to take his money(19). This shows courage by overcoming his fears and not falling due to pressure. This also made him stronger mentally because the more he does things like that the more he will be able to stand up for himself. Another example of courage is when Eric is face to face with Sarah's dad and he says he knows where Sarah is but he doesn't tell the dad where(173). This shows courage because Sarah's dad is crazy and he will kill to find his daughter. Eric is also a very sacred kid when it comes to pressure and when Sarah isn't with him he typically just falls to pressure but this time he stood up for himself and for him that takes a lot of
In this book Sarah Byrnes shows courage by writing Eric a letter when she is trying to stay quiet even though she is at great risk. Sarah writes a heartfelt letter to Eric and she tells him some stuff she has never told anyone before(127-130). Sarah shows much courage by writing this because if her dad saw this she would have been abused to almost death. She also shows courage by just saying what she actually feels and she has never done this before, this is a very hard thing to do for people that aren't open to others. An example of courage is when Sarah gets in the car with Eric to go to Lemry’s house(147). This takes …show more content…
In the book Eric stands up to dale Thornton who is a bully that wants to take his money(19). This shows courage by overcoming his fears and not falling due to pressure. This also made him stronger mentally because the more he does things like that the more he will be able to stand up for himself. Another example of courage is when Eric is face to face with Sarah's dad and he says he knows where Sarah is but he doesn't tell the dad where(173). This shows courage because Sarah's dad is crazy and he will kill to find his daughter. Eric is also a very sacred kid when it comes to pressure and when Sarah isn't with him he typically just falls to pressure but this time he stood up for himself and for him that takes a lot of