Courage is a subjective topic, easily dissected, easily torn apart, easily put together, and easily changed. Like every subjective topic, discussions on it are relatively difficult, simply because the subject matter is so flexible that you cannot really determine what it is.
To begin, we’ll have to define courage. Is courage to be fearless in the face of danger, or is it to stand your ground in face of indomitable odds? I believe Courage is to stare down one’s death, one’s failures, and one’s doom, and still walking forward. Ideally, it would align with an individual's own ideals; When one thinks courage, one does not think suicide bombers or extremist islam, or the Westeros Baptist Church. One thinks of Soldiers on the front lines, working and working to save the lives of …show more content…
Maybe, but, as Courage is subjective, so is any idea of a definition. This makes writing about Courage an incredibly difficult thing, simply because defining something like that isn’t really practical. It could be entirely possible that Courage, as we think about it, doesn’t exsist.
In the things they carried, Courage, as defined above, shows up frequently. You see a woman holster her fear and become a fighter, you see a coward give up on fleeing via the pressure of others. You see a man throw aside his love, in an attempt to be courageous, with the knowledge that, chances are, all he’s doing is dooming himself.
To go into further detail; A college student, who loathes the war in Vietnam, is drafted into the army. He has the choice to go in, or to run away. In time, the blood from his job gets to him, so he runs. He runs and runs until he reaches the border, where he hides away, just on the edge. He knows he could leave, but the knowledge that he’ll be ridiculed stops him.
A man watches as one of his subordinates dies, and swears he’ll no longer long for those he loves, to steel his soul. He faces his failures, and swears not to fail any
To begin, we’ll have to define courage. Is courage to be fearless in the face of danger, or is it to stand your ground in face of indomitable odds? I believe Courage is to stare down one’s death, one’s failures, and one’s doom, and still walking forward. Ideally, it would align with an individual's own ideals; When one thinks courage, one does not think suicide bombers or extremist islam, or the Westeros Baptist Church. One thinks of Soldiers on the front lines, working and working to save the lives of …show more content…
Maybe, but, as Courage is subjective, so is any idea of a definition. This makes writing about Courage an incredibly difficult thing, simply because defining something like that isn’t really practical. It could be entirely possible that Courage, as we think about it, doesn’t exsist.
In the things they carried, Courage, as defined above, shows up frequently. You see a woman holster her fear and become a fighter, you see a coward give up on fleeing via the pressure of others. You see a man throw aside his love, in an attempt to be courageous, with the knowledge that, chances are, all he’s doing is dooming himself.
To go into further detail; A college student, who loathes the war in Vietnam, is drafted into the army. He has the choice to go in, or to run away. In time, the blood from his job gets to him, so he runs. He runs and runs until he reaches the border, where he hides away, just on the edge. He knows he could leave, but the knowledge that he’ll be ridiculed stops him.
A man watches as one of his subordinates dies, and swears he’ll no longer long for those he loves, to steel his soul. He faces his failures, and swears not to fail any