In the short story ‘The Leap’, we are introduced to Anna Avalon, the main protagonist. Anna has many characteristics such as being talented, courageous, and sentimental. My main focus is on Anna’s courage. Anna has the courage to be part of a blindfolded trapeze act, risking both her partner’s and her own life every time she performs. She has the courage to not give up in two more events in the story. She saves her unborn child’s life and her own instead of her husband’s during an accident in her performance. After her husband dies, she carries on with her life. She falls in love and has a daughter, the narrator of the story. Lastly, she shows the most courage in saving her daughter from a burning building using her experience as a trapeze
