In the words of Gail Devers, “Sometimes we fall, sometimes we stumble, but we can't stay down. We can’t allow life to beat us down. Everything happens for a reason, and it builds character in us, and it tells us what we are about and how strong we really are when we didn’t think we could be that strong.” In the nonfictional, Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, Louie Zamperini, being the clever man he is, demonstrates Dever’s words though the 36’ Olympics, a treacherous trek in the Pacific, and in many Japanese POW camps. In his early days in Berlin, Louie already began expressing his mischievous cleverness.…
SBD/TP-Whether Atticus is standing up for what is right, or taking one shot that might not hit the target, there is no denying that he is brave. A1-One day Scout (Atticus’ daughter) comes home from school and tells Atticus about Cecil Jacobs, (boy who goes to school with Scout) calling him a “nigger lover”(75). A2-Whenever Scout asks her dad why he chooses to defend a black man, Atticus tells her, “The main one is, if I didn't I couldn't hold up my head in town, I couldn't represent this county in the legislature, I couldn't even tell you or Jem not to do something again”(75). A3- This proves how brave Atticus is because Scout and Jem (Scout’s brother) mean the world to him and he would never want to cause them any harm.…
Quotes: 1. (Gulliver speaking about his own life before his adventures) “I was the Third of five Sons. I was bound Apprentice to Mr. James Bates, an eminent Surgeon in London. My Father now and then sending me small Sums of Money.” This quote relates to my first question because I think Gulliver’s upbringing has a lot to do with his temperament.…
Does a her have to be someone with fame?? People use different meanings to define a hero. There are incompatible types of heroes. Although, heroes do major thing for the world there are no different than anybody else.…
My color is inconvenient right now, but it won’t always be like this.’ I’d said what I felt, despite the fear that it would be considered talking back to an adult.” ( Page 105) 9) Melba Patillo- “This is going to work.…
The Journey in Linda Sue Park’s A Long Walk to Water was very challenging to everyone who traveled. Though the main character, Salva, went through many challeges in the journey, he survived the journey with determination, and the knowledge to survive. Salva did many things in his long journey, and he definetly worked very hard, for his survival. On page 43 the text states, “‘Salva staggered forward with yet another enormous load of reed in his arms.…
“It was from that moment I began to hate them, and my hate is still the only link between us today. They were our first oppressors. They were the first of the faces of hell and death.” Chapter #1 Page #17 This quote represents the chapter by showing how the things occurring around Elie are not right.…
OMM Essay “Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don't belong no place.” Loyalty and devotion both play a very big role in Of Mice and Men due to the amount of friendships in the book.…
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear”. In the award winning novel, To Kill A Mockingbird written by Harper Lee, Atticus Finch is a single dad with two children-Scout and Jem-who are six and nine years old. Throughout the book, Scout and Jem experience many mysteries, one being about Boo Radley; the neighbor who apparently has been locked inside for decades. Atticus had a predicament of his own.…
Omar N. Bradley stated: “Braver is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.” This quote is relevant throughout Night because braver is a quality that most characters in this book possess. Night by Elie Wiesel is an autobiography that takes place in 1944, Poland during World War Two. We follow the story of Eliezer and his dad, Shlomo, as they live in various concentration camps in Poland. They and other prisoners have to show bravery to stay alive in hard times.…
Animal Farm Essay There are several examples of tyranny displayed throughout George Orwell’s novel Animal Farm . “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” a statement by Lord Acton, is a recurring theme throughout the text. This is shown with Farmer Jones at the beginning of the story, as well as with Napoleon through the rest.…
Courage is said to be a hero’s trait, the key to success. Cowardice is the antagonist, nobody likes it, nobody wishes to be it. Cowardice makes a meager mouse run your blood cold. Even though courage is defined by many authors differently, in To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, courage is the trait to do the right thing. We can draw the definition of real courage from three characters in the story, Bob Ewell, Atticus FInch, and Mrs. Dubose.…
If you were on a long, dangerous journey in Southern Sudan, what traits would you need to survive? In A Long Walk To Water, Salva and Nya are both going through daily hardships of life in Southern Sudan. Two times a day, Nya (in the year 2008-2009) must make a long trip down to the pond to get water for her family. Salva is in school one day in 1985 when an attack goes on and he is told to flee into the bushes and not return home. This causes a long and hard search for his family and refugee camps.…
Courage can be defined as the mental, physical or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear, or difficulty. According to Atticus Finch, one of the main characters in To Kill A Mockingbird, "Courage is when you know you 're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what." (Lee 124) No matter how it can be defined, Harper Lee portrays the theme of courage in To Kill A Mockingbird. It is one of the most predominant themes and is shown in many of the characters. Throughout the events that occur in the novel, courage was used to overcome the challenges that were faced, and was an evident component that was utilized in order to gain a better understanding of the plot.…
There are also parts to this book linking to courage. There were times where characters would try to encourage other characters to do things to help them in their life. One example of that would be the old woman Sofia and her remaining family met before they arrived in the new village. She helped them carry on before she died.…