Courageous Characters In Literature

Courage is one of the only things that will reveal your true character. In our society, the law enforcement and police departments show a lot of courage every day. Police officers everyday go to work in the morning without even knowing if they would come back home without being injured, but they still go because they want to protect the society. This is courageous because they go to work to protect everyone, even though they know that there is a chance where they could get injured or possibly get killed. Not only real people are courageous, but characters in books can also show a tremendous amount of bravery. Authors share and create stories and characters hoping that the audience would be influenced and inspired by valuable traits, such as courage. Throughout To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Night by Elie Wiesel, and “Goin’ …show more content…
First, courage was shown when Max was explained to the caseworker, ‘“He’s been on his own since you guys have been in charge.’” (Crutcher 95). Max’s explanation shows Lionel’s courage because he was14 years old and was living by himself, even though his family has just died. Second, the event when Lionel, Walker, Jeff, and Elaine were drunk and were in a Jeepster driving on ice at the lake shows some courage. Lionel’s courage is revealed here, although he is drunk, because he didn’t know if the ice would support the Jeep, but still went driving on it, harming the lives in the Jeep: Walter, Jeff, Elaine, and himself. Third, Lionel’s courage and realization were shown when he went into the park in the night searching for Neal. Courage is shown here, because Lionel goes to the park in the night knowing that someone could kidnap him and that he was the only person that could only stop making Neal take drugs and being on the streets. Chris Crutcher has shown the courage that is in the characters through events and