How Does The Author Use Courage To Do The Right Thing Essay

Imagine you were in a situation where you had a chance to get away with something you shouldn’t do. Or, had the chance to help someone and maybe change their life. Or, had the chance to take an unfamiliar path path rather than the one everyone takes and only do it for yourself. In the texts “Doing the Right Thing”, “Thank You, Ma’am”, and the road not taken The four college football players, Mrs. Jones, and the speaker have the chance to do the right thing. And every character finds the courage to do it. After reading these texts it is evident that they find the courage to do the right things from their families/role models, the fear of failing, or learning from a mistake in their past. People that do something courageous usually get that courage from a family member or a role model. In the texts “Doing the Right Thing”, “Thank You, Ma’am”, and …show more content…
In “Doing the RIght Thing” the four football players find the courage to pay for something even though there was nobody there to pay and nobody watching them. In the text it shows that they got their courage from their family members. It says, “ These four young men had someone when it mattered most. For Biondi it was his mother. For Gallimore, it was his whole family who now call him Honest Abe” They got the courage to do the right thing because they didn’t want to disappoint their families. In “Thank You, Ma’am” Mrs. Jones finds the courage to do the right thing from a role model. She decides to help Roger when she sees he has no family to take care of him even after he tried to steal her pocket book. In the text it shows where she