Title By examining moral courage in two different story plots we learn that our principles may be challenged at some point in our lives but the charter within you determines how you overcome those obstacles among you.
By examining moral courage in literature we learn that moral courage only exist in a person who is willing to endure hardships for the sake of their principles. In the poem “If” by Rudyard Kipling there is a father who is talking to his son, giving him advice and guidance about becoming a man. From what the father states there are many obstacles you have to overcome in order to become a man. For example he says “ If you can talk with cowards and keep your virtue, or walk with kings nor lose the common touch” (Kipling 25-26). The father …show more content…
It is left up to his son to endure his virtue instead of letting any temptation take over his life. The author goes on to say “If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, but make allowance for their doubting too”(Kipling 3-4). The father tells his son to have confidence in himself even when people doubt you. The son must learn to overcome any obstacles in his life for the sake of his principles. His attitude may be what determines the outcomes of his life and what it takes to become a man.
By examining moral courage people learn that there attitude may determine there outcomes, they must learn to change to create a better life. In the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Montag is a fireman. In this society firemen do the burning instead of extinguishing . They are living in a world where books are banned and critical thinking is against the law. It is believed that knowledge only brings unhappiness and conflict; therefore, the people in this society are thoughtless and addicted to television. If books were to be found they were burned, firemen are taught that books are meaningless and live their lives thinking so. Montag himself has lived his life believing everything that was once
By examining moral courage in literature we learn that moral courage only exist in a person who is willing to endure hardships for the sake of their principles. In the poem “If” by Rudyard Kipling there is a father who is talking to his son, giving him advice and guidance about becoming a man. From what the father states there are many obstacles you have to overcome in order to become a man. For example he says “ If you can talk with cowards and keep your virtue, or walk with kings nor lose the common touch” (Kipling 25-26). The father …show more content…
It is left up to his son to endure his virtue instead of letting any temptation take over his life. The author goes on to say “If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, but make allowance for their doubting too”(Kipling 3-4). The father tells his son to have confidence in himself even when people doubt you. The son must learn to overcome any obstacles in his life for the sake of his principles. His attitude may be what determines the outcomes of his life and what it takes to become a man.
By examining moral courage people learn that there attitude may determine there outcomes, they must learn to change to create a better life. In the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Montag is a fireman. In this society firemen do the burning instead of extinguishing . They are living in a world where books are banned and critical thinking is against the law. It is believed that knowledge only brings unhappiness and conflict; therefore, the people in this society are thoughtless and addicted to television. If books were to be found they were burned, firemen are taught that books are meaningless and live their lives thinking so. Montag himself has lived his life believing everything that was once