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What is courage? Where is it found? Are you courageous?Courage is almost everywhere, big and small. In Kelley Kalafatich tedtalk she quotes Eleanor Roosevelt by stating “You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” Courage isn't easy, sometimes people make it sound like…

Britta yawned steadily as she, Gall and Vig crested the last rise of the Wolf’s Bane. She felt a surge of emotions as the path they followed spilled down the slopes of the mountains onto the plains of Cazidor. Before them lay her homeland, childhood home, and yet, no longer a safe haven. Now merely a stop on some quest that she neither asked for nor wanted. That they would not pass through Wolfbern was a blessing, in some respects. She would not have to deal with her father, who gave her, like a…

A true hero is one who finds the courage, willpower, and passion to help others in their character. Once these three characteristics are met, any individual will have the strength in them to endure even the toughest challenges life can throw at them. Welles Crowther certainly had all three aspects of character. As reported by witnesses of Crowther’s actions, and as stated in “Saved on 9/11, by the Man in the Red Bandanna,” “He used it to put out some blazes and assigned a woman, Ling Young, to…

What Makes A Hero “Hard times don't create heroes. It is during the hard times when the hero within us is revealed” (Bob Rylie). Easy times is not where the hero within others is revealed. Hard times take the hero out of a person to show to the world. It is during difficult times wheres heroes go the extra mile to for others. If someone cared enough they could help or even save someone…

Owen, You, Dr. Tan, and I had a meeting. We talked about your progress during this term. You agreed that you need to work more on your classes, and promised to come and work on them here. During this week, you have been working in Achieve every day. You have been working on catching up with all your assignments. You have made a good progress during this week. We are so proud of that progress. I am sure that if you continue doing this hard work, you will successfully pass all your classes.…

Twenty-One Pilots is a rap and alternative band who recently broke out with a big album called “Blurryface”. Their style of music is so unlike any other group that they were put in the genre of alternative because even though its rap, it is not just the average rap. Some songs are slower, and they don’t always rhyme. This makes them unique causing them to stand out among other groups. Their songs have a deeper meaning than most and more people can relate to them and that is why this album had…

Courage. The dictionary defines it as, “the ability to do something that frightens one.” In today's society courage can be perceived in different ways. Being brave “ trying something new.” “is about doing something that is outside of your comfort zone.” There are many different ways to perceive courage as a whole. Courage isn't always just being able to stand up for yourself and fight. It's about so much more and Tolkien shows that in this novel using one of his most crucial author’s craft moves…

Oratory Rough Draft “Heroes are made by the paths they choose, not the powers they are graced with.”- Brodi Ashton. Spider man was bitten by a mutant spider that gave him superhuman abilities, but being a hero doesn’t require astonishing powers. Real life heroes find something they are passionate about and pursue it. To accomplish your goal and be a hero requires courage, compassion and selflessness. One trait that is critical to a hero’s character is courage. Everyday people exemplify…

Long ago, there was a man by the name of Ahkmenrah. All my life me and my family have been poor farmers that can barely produce enough food for ourselves. Ever since I was a small boy father and me have worked in the field tending to the crops, Mother is in charge of staying home and working in the house. Once me and father came home, she would tend to us and make dinner. When I was a young boy we moved into the city of Babylon to become more successful and to have a better life. Father says…

14. Chapter fourteen: Unconditional love (noun): “And at nap time, when we would sleep next to each other. And our teacher thought that was the cutest thing, how I would cuddle up next to you and say you were my big brother. And you agreed just so I didn 't have to move. All the substitute teachers didn 't get it, how two 5yr old 's could be that close. Or how when I left early for a doctors appointment you would come with me because our parents knew each other and you didn 't want me to cry.…