Mother Courage and Her Children

found cancer. Her husband decided not to tell her and her doctor went along with that decision. She died a few months later not knowing she had cancer. My personal code of ethics would not allow this doctor to go along with the husband’s decision to not tell his wife the truth. The reason behind my thoughts on needing to tell the mother of two children is she could try surgery, chemotherapy or radiation therapy any medical treatments to extend her life to spend time with her children before…

Ibsen, Ibsen is demonstrating what the impact a mother and/ or fathers separation for a long period of time can affect an individual. If one does not seek assistants to mending a relationship, it causes children to feel insecure about the future, this can cause insecurity in their life and they could potentially think they were the cause of the separation. As an individual separates from something important it can possibly gain them great courage. Some may think that you can change for a…

gender equality, supports racial equality, and has experience with children. Eleanor Roosevelt has all these traits. Mostly Eleanor is empathetic, compassionate, and knowledgeable. She would be able to relate to those around her, support and care for others, have knowledge of occurring problems, and try her best to help the cause. Although some people might think Malcolm X would be a better spokesperson because he has the courage to speak out, Eleanor clearly would be the better spokesperson,…

small southern town of Maycomb. The Secret Life of Bees centers around a teenage girl named Lily Owens who searches for her identity and purpose in South Carolina. Though these novels all have different characters and plot lines, they all revolve around the same themes of children growing up without a parent, being criticized and denigrated by outside influences, and showing courage in their search for prosperity…

Courage to Pursue Your Goals Courage is the ability to do something out of your comfort zone that you know is difficult or dangerous. Discoveries, edited by Harold Schechter and Jonna Gormley Semekis, contains many stories written about characters going on a quest. These characters could be on a quest to find their personal call, could be on a journey with many obstacles in their path, or could be on a quest to find a type of treasure. There are many important characteristics that these…

to act upon their ethical values to help others during difficult ethical dilemmas. Anthony Omari was worked at a low resourced orphanage that him and his mother run in Ngong,…

Children from a young age are affected by the people and things around them. In the story we see events through the eyes of scout who is 6 years old when the novel begins. As Jem and Scout grows up, they are influenced by some more characters in the story. In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a MockingBird, Calpurnia, miss Maudie and Mrs Dubose are minor characters who influence the values and beliefs of Jem and Scout. Calpurnia tries her best to raise the children according to her beliefs which…

inequality to chronic physical illness, and the two female leads suffer from each of these in their own way. The audience can identify with Kron’s Lisa, the daughter, trying to grapple with the situation her mother has left her in – desperately trying to reconcile her own health and healing with her mother’s seemingly refusal to change, despite Lisa’s realization of health, conceptualized by the healthy, as “having your sickness on top of their health (Kron 59).” Though not out and out…

“A hero or heroine is a person or character who, in the face of danger and adversity or from a position of weakness, displays courage or self-sacrifice. “ When most people think of the word hero, one might think of a person with power helping those who are in trouble, but heroism can be anybody. A hero can be a teacher, a mother or father, or even a person such as myself. Heroes are everywhere you look, you never know what influence you may have on someone. Somethings that can be simple to one…

possess like courage, optimism, compassion, and integrity. For this essay, I have selected former First Lady, Michelle Obama as an appropriate example of what a great leader truly is. Michelle has broken many barriers as it relates to the portrayal of African American woman; she has juggled several responsibilities from being a wife to the president of the United States, mother of two, a former…