The idea of courage is represented throughout this book greatly in many situations that the main characters were put in. One example of courage is when they drove in and saved lee with the huge truck. To be courageous you need to overcome your fears and do something that scares you or that could have hurtful consequences. In this situation to be courageous they have to overcome getting hurt to save another person’s life. Another act of courage shown in this book is when Ellie had to blow up the lawn mower to stop the soldiers from capturing them.
Cora is brave even when surrounded by Mingo Indians, and she comforts Alice and protects her. Cora creates a plan to save the others but leaves herself vulnerable to capture. In the secret cave they were hiding in to escape from battle, Cora tells Hawkeye and the other men to escape while she and Alice stay with the wounded David Gamut. When Cora executes her master’s plan she says “Then try the river. Why linger to add the number of victims of our merciless enemies?”(75).
Being pegged a tom-boy from the beginning, readers see this in her willingness to fight any boy that comes along or even any adult that questions her. Part of her courage though comes from being naive . She doesn't always know or understand the danger around her.In chapter 2, Scout represents the voice of reason from the children to their new teacher Miss Caroline. She speaks on their behalf, which took courage since she ultimately gets in trouble for most everything she says to Miss Caroline.In chapter 15, Scout bursts into a mob of men potentially about to hurt Atticus.In chapter 31, Scout meets Boo face-to-face. She treats this man like a child.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain I. Discover Moses and the Bulrushers (pg 1) Huckleberry Finn is kept by a widow who provides for his schooling and life necessities but he hates being mannered and wants to runaway all the time. The widow’s sister – “a tolerable slim old maid” – teachers him the Bible and Huck soon finds it pointless to learn about “dead people” but would only stand all these miseries because he wants to join Tom Sawyer’s gang in the robbing business (2). II. Our Gang’s Dark Oath (pg 4) Tom Sawyer calls Huckleberry Finn out and they are almost caught by the slave Jim, who is famous “because he got stuck up on account of having seen the devil and been rode by witches” (6).
Giunta says “I try to forget a lot of this, it benefits me in the long run, but coming back and doing these things: talking about it retches the gut.” Giunta talks about where he saves Sergeant Brendon from the enemies. As he says over the radio to the other men during chaos of the ambush, “there fucking taking him,” his voice is shaking and you see that his eyes start watering. The enemies rushed the men shot at Sergeant Brendon and then grab him as soon as he was down and started caring him away. Giunta is so freaked out that he poises and has to get him self together to finish the interview. Can you imagine seeing one of your best friends being carried away by people that are most likely going to touchier them and take them as a trophy in a place where you’re not familiar with and far, far away from home: didn’t think
Fire – Love and Perseverance Nothing is stronger than the love shared by father and son. In Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, the father and son are traveling to the south after a nuclear war, and all they have are the clothes on their back and the thought that they need to keep “carrying the fire.” The term “carrying the fire” is McCarthy’s way of saying that they need to persevere. The “fire” inside of them is their strength, pushing them to carry on their journey to the south. The “fire” is also the love they feel for each other, and throughout the novel, they show it without having to say it. The “fire” is not only perseverance and love, but also each other.
The Impact of Sacrifice We all know the saying “you will always sacrifice for the one’s whom you love”. To sacrifice something for someone your love has to be strong. For example Katniss sacrifices her life for the ones she loves. In the book “ The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins, sacrifice is the most important theme because Katniss takes her sisters place, she sacrifices her life to rescue Peeta and she sacrifices her ideals to pretend her love with Peeta. Sacrifice affects Katniss’s life in many ways thought out the novel.
This also shows how much courage Atticus has by not letting them in. Jem and Scout are very courageous. “ I swear before God if I’ll sit there and let them say somethin’ about Atticus” (Lee p.87). This was when Scout was at school and Francis called his dad a nigger lover. She got so mad and beat him up.
Trauma begins when Maria hears everything from the hole and the torturing and screaming of her mother. Maria being 14 wants to go and help her mother but doesn’t cause of the safety of Alberto. Maria makes sure that Alberto does not hear anything and covers his ears. After all the screaming from Maria’s mother she hears gun shots and then silence. Knowing the horror she was going to find when she came out of the hole she tears a piece of her dress that her mother made for her and blindfolds
“Older siblings tend to be more caring but also more dominating than younger siblings. Younger siblings are more likely to imitate older siblings and accept direction (Rathus, p. 149).” Jimmy runs around a lot and never seems to tire in the heat. His mother calls him over and tells him to have a sip of her water. He quickly runs over, takes a sip and runs back to his sister, spitting water on her when he returns. She is not happy about this and runs off to meet up with some friends.