Bravery In Catch Me If You Can

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Bravery Bravery is a trait possessed by many but shown by few. In the movies “21” and “Catch me if you can” both Frank and Ben showed bravery but Frank was quite a bit braver than Ben. Frank is braver than Ben because what he’s doing is illegal, he is constantly running, and he has multiple identities. In “Catch me if you can” Frank Abignale Jr. runs away from home ,which is brave itself because he is so young, and he starts writing checks from a checkbook his father gave him for his birthday. He goes from writing bad checks to making them and posing as an airline pilot for Pan American Airline. He shows complete disregard for the law and believes that he will never get caught. Frank not only attempts this but he successfully does it for quite a while. When frank decides he doesn’t want to be an airline pilot anymore he decides he wants to be a doctor. Frank being the con artist that he is fakes a doctor’s degree and gets a job in the emergency room of a hospital. Once again he believes that his plan is flawless and he will never get caught. Frank meets a girl while in the E.R. and meets a girl that he eventually ends up trying to marry. She has no idea that he was posing as an airline pilot and is now posing as a doctor, both of which he does bravely and successfully even though he has no formal training in either field, he does so by watching movies and studying. Frank ends up asking Brenda to marry him, and travels to New Orleans to meet her parents. Brenda’s father can tell he is faking everything and admires Frank for his bravery and gives him his blessing to marry his daughter. Brenda’s dad offers Frank a job at his law firm, and like before Frank watches movies and studies and passes the Louisiana BAR exam. Frank at an early age began doing illegal acts to get back what the government took from him and his parents; he went from writing bad check to posing

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