Courage In Faulkner's 'The Time Of The Butterflies'

Courage can be found in everyone big or small, mean, or nice. But sometimes it is hard to find your courage. In "Touching Spirit Bear" and " Maniac Magee" the author teaches us that people can be courageous by being friends with people they may not like at first and going to a place you might not want to go.

Minerva shows emotional courage when talking with Sinita for the first time. Emotional courage requires one to confront the full spectrum of emotions, at the risk of encountering the negative ones. While talking, Sinita brings up the topic of how she’s planned an extreme revenge plan on her family. Minerva is terrified by the story and starts crying, “I started crying, but i pinched my arms to stop. I had to be brave for Sinita” (Alvarez 19). After being told a tragic story that made her cry, she told herself she would stop for Sinitas sake. So she decided that causing herself physical pain to make herself stop crying is, in her mind, equivalent to being brave for her friend.

We have been asked why is it important to be courageous? In reality there are many reasons, but only few I can explain. We have to be courageous so we can try new things, do something different, or get out of our comfort zone.

There has always been times where everyone has needed courage, sometimes more often than others, and I believe that there are three main reasons to be courageous. I read a book full of courageous acts, called Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes, which shares the story about a girl who has scares, making her an outcast. She meets a boy named Eric who is overweight and both are outcasts and later on, he stays fat just so she doesn’t feel so bad about her scars. It is important to be courageous because it helps make people creative, more daring, and overall just better people.

Courage’s importance comes into play if choosing to live life to the fullest. “The quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear.” A revealing and mysterious novel “Jasper Jones” by Craig Silvey has Jasper (14) appearing at Charlie Bucktin’s (13) home late one night. Feeling the exhilaration Charlie takes up Jaspers offer to follow him into the woods, nervous and excited they crept through the night. Charlie and Jasper discover something that never will leave their conscience.

Ryan Driscoll Ms. Krick English 8 12 March 2024 Title goes here What is courage, courage is a feeling that someone gets when their brain stops thinking and just does the right thing in that situation. Courage only happens when it is needed, but when people are forced to do the right thing and face their fear, it can cause physical effects. It takes courage to do the right thing, regardless of the situation. The theme for this is sometimes courage is needed to do the right thing even though it can be scary and sometimes it might have physical reactions like in Junot Diaz's short story “The Terror”.

True bravery is when you’re aware that the odds are against you, however, you have the ability to persevere through it. Even though you don’t want to complete the task ahead of you, an inner force brings you the motivation to do it. Sincere courageousness doesn’t always entail violence; in fact, courage comes from the choices made within that affect yourself or those around you. The outcome may not always be to your advantage, but

Courage is an important quality to have, because everyone can’t always be afraid of everything and let their fears hold them back. Sometimes people have to do things that they don’t want to do, or they have to face their fears.

We all have opportunities to display courage in our life, but if we actually do is our decision. Courage is being able to do what is right even if it can be hard. In the book Speak by Laurie Halle Anderson I found three different examples of courage. In this book Melinda Sordino, David Petrakis and Melinda, again all show courage.

Taking risks can be a difficult choice in life. A person doesn’t know where that could lead him/her to. Taking risks is like jumping off a burning building. What that means is that taking risks isn’t just straightforward. It is sometimes necessary to take a chance because it could lead a person to somewhere good.

How a person acts in a time of panic can determine their courage. It can be difficult to judge a person by their courage. Just like in “the Wizard of Oz.” people from all backgrounds can be courageous by small acts. In Into Thin Air, by Jon Krakauer, Rob Hall showed great courage during his ascent of Everest, and that helped make this tragic expedition end up better than it could have.

When you have courage, you will have to make harder decisions. But you have to know that it will end up ok. It is important to gain courage to protect others, forgive oneself, and protect oneself.

¨Better to fail at doing the right thing than succeed at doing the wrong thing.¨ (Guy Kawasaki). It's hard to make the right choice. Situation and Motivation sometimes give us the courage, but what gave people the courage to do that right thing in life? After reading the texts I infer that courage is a big role in life in a good and a bad way it is evident that most people go with the easy path and let go of good they can do.

“Everyone has the capacity to be courageous.” If everyone puts their mind to being determined and courageous, they will acquire what they want to achieve whether it is a goal, fear, or even a decision. Kelley Kalafatich from TED talks, explains courage using an example from Eleanor Roosevelt, “I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.” If everyone believes that they can do it, they will locate the courage inside them. Living with courage indicates being strong and overcoming what you think isn’t possible. Courage will become more powerful within someone when they decide to face their fears. Having courage means each time someone experiences a challenge they can deal with anything that occurs next. Living

Courage is a necessity to overcome fears and achieve a desired goal. Fear is something that exists in all of us. There is no hero or any particular courageous figure that is without fear. Being fearless is not required to be courageous, one simply has to look past or overcome their fears to possess this great quality. When overcoming fears and going against the norm, there are always risks involved. There are different types of risks that come about. Someone could risk life or limb, while others risk their reputation. Either risk is serious enough that a person must have courage to endure that particular risk. Courage can occur anytime, anywhere, and often in our everyday lives. Everyone will experience courage no matter how young,