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Examples Of Courage In Jasper Jr Jones

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Courage can be something that is hard to achieve. Not only do you have to be brave, but also willing to take the risk even when you are scared. Jasper Jones has many characters who show courage, but also characters who could have been courageous and changed the whole plot. Courage can save someone’s life, and the lack of it could cause totally different endings in life as if someone did something that they may not have done without having courage, when someone may have lack of courage causing them not to do something, or when someone may decide to use courage to save a life. Doing something that you may not be comfortable with but still doing it can show a lot of courage. Charlie shows courage by going out of his comfort zone, and doing something he never would have at the beginning of the book. “But I myself long enough to commit an astonishing act of bravery. In the middle of town, in front of everyone, I lean in, then and there, and I kiss her, quickly, on the lips” (Silvey 233). Although this may seem very small, it’s a big leap from what Charlie ever would have done earlier in the book. He also even wonders if they were too out in the open the first time Eliza kissed him, which goes to show just how brave he was to do this. Even the little things like this can be an act of courage, as it is something he was nervous to do, but still …show more content…

Eliza shows a lack of courage when she watched her sister kill herself. “Laura, with her back to her sister…her hands around her throat like her father tightening his neck tie. And then she rocked back and fell” (263). Eliza watched on silently not saying a word, and later blamed herself for what had happened to her sister. Even in the book Eliza says if she would have said something her sister could still be alive. The lack of courage here allowed Laura to die. Now this doesn’t mean Eliza killed her, but rather could have been able to save

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