...Nicias states, “If a man is really courageous, it is clear that he is wise (Plato 194D).” Laches does not think that this is the case, and asks Nicias to further explain what he means by his words. Nicias responds, “What I say, Laches, is that it is the knowledge of the fearful and the hopeful in war and in every other situations (Plato 195A).” Nicias believes that wisdom and knowledge are part of what makes someone courageous. While Laches does not agree and is confused by Nicias’ claims, Socrates further questions Nicias as to what he means when he describes his version of courage. Socrates comes to the conclusion, “According to your view, that courage is the knowledge not just of the fearful and the hopeful, but in your own opinion, it would be the knowledge of practically all goods and evils put together (Plato 199D).” Socrates then points out that Nicias could be describing virtue instead of courage, and while virtue is part of courage, Nicias’ definition of courage...
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...Knowledge: What were the most memorable moments in the books for you? Why? How do you connect to these moments? How do these moments relate to each other? “He moved forward delicately, his right hand outstretched. The crucible began to settle— collapse, the silver was running over the top of the furnace like spilled milk. Johnny jumped toward it, his right hand outstretched. Something happened, he never knew exactly what. His feet wet out from under him. His hand came down on top of the furnace” (Johnny Tremain pg. 38) This moment was a plot-turning part in the book Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes. I loved this moment because, it was full of intensity and action. This scene had changed the view that I had on Johnny but,this moment had resulted in Johnny becoming a hero in the book. If Johnny had not burnt his hand, then he would have still been arrogant and felt as if he was the boss. In this scene, Johnny is trying to build the wealthy merchant’s (John Hancock) cup handle to perfection with a short amount of time. Since...
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...Courage essay: The quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear. In the book Speak Melinda is not very outspoken about what happened at the party, but when she sees her ex best friend dating the guy, she wanted to make sure that it never happened again. Why is courage important, and is it just about being brave? Webster dictionary defines courage as, “The ability to do something that frightens one.” Many times in the book Speak this is shone, some events being more courageous than others. “David takes a seat in the front row and sets a tape recorder on his desk. As Mr. Neck opens his mouth to speak, David presses the Play and Record buttons at the same time, like a pianist hitting...
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...problems and for children an occasion to play to many games. That day, i point out that there is lot of people. Suddenly, somebody among us shouted ‘a rabid dog’ ‘a rabid dog’. It was panic. I point out too that we not used to see rabid dog in the village and that it was the first time that we had a rabid dog in the village. So during our stampede, a three years old child was stayed under the tree and was crying alone. This is at this time that we saw the rabid dog that wanted to attack the child. Sincerely nobody stopped to rescue the child except “Boukare”. Boukare went back to rescued the child. He grabbed a big wood with which he succeeded to stun the dog that fell down. This is at this moment only that other people came to help him to kill the dog. The child was saved by the courageous action of Boukare. I can say that without Boukare that day, it was sure that the dog could kill the child. After that the chief of our village held a meeting to thank Boukare for...
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...Students Name University Name Year I read this sad story of a courageous woman from a magazine sometimes ago. It was just a short news article in one of the local dailies. The story keeps on ringing in my mind up to today. I feel that the whole nation should stand and honor this woman for her courageous actions she portrayed on this fateful day. It happened that in the year 2007 in the city of Orina in India, a town that had over 100,000 people. It was raining heavily, and life was almost coming to a standstill. Everyone in the area woke up in shock after finding pools of water moving at alarming speed sweeping everything it came across. It was around 8 in the morning. Before even people realized what was happening, the water level started rising, and there was no accessible route to escape. People quickly rushed out of their houses and water was unfortunately found themselves stranded as the water level continued to rise above the level of their waists. At this moment, the rain was still slowly falling, and everything became a menace. After about an hour, the town was full of water and people were trying helplessly to come out of the water. Water was gradually rising, and there was nothing else visible but water. It was a moment of darkness as people started drowning one after the other. The aged people and children were the most affected. Everyone was screaming to save his or her own life. There was neither gender nor tribe; the language was the same; Save a life at whatever...
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...definition. This courage gave them their strength and deepened their self-understanding as the novel progresses. The characters Atticus Finch and Jeremy Finch demonstrated their courage in the novel which resulted in the explanation of the message about real courage. Atticus Finch proved to be a noticeably courageous character in the novel. One apparently reason was because he accepted the appointment to the case of Tom Robinson, a black man. It took courage for Atticus to do the right thing, despite knowing that he...
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...Within the wide array of human characteristics, there exists courage a trait that allows for bold and risky decisions to be made. Courage is the ability to overcome one's fears both inner and outer for the sake of doing what is morally right. Being courageous is often associated with physical actions. A man runs out into the line of fire to save a child and earns a courageous title, however it is not the act of running that gives him that title. He earns that description because he stands up to his fears in the hopes of doing a moral justice. Different forms of courage are shown in many pieces of literature and TKAM is no exception. These people allow for an answer to the question, what is courage? Many characters in the novel exhibit courage;...
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...Furthermore, they take the argument into another form. Both Socrates and Protagoras have different ideas and views on the requirements of becoming good citizens. People could be good citizens by obeying the laws yet damaging the city differently. We cannot tell how virtuously they are or good citizens to the city because madness is not a function of virtue. Socrates takes another form to ask what virtue really stand for. He believes that virtue is a singular thing and is trying to convince Protagoras to agree as well. However, Protagoras states that virtue is a single entity and the four to five things are its parts (329e). And the parts are justice, holiness, wisdom, temperance and somehow courage. Yet, Socrates still argues and trying to...
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...statement, “When you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and see it through, no matter what,” (Lee 112). This is what Mrs. Dubose does and Atticus acknowledges her courage and bravery by telling Scout and Jem, “She was the bravest person I ever knew,” (Lee 112). After the children find out about how she was trying to break her addiction, much of her character makes more sense. She might have been a very nice lady, but irritation is a side effect of quitting morphine. Morphine is a medication used to relieve pain and in her last moments, Mrs. Dubose was in excruciating pain. It would have been so easy for her to go back to the morphine and rely on it to keep the pain tolerable, but she does not do it. Instead, she chooses to endure the pain in the hopes of beating her addiction. Although Atticus describes Mrs. Dubose as the bravest person he has known, he himself is the most courageous. Atticus is the most courageous character in To Kill a Mockingbird because he defends Tom Robinson and treats everyone equally. Tom is despised by the community but Atticus never backs down and never succumbs to the pressure of the whole town turning against him. He realizes that what he is doing is right, so he keeps pushing forward and trying to make a change in the racial equality of Maycomb. He treats everyone equally; whether it is Tom, Mrs. Dubose, or even Boo Radley. Sometimes the children wonder why Atticus treats everyone as equals and later he explains, “You never really...
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...Old Testament Hero with whom I most identify with Description of the Hero I Identify With David is the hero in the Bible that I identify with because of his characteristics. One of this regards his capacity to take responsibility for his faults. It is arguable that he committed many sins against God and his predecessor, Saul. People may have questioned him but this was not the case because he owned his offences (Gary, 2009). Further, he was passionate about God which is a pre-requisite for intimacy and becoming a worshiper. He learned the true and key heart values. Parallels between David and God and My Life In many of his walks of life, David had killed a vast number of Israelites’ foes and never took the success he got for granted or praise himself. He was ever humble both God and people he saves. At the same time, he was courageous. Almost all personalities of David remind us of ourselves reminds use of ourselves (Adrian, 2013). Christians are encouraged to...
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...Historical Info ● She had a really harsh religious upbringing and she always wanted to rebel against her family’s fundamentalist Christianity ● In her teens, she started drinking and doing drugs → alcohol addiction ● later in her life, she decided to work as a stand-up comedian because many people thought she had a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor ● However, one day, her close friends committed suicide and she knew him from the comedy club where she worked. ● She was called to lead a funeral for him, which was held at the comedy club, and she said the community who gathered was packed with queers, nonbelievers, recovering alcoholics, and people who usually felt disconnected from mainstream religion. ● This was the moment she looked and realized that these were her people, but she knew that they didn’t have a pastor or anyone to lead them because they were considered society’s outsiders ● So that’s what she did, she became a pastor to her people; in 2008, she was ordained ● She knew that this was her calling because she saw God among them and she realized that Jesus would have probably surrounded himself with those people since he did hang out with outsiders ● she created a new brand of church where she reinvented and redefined what church is, but she kept a deep reverence for tradition ● Nadia started a new brand of church called House for All Sinners and Saints and its mission is to minister to outsiders ● she created this ch...
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...American writer. It gives a deep insight into human society. The author highlights the theme of moral nature of the human beings – whether they are good and merciful or cruel and evil. It also deals with the problems of racial prejudices, inequality and racial discrimination. In a small Southern town in the 1930’s, it took exceptional courage for a white person to take a stand against racism. In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird, the main character - a smart experienced lawyer Atticus Finch becomes a fighter for justice and truth. He possesses such traits as being principled, determined, honest and courageous. Atticus goes beyond the racist limitations of his society. By doing so he risks becoming an outcast for the courageous stand he takes. By agreeing to defend a black man falsely accused of having raped a white woman, Atticus demonstrates he is the most courageous person in Maycomb. He not only risks being alienated from the town, he also tries his best to defend his client, Tom Robinson, though he knows his struggle for justice is ultimately doomed, regardless the strength of his character and his good intentions, Atticus is too small to win this fight for justice. As the saying goes: “One man - no man”. The story is told from memories of Atticus’s Finch daughter Scout. She and he older brother Jem become witnesses of great miscarriage of justice in the conviction of Tom Robinson. They are just small children, but even they are surprised and angered by the prejudice...
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...In chapter 15 Atticus is standing guard at the jail to protect Tom when a mob of drunken men threaten to overpower him. He realizes that the mob was very dangerous but he needs to protect Tom Robinson and refuses to move. Unknown to Atticus, his children have followed him. Scout runs forward from the shadows as the mob and Atticus notice her. In this moment Atticus realizes that Scout is in serious danger: “A flash of plain fear was going out of his eyes” (Lee 203). Atticus values his children more than his own life. In this instant he realizes that his children could be put into danger and even killed because these men are angry and drunk. Atticus actions are resulting in potential harm to his children. Atticus fully realizes the possible cost of his actions but he does not back down. The racist mob inspires him to become an even stronger person. A person's knees or hands can be shaking but this does not mean they lack courage. In fact, if a person is terrified and they still step forward they are truly brave. Atticus shows this when he “...put the newspaper down very carefully, adjusting...
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...The character Johnny from the book, The Outsiders is courageous because he helped his friends out through all the hard times. On top of that, he sacrificed his life for children while saving them in a burning church. The book The Outsiders, written by S.E Hinton, tells the story of 14 year old Ponyboy Curtis. According to him, there are two types of people in the world, the Greasers and the Socials. The story follows Ponyboy and his gang of “Greasers through the conflicts with social separation and conflict by rich kids called “Socs.” “He had big black eyes in a dark tanned face; his hair was jet black and heavily greased and combed to the side.” is a quote that Ponyboy said on page 11, which shows that Johnny was courageous. In the beginning...
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...Scott Cards novel Ender’s Game is not your typical, brainless eleven year old. In fact, he shows more courage, capability, and adaptability than most middle-aged adults. Using these raw skills Ender Wiggin saves the world at the fresh age of eleven. Ender shows multiple examples of courage throughout the book specifically in chapter fourteen when Ender makes the ruthless yet courageous decision to blow the bugger home planet to pieces. “Then he whispered a command and the ships dropped like rocks toward the planet’s surface…. Almost from the moment they began to drop they were focusing their Little Doctors on one thing only. The Planet itself” (294). Young Ender wasn’t expected to go so far as to blow the planet itself up, but because of his courage he went above and beyond all expectations. Because of Ender’s courageous personality he is completely capable of the task at hand. In fact Ender had been showing signs of capability since he was six. “Ender knew the unspoken rules of manly warfare, even though he was six.” (7). Ender unknowingly used his “knowledge of manly warfare” to show his capability of being the next commander and saving the world five years later by literally beating the young boy into a pulp, to show the others he was not to be messed with. While courage and capability are outstanding features of Enders, his most admirable attribute is his adaptability. Ender is put into many situations where he is forced to adapt to his surroundings. Ender really shows...
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