You have to stick up for yourself and be brave if you want to accomplish anything, and if you don't then you will never be happy. For example, in the book Fever 1793, the character Mattie is risking to take the little girl Nell. She is risking to take Nell because she could of got yellow fever. She was being brave because she wanted to help Nell because her mother has passed and Mattie didn't just want to leave her. After a while, Mattie is happy that she took Nell because they become really good friends. If she would of never been brave to take Nell, then she would have been upset with herself. So Mattie was being brave by helping Nell and she was happy that she helped her. If you don't stick up for yourself, then people will take advantages
"OUCH!" Matilda said (1). This quote foreshadows the future of what happens to Matilda in the novel, Fever 1793. In the book, Matilda is one of the main characters who has to endure the tragedy of the yellow fever. Throughout the novel, Matilda Cook remains the same by being stubborn, caring, and following her dreams of going to Paris. She changes by becoming more independent, more responsible and more trustworthy with work.
When individuals face obstacles in life, there is often two ways to respond to those hardships: some people choose to escape from the reality and live in an illusive world. Others choose to fight against the adversities and find a solution to solve the problems. These two ways may lead the individuals to a whole new perception. Those people who decide to escape may find themselves trapped into a worse or even disastrous situation and eventually lose all of their perceptions and hops to the world, and those who choose to fight against the obstacles may find themselves a good solution to the tragic world and turn their hopelessness into hopes. Margaret Laurence in her short story Horses of the Night discusses the idea of how individual’s responses
“May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears”-Nelson Mandela. This quote from Mandela relates to the novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor. The characters in Tangerine have you make difficult choices in their lives, but the choices don’t always end up right. Erik Fisher’s choices affect Paul in the novel by causing Paul to have vision loss, lose a friend, and lose self esteem.
Essential to overcoming adversity is the ability to cause change in yourself and others. In the book, Fablehaven by Brandon Mull, Seth has to learn to be more careful. This helps him to be a hero because he gets less reckless. Ultimately, Brandon mull teaches us that courage can make you do great things no matter what’s in your way.
J.F Clarke said that "The bravest of individuals is the one who obeys his or her conscience". This statement means that the special people, who listen to their conscience, are the bravest because it is not easy to listen and act on what your conscience tells you because many people are afraid of the consequences of doing so. In The Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, and Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, the characters truly do show this trait of being brave. I agree with the statement because I know myself that it isn't easy to act on what your conscience tells you. Many times the consequences stop me and also it is very hard to base a decision on pure "instinct".
It is important that everyone learns the lessons of being brave and independent, because they are very useful tools in life. Dorothy had to be brave when she was got over her fear, and spoke to Oz, and when she first started her long journey to Oz. She also had to be independent when she was left by herself do fix her problems, which she fortunately resolved in the end. These examples prove that anyone can do anything if they have the bravery and independence to do so. Being independent and brave are two things that can help someone in a bad
“It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to your enemies, but just as much to stand up to your friends,” remarks J.K. Rowling in her book Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Jem Finch, a boy from a small town in the South struggles to fully understand this idea. To Kill a Mockingbird suggests that real courage is standing up for others regardless of the what it may cost you. As a young boy, Jem’s understanding of courage and bravery are wrapped up in how others might view you, rather than who you really are inside. A little later he sees courage as having a clean record with others. Then Jem learns that courage is not giving up on someone or something even if you know you’re probably not going to win. Finally, Jem uses
In To Kill a Mockingbird, the author depicts courage in terms of doing that which serves as right, even when there exists little chance of success. As Atticus explains to Jem, real courage does not occur in the ability to fight or use a gun; rather, “It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it thro...
There are two books I will be comparing, Fever 1793 and The Girl Who Owned a City. The main characters are Matty, a girl in 1973, and Lisa, a futuristic character.They are alike in many ways. They are also quite different. They are both about the same age, though Lisa might be a little younger.
One way this can be true is that someone that seeks thrill will only go on the adventure for fun like in the movie that is called "Journey 2" and in this movie a young boy wants to figure out what causes so much trouble in a part of an island and he wants to do it only for the fun and their was no treasure in for him to do it he just wanted to do it because he was a thrill-seeker. On the other side for the courageous people an example could be Mafatu from the book "Call It Courage" when he was teased for being afraid of the water at sea because his mother died their and he was to afraid to save her but then Mafatu was courageous enough to go set out to see and go to an island and bring back something to show his courageous tribe that he was not afraid anymore but instead happy for what he had done and now he was to be the most courageous boy in the island. This was a good story and it wasn't because of the thrill but instead because of the courage he had to do the thing he
Opinioned misconceptions caused a drastic amount of confusion in Philadelphia in 1793. A misconception is a mistaken idea. Philadelphia was full of cleaning crews and transportation in 1793. Some people were willing to trust that people could stop the fever while other chose to flee. They were all scared of becoming sick from the wrongly perceived causes like dead animals, dirty wharfs, refugees, etc. The novel, Fever 1793, written by Laurie Halse Anderson is about the devastation caused during Yellow Fever. The main character, Mattie Cook, is left to fend for herself and others while trying to avoid the supposed causes of the fever. The author of Fever 1793, Laurie Halse Anderson, shows the misconceptions of the time period through causes and treatments of Yellow Fever.
Emily Bronte’s novel is an important work in the 19th century, particularity when describing the nature of people. One of the Characters, Heathcliff, is very interesting because his decent and parentage is never truly defined. Because of this uncertainty, the reader is lead to believe Heathcliff may have a Gypsy heritage. Gypsies were thought to be dark-haired, dark-skinned, dirty, messy and uneducated. Gypsies were often objects of discrimination usually because they look different from the typical whites and because of their traveling lifestyle made them people without a nation or land. Heathcliff’s gypsy ways are commonly attributed to the Irish Travelers. Heathcliff’s representation is based on this native Irish gypsy group. It was a group Bronte was familiar with the history of and she was a well read individual despite her seclusion growing up. This novel was written in a period when the theme of gypsy’s and gypsy-tales were in fashion and may have had some influence on the characterization in this novel. Heathcliff ended up in Liverpool from seeking refuge from the Great Famine of Ireland. The English look at the Irish as animals, this explains the hatred from the family toward Heathcliff. The Irish were represented as the Africans of Europe. This is an ironic representation of the combination of the Irish and the Africans because after Mr. Earnshaw dies, Heathcliff is enslaved and out casted from the family. The first description of Heathcliff’s outward appearance almost exactly mimics the stereotype:
Since the beginning of mankind, it has been the need to attain a specific goal, which has driven humans to work hard. Without any ambition, humans would not be inspired to overcome adversities and challenge themselves to become increasingly adaptable. When one is motivated by certain factors in their environment, the probability of them being satisfied with the results of their deeds depends on the moral value of their inspiration. If the individual is aware of the fact that their deed is immoral, then no matter how dire their circumstances which forced them to perform the actions, they will not be content. The irony establishes itself in the fact that those characters who are motivated by a cause bigger than themselves, tend to be happier,
Many Children receive Bravery Awards every year around the world, and none of them hold any weapons or punch someone in the face to prove that they are brave, unlike what the majority of people picture it. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Atticus believed that true bravery and courage is facing the negativities of life and society persistently, and by sticking to your belief no matter what the cost is. Jem and Mrs. Dubose are two characters that strongly apply to Atticus’s meaning of bravery and courage.
In a majority of novels, movies, or any form of story-telling the protagonist goes through great life changing trials and stands at the end of his journey victorious; however, the world we live in works much differently than that. Our lives are filled with monotonous, repetitive, stressful situations that wear us down and eventually we come to the conclusion that this is the norm. We learn from a very young age to just take whatever comes our way, like having a pet run away, experiencing the death of a close relative, or getting bullied for being too short in high school. Eventually we learn to learn to just take the hits because the matter of the fact is, life takes way too much and gives very little in return, that is assuming