Courage
By Chen Hanson
Courage is what it takes to stand up to others
Courage is what it takes to
make your own decisions
Courage is what it takes to succeed
But it also
takes courage to sit down and listen
It also takes courage to admit a
loss
It will take courage to respect someone others don't
Courage is
needed to withstand peer pressure
So what does this mean?
Courage is
essential in your journey through life.
Courage is what it takes to
make your own decisions
Courage is what it takes to succeed
But it also
takes courage to sit down and listen
It also takes courage to admit a
loss
It will take courage to respect someone others don't
Courage is
needed to withstand peer pressure
So what does this mean?
Courage is
essential in your journey through life.
Quote
"It is from these comrades in the struggle that i learned the meaning of courage" (10).
A Long Walk to Freedom
A Long Walk to Freedom
Connection
The poem speaks and emphasizes the true meaning of courage and how they can be expelled from ones self. In the quote, Nelson Mandela speaks of how the struggle he went through showed him what true courage was. In both of the examples, you can feel the emotions of what it feels like to have true courage, compared to what you thought before.
Citation
A Long Walk to Freedom: Mandela, Nelson. Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela.Boston: Little, Brown, 1994. Print.
Website of Poem: http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/courage-60/
Website of Poem: http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/courage-60/