Courage In Fallen Angels By Walter Dean Myers

Courage. The most admirable human trait. Courage has been a source of great change. In war courage is very important to be able to defend and fight. One story of a war, in the book Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers. Courage is displayed by different soldiers. Each person has the ability to be courageous. But courage is important, because it takes courage to trust in faith, to not know what is going to happen but do it anyway. Courage is important to trust in faith, to speak the truth even if it is not what people want to hear, and to question even the bases of what our world is.

Faith. The trust that things will be okay. You have to have courage to have faith. To see something that you want to help or change, but know that moving now will not make it better. You just have to wait, “Wait. Always. Wait...we heard the chopper...me and

To speak the facts when everyone else is saying something else. We need the truth even if it, is not want we want to hear. “The Killers had arrived”(176). Perry says this to himself when they rush into a village. He has seen the truth that even though he wants to believe that the Americans are the good guys. That is not always true. This takes courage to speak to yourself not just others the truth. Robert Kennedy was a master of speaking the truth. On April 4 1968 the day of MLK death, his speech to a crowd in Indiana. Was pure truth he told the crowd that there is a problem between blacks and whites. But not all whites are to blame, and that MLK would not have wanted people to riot. When King was shot, the black community felt like they had lost their brother to the whites and wanted to burn and break it all down. But Kennedy shown courage by going into the heart of the black Ghetto on that day. And by doing so his speech sent forth a ripple of courage. It takes courage to calm people down. And say things that people try to stay away from. But doing so can light a torch to help others, see the problem and find the