Courage. Courage is a signal for standing up for yourself or trying new things. A quote by Tony Dungy is, “ Courage is the ability to do the right thing, all the time, no matter how painful or uncomfortable it might be”. Different texts like “The Terror” and “The Friday Everything Changed” are a great example of Tony’s quote. A courageous person who can help with Tony’s quote is Isaac Newton, he discovered the three laws of gravity and various other things. In “The Terror” by Junot Diaz, a new kid arrives at his new school, which later he came upon the 3 brothers when he made fun of one of them. They started bullying him and Junot became nervous and anxious about the boys. He soon became aware of what he was doing and felt disappointed …show more content…
But a girl named Alma asked why can’t girls get the water, and this leaves the teacher curious, but the boys start thinking differently. The boys start to bully Alma for what she said, but Alma will soon reach her goals. The text states, “And that's the way it had always been until one extraordinary afternoon when, right out of the blue, just after the teacher had picked Ernie Chapman and Garnet Dixon to carry the water, my seatmate, Alma Niles, put up her hand and said: ‘Why can't girls go for the water, too?’ “ (6). This quote shows her being courageous for the girls when she is in an uncomfortable situation. Another quote that shows the teacher being courageous is, “So at lunchtime, just as the boys were winding up their week's game ("And real great, eh? Without the girls?" Ernie Chapman was gloating loudly from the pitcher's mound), when Miss Ralston, without her bell, leaped through our clustered huddles at the entry door and headed straight toward the softball field, she took us all completely by surprise,” (37). This quote shows that Mss Ralston is standing up for the girls in an uncomfortable and surprising way, this can lead to her being courageous for the