maria ramirez

When you hear the word courage what comes to mind? How can you define courage? Do you believe it only has one meaning or others as well. Here's the definition i got for courage.
COURAGE: mental or moral strength to venture preserve and withstand danger,fear, and difficulty.
The reason why i choose this word is because i think it relates to the movie we watched THE WHALE RIDER . The word courage reminded me about the young girl in that movie Pakea of how much she wanted to prove to her grandfather that she could do all the other things that the boys did at school since the girls couldn't go because they didn't want them learning more than the boys.
I do believe that she had alot of courage she dis obeyng her grandfather letting him know that she was capable of doing alll the things that the boys couldn't for example when the father took the boys to the ocean to try and catch his shark teeth no one could but the next day when the took Pakea to the ocean she was able to give her grandfather his necklace back plus she also grabbed a lobster to eat that same day . So i do believe that courage fits Pakea exactly.
Here's a famous quote i found on the Internet by James Freeman Clarke and it says something like this: Conscience is the root of all true courage, If a man would be brave let him obey the conscience.
Here's are other sentences that i found on that same website. John Courage for congress. Finding courage within you. The physical courage of the astronauts and others. Teaching guide for courage produced in association with chard counts. Well understood psychical and moral courage matter in the military.
I also found courage in three different languages Italian-carggio, Spanish- valor, Dutch tapperkeit.