“Mr. Rooster Cogburn…They tell me you are a man with true grit.” Are the words of Mattie Ross to Rooster Cogburn who supposedly has true grit according to the sheriff who told Mattie about him. What does it mean? Was Mattie looking for the right thing? Someone who is courageous, stays true to your word, is brave? In the book True Grit that is the exact characteristics she was looking for. There are a lot of people in U.S. history and in the book True Grit that have real true grit, the kind that she was searching for. To begin with, real courage is the ability to do something that frightens you. Nat Turner was born on October 2 in the year of 1800. He was born into slavery but ran away and later returned because of a vision he …show more content…
They continued on, from house to house, killing all of the white people they encountered.” (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3p1518.html) Later in his life he was caught, hanged, and skinned. This may not look like a good person with courage, but Nat Turner fought for what he thought was right. He knew he was going to get punished, but he thought it was the right thing to do so he …show more content…
Bravery is to have a courageous behavior or character towards someone. John Brown was born on May 9 in the year of 1800 in Torrington Connecticut. He was an abolitionist and fought for the freedom of slaves. “On October 16 with twenty-one followers attacked and occupied the federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry. Quickly surrounded by militia commanded by Col.Robert E. Lee, Brown’s position was overrun, ten of his followers were killed, and Brown himself was wounded and captured.” (http://www.history.com/topics/john-brown) As we can see John Brown was a very brave man, he fought for the freedom of slaves and risked his whole life into doing this. He put all his courage toward the slaves; he believed that it was wrong in the eyes of God to have people enslaved. In True Grit, Mattie represents the characteristic of bravery. When they are fighting against the Ned Pepper Gang Mattie met Ross and said that she is going to have to take him to Fort Smith. But he just laughed at her so she said, “If you refuse to go I will have to shoot you.” But he just went about his business. When she cocked the gun she asked him “You will not go with me?’ ‘I think not,’ said he. ‘It is just the other way around. You are going with me.’ I pointed the revolver at his belly and shot him down.” This is a true act of braveness. When she was in danger she stood up for what she thought was right and cocked the gun and shot and did not back down
Looking at what he has fought for, it’s no doubt that he fought for a noble cause which is the freedom of slavery. John Brown shouldn’t be known as hero or terrorists because of want he has done applies to both sides. John Brown shouldn’t be known as a terrorist or a national hero because of his violent attack and raids. After, September 11, 2001 John Brown has been called a terrorist which has caused controversy about Brown’s legacy and reputation. Furthermore, in the article, The 9/11 of 1859 says, “He led 21 men all but two in their 20s, and many of them radicalized by guerilla fighting in Bleeding Kansas, the abolitionists’ Afghanistan”(Horowitz).
The only house spared was a white family who didn’t own slaves. Within two days they were stopped. Nat was hanged, and 55 of his followers were executed by the state. It is estimated that around 120 other black people were killed by white militias and mobs, regardless of their involvement in the
The work of these freed slaves and abolitionists inspired fear from southerners and northerners alike. They were afraid of a rush of freed slaves entering the North. Many opposers to abolition grew violent. During this time in 1830, David Walker, a free African American born in the South died under strange circumstances, after promoting the violent downfall of the slave trade (Norton,2015). Nat Turner kept seeing sign after sign up until 1831 when he began his murderous rebellion.
But he was raising the gun again. She looked up, but there were no geese. She turned back and turned straight into the shot gun 's double barrel, inches from her face. 'No, Jack, don 't! '". (pg. 79)
The time when I was brave is when I save my friend. My friend would always wonder off with his bike and I would have to find him and see if he is ok. Then when I found him and later a car came by from a distance. I ran into my friend and grabbed him with his bike and ran back to the sidewalk. By showing bravery, I helped save my friends life because he was very close to losing it.
John Brown was born on May 9, 1800 in Torrington, Connecticut . John Brown was a major change for American history. He was a radical , his father was very concerned about slavery and religion. No one could do anything about slavery, so John Brown wanted to do stuff but in his other plans for many different things, stuff never turned right and his plans would fail automatically. John Brown decided to take his father 's trade.
Turner, Nat. The Rebellion of Nate Turner. Virginia: Plantation., 1800. Nate Turner was a black American slave who led a rebellion on August 1831 in U.S. history.
Nat Turner, a Virginia slave preacher, a man thought to be too smart to just be a slave. A man praised for his intelligence and extraordinary imagination. A man that claimed and believed he was chosen by God to lead the African Americans from bondage. “ Believing in signs and hearing divine voices, Turner was convinced by an eclipse of the sun that the time to come up had rise up.” Nat Turner's Rebellion, one of the most famous slave insurrection in American history.
Many say Courageousness is standing up for something you know is wrong, speaking up when no one wants to listen, taking action in something that many others consider unwanted, I believe that courage is a combination of all of these.n the novel of Roll Of Thunder Hear my cry, Mildred D Taylor created a character named Stacey who will do anything in order to protect those around him (especially family) Stacey was courageous because he went to places that were against the rules or somewhere that not many kids his age should go to, Stacey destroyed the bus by digging a ditch, and took initiative a few times. Stacey deals with problems in a courages way by standing his ground and not taking no as a rebuttal or an answer while taking action. Stacey will do everything in his power as a black boy in order to provide for his family and will help his family (specifically cassie) when they start to realize that the world is unfair. Have you ever gone somewhere that you shouldn 't have or that common sense says is a bad idea, because Stacey did exactly that. Stacey has gone to many places that he shouldn 't have or that he knew would be dangerous.
Courage is shown through actions of people. Through the adventure of Roll of Thunder Hear my Cry, by, Mildred D.Taylor Cassie Logan shows a lot of courage by standing up for what's right. Cassie had courage when she had to stand up for her little brother, Little Man and then again during the fight with her rival Lillian Jean. Cassie showed that she can be sassy, she’s a very outspoken girl, and that she loved her friends and family. Even when equality meant nothing to everybody else but her, she still believed in it.
Into The Wild portrays a man who went on a fatal unforgettable journey through the alaska wilderness. Chris McCandless was a man with great courage and the ability to live on his own made him more of a hero going on his fatal journey. Many would say he was foolish or not thinking right, but that is not the case. The case here is simply a man with courage wanting to fulfill is beliefs through his journey. One may ask what is courage.
The second character that shows he has grit is Rooster Cogburn for showing courage when he charges at Lucky Ned’s man knowing he was out numbered. He Also puts his love for animals aside when he is trying to save Mattie Ross’s life from the snake bites, He pushes Mattie’s horse to its limit until he dies and has to carry Mattie to safety. Mattie and Rooster Cougburn are the two characters that show they have grit while Tom Chaney is the character that lacks
To Kill a Mockingbird - Courage "Courage is when you know you 're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what" According to Atticus Finch, an honest lawyer in Harper Lee 's novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" courage is not a man with a gun in his hand. "Real courage" is when you fight for what is right regardless of whether you win or lose. Atticus fits into this definition of what "real courage" is and demonstrates it several times throughout the novel. "The only thing we 've got is a black man 's word against the Ewells '.
Courage is having strength in the face of pain or grief. In the book called Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry, Mildred Taylor did a great job showing how Cassie Logan has courage and that she can stand up for what is right. Cassie showed courage when she was in Strawberry, going up against Lillian Jean Simms (her enemy), and helping TJ even though her was really mean and rude to her. Cassie Logan was a southern girl who lived in Mississippi. She didn 't like being told what to do
"Courage is when you know you 're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what" According to Atticus Finch, an honest lawyer in Harper Lee 's novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" courage is not a man with a gun in his hand. "Real courage" is when you fight for what is right regardless of whether you win or lose. Atticus fits into this definition of what "real courage" is and demonstrates it several times throughout the novel. "The only thing we 've got is a black man 's word against the Ewells '.