Courage is defined as the willingness to take risks when the outcome in uncertain,
and when the risk taken may involve harm, loss, or danger to the one taking the risk. To
For instance, firefighters risk their lives by going in to burning buildings to save
lives of total strangers that are trapped inside. They don't think to themselves what if this
building falls down while I am inside of it. Policemen go to bank robberies, high-speed
chases and other times when people break the law or put people in harms way. They
don't think what if these perpetrators shoot me. Military men and women are called up
for duty when there is a threat to America's security. They to don't think about what if I
Every person that you meet will have a different meaning on what is courage to them and what makes a person courageous. These examples that I have used in this paper depicts what I as an individual think courage is and what makes a person be courageous. We don't here about people being courageous until something terrible happen such as Sept. 11. Then people are saying man how courageous those people are for going in to those buildings and saving lives. Most people we never here about save lives as part of their daily routine, but still we never know. I think that every time someone days something that is courageous that they should be awarded with something. No one has to put their lives on the line for people yet they do as part of their daily routine.
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