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Courage In Freedom Walkers, By Claudette Colvin

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A quality that I believe matters the most in a character is courage. Courage is normally what it takes to do something that you're afraid to do. In the story “Freedom Walkers” Claudette Colvin decides to not give away her seat on the bus and risks being arrested. The thing that Claudette did is something many people aren't willing to do because there may be severe consequences after doing them. In the text “Priscilla and the wimps” Priscilla also portrays courage. She portrays this quality by standing up for herself and others by putting a bully in their place. The reason I chose these two texts to nominate is because I feel like they have a good amount of stuff I can compare between both of them. Another reason I chose them is because they were both my favorite texts that we read in this unit and both of the main …show more content…

Claudette Colvin was only 15 years old when she decided that she was going to stand up against discrimination against black people. Claudette chose not to give up her bus seat and was confronted by the bus driver. After she was still refusing to give up her seat the bus driver called the police on her and she was charged with battery and assault. This story was very inspiring and shows that you should not let anyone tell you not to do something you have a right to do. The story “Priscilla and wimps” is about a gang at a school that likes to bully kids that are weaker than them. None of the kids do anything about it until something happens to Melvin. Priscilla decides to stand up for Melvin by karate chopping the bullys arm when they grab Melvin. Priscilla could have gotten hurt by one of the kobras but she didn't and ended up helping her friend. Priscilla standing up for her friend was a great example of courage because a lot of people never stand up for themselves when something bad happens to them or someone around

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