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The paper examines two major similarities in terms of how bravery and risk-taking are handled in Tom Wolfe's, "The Right Stuff" and Ernest K. Gann's, "Fate Is the Hunter". The paper discusses how pilots in both books believe bravery means grace under pressure, and they also think that risk-taking is worthwhile as part of achieving professional obligations. The paper notes a big difference, however, that is that Wolfe's pilots (and astronauts) value status more than Gann's pilots, and, in a sense, Gann's men see what they do as more of a job while Wolfe's men see it as a sort of calling.

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"The following paper examines two major similarities in terms of how bravery and risk-taking are handled in the two books highlighted above. Particularly, pilots in both books believe bravery means grace under pressure. The pilots in both works also think that risk-taking is worthwhile as part of achieving professional obligations. The big difference, however, is that Wolfe's pilots (and astronauts) value status more than Gann's pilots. In a sense, Gann's men see what they do as more..."

Tags:wolfe, gann, pilots

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This paper is an analysis of themes prevalent in Ernest Hemingway's novel, "For Whom the Bell Tolls". Themes included are loyalty, bravery, and gender roles. This novel , traces the life of protagonist, Robert Jordan for three days during the Spanish Civil War. Bravery is characterized by one?s response when faced with death. Courage, trust, and sacrifice outline loyalty. As it is commonplace to focus attention on detailing language when reading Hemingway, one need read closely to conjure the gender-role issues underlying this novel.

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"Ernest Hemingway served the North American Newspaper Alliance covering the Spanish Civil War from 1937-38. Upon his return to the United States on his way to a 1953 Pulitzer Prize and a 1954 Noble Prize for literature, he traces the life of protagonist, Robert Jordan for three days during the Spanish Civil War in his writing of ' For Whom the Bell Tolls'. Through Jordan's interaction with other supplementary characters and the use of language, Hemingway addresses the importance of bravery (facing the fear of death/dying), loyalty (trust of others/self), and gender (roles/stereotypes). Bravery and loyalty are complementary and often intertwined characteristics as well as themes. The comprehension and acquisition of these thematic issues and traits is essential before one's sudden, last fatalistic day."

Tags:Eernest, Hemingway, novel, theme, loyalty, bravery, gender, roles, Spanish, Civil, War

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The paper explains that in "The Right Stuff", bravery is born of awareness as much as performance. The paper discusses the characteristics that showed the astronauts had the "Right Stuff." The paper explains the quality of fortitude, perseverance, putting on a brave face and the ability to take on the pressure of other people's perceptions.

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"The Right Stuff is a story of bravery. However the Rights Stuff conceptually is a definition of the type of bravery required from the individuals chosen to be astronauts. And this type of bravery in large part is due to the different levels of pressure put upon these astronauts. Pressure of expectation, performance, meeting the challenge, and idealization of their missions all contributed to a unique set of personality characteristics that showed they had the "Right Stuff." These characteristics were relatively subtle, as far as how the individuals responded to the subtle and deepened layers of pressure that were thrust upon them."

Tags:astronauts, fortitude, perseverance, pressure

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The paper examines how Ralph Waldo Emerson's famous essay "Self-Reliance" revolves around two key ideas: conformity and consistency. The paper discusses how Emerson says that in order for an individual to be self-reliant he or she must come to terms with these two ideas. The paper further discusses how an individual must fight a brave battle and be courageous to be successful in achieving self-reliance. The paper concludes that once people have learned to trust their innermost hearts and have been individuals in the face of society, then they are ready to follow their own principles.

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"Even Emerson recognizes that sometimes the individual will fail. In a section that might surprise some readers, Emerson criticizes charity. He is not insulting charity for charity's sake. However, he is saying that people fail in their attempts to achieve self-reliance in the face of the many charities that exist. If the charity is not something that a person believes in, the person should be under no obligation to contribute. Nevertheless, society pressures individuals, imposes guilt on them until they do contribute."

Tags:hearts, genius, truth, oversoul, impulses, hell

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The paper discusses how Rosa Parks, who held fast to her sense of dignity and worth as a person, risked imprisonment and physical assault, so that she could hold true to her convictions. The paper shows how Rosa Parks became one of the icons of the American Civil Rights Movement because she refused to relinquish her seat to a white man on a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama. The paper demonstrates how Parks' single act of quiet defiance more than fifty years ago helped touch off the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s.

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""To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men, -- that is genius," writes Ralph Waldo Emerson at the beginning of his essay "Self-Reliance." (Emerson, 1841) And, one might add, for all women too! In his famous essay, Emerson writes that genius, and true self-reliance and bravery comes from resisting accepted norms, and refusing to follow the crowd, and the mass, popular opinion. Such was the case with Rosa Parks, who held fast to her sense of dignity and worth as a person, risked imprisonment and physical assault, so that she might hold true to her convictions."

Tags:ideals, segregation, civil, rights, defiance

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The paper explores why Denmark and not other countries took the risk of contradicting Germany. The paper relates the history of Jews in Denmark and portrays how the Danes refused, despite German pressure, to take measures against the Jews. The paper discusses how in most of European history, anti-Semitism was ingrained in many of the cultures, but in Denmark there was always a strong sense of civic equality that extended to the Jews and created an atmosphere of tolerance and respect. The paper acknowledges the unanswered questions regarding this terrible time in history for the Jewish people.

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"In April 2004, Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen accepted the Lyndon B. Johnson Moral Courage Award from the Holocaust Museum Houston honoring his country's World War II rescue of thousands of Jews from occupying Nazi forces. The award was given to Denmark for ''the miraculous action by people of all levels to save the Jewish population during the Holocaust.'' In Jerusalem, a boat-like monument signifies the 25th anniversary of the rescue of Danish Jewry, a school is named in Denmark's honor and many Israeli cities and towns have a street or square commemorating the heroism of the Danes. In addition, the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem displays a small boat used to ferry Jews to safety in Sweden."

Tags:genocide, rescue, effort, equality, Nazis, gestapo

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" NEGATIVE BELIEFS ABOUT WOMEN IN THE MILITARY
American attitudes on the role of women in the military have evolved dramatically in a relatively short period of time. Only fifty years ago there were no servicewomen other than nurses. By 1980 we had President Carter seeking authority to register women for possible future draft and when the United States deployed its awesome military forces to the Persian Gulf --- more than 35,000 were women.

Historically war and soldiering have been an all-male preserve.. The armies of Alexander, Caesar, Genghis Khan, Charlemagne, Wellington and Washington were all male. A generation ago this fact-of-life would have gone unchallenged. Men were warriors and hunters. Women maintained the hearth and bore the children. Men were aggressive and women passive. There.."

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This paper examines the life and military career of General Joshua Chamberlain, born in 1828 and discusses how the Civil War made him a better man, despite its many horrors. It puts forward the argument that the 20th Maine was perhaps singularly responsible for the Union victory at Gettysburg in holding the left of the Union flank. It includes accounts of the battle from many perspectives, including those of men in the Confederate camps and in particular, an account of the battle as it pertains to the fight of the 20th Maine on Little Round Top.

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"Joshua's last great battle was to be two days later on White Oak road, where he fought his men against General Lee himself. Refusing to wait for a bridge to be rebuilt over the Rappahannock, he led his men through waist deep water and persuaded General Warren to allow him to attack immediately across an open field, knowing it would cost more lives to wait. He succeeded in pushing Lee back, although he said himself that ?Had I known...that General Lee was personally directing affairs I would not have been so rash, nor thought myself so cool.? Later, at Five Forks, Joshua continued to show his great valor and leadership skills."

Tags:civil, confederacy, war

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"The rise of the Zulu nation in South Africa to world prominence in the nineteenth century is credited to Shaka (sometimes spelled Chaka or Tshaka). The story of Shaka and the Zulu nation is marked by a number of historical controversies and is sometimes explained in a mythical or metaphysical context. Shaka was the catalyst in the formation of the Zulu empire, which had a cataclysmic impact on the Africa continent."

Tags:africa, south

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This paper explains that "A Farewell to Arms" is a sad story, but it is even sadder because Hemingway shows the destruction of war, not only on the countryside, but also on the people. The author points out that Hemingway uses the character, Frederic Henry, to show the horrors of war; the abstracts of war are very different from the realities of war, and the abstract qualities of bravery are very different from the realities of bravery. The paper concludes that Henry is a hero, not because he served in the war and was wounded, but because he was strong enough to understand the war was wrong and stand up against it; therefore, the story shows that it is easy to do what everyone else is doing, but much harder to stand up and be different.

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" "A Farewell to Arms" is about an American ambulance driver fighting in the First World War named Frederic Henry. He enlisted in the Italian army simply because he was there, and he goes through many adventures in the book. He falls in love with Catherine, a British nurse, and is wounded during the fighting. He returns to the front, but the Italian Army is driven back, and he is nearly executed by angry troops who blame the officers for their retreat. He escapes, and returns to Catherine. They leave Italy and settle is Switzerland, leaving the war and its horror behind them."

Tags:war, character, stand-up, people, bravery