Courage
"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; it is also what it takes to sit down and listen"
-Winston Churchill
Churchill, Winston. "Courage Quotes - BrainyQuote." Famous Quotes at BrainyQuote. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Mar. 2013. <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/topic
Courage means to be brave and willing. You have to be willing to take on a task that may be very dangerous or
In the book Acceleration, courage is demonstrated mainly by the main character. He finds a journal created by a stalker who is experimenting ways to kill people on mice and cats. He is trying to find the person who wrote the journal. He is stalking people who use the TTC Subway in Toronto. He is using this journal to try and find and catch the stalker. He is being very courageous by doing so. He has no idea who this guy is or what he might do to him if he gets caught. He could end up dead.
McNamee, Graham. Acceleration. New York: Laurel-Leaf, 2003. Print.
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