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Examples Of Courage In Staying Fat For Sarah Byrnes

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In this essay I will be telling you about three examples of courage from the book “Staying fat for Sarah Byrnes”. I will start with a quote from the end of the book on page 290, Dayle says “He’s got all the respect I have”. Within the real world people need courage to do most things, if it’s to talk to a new friend, go on that new ride, or just talk to the person you like. It takes courage to stand up for yourself, shown on page 62). Also on page 62, courage is demonstrated because sarah says “God, your stupid” to Dale. That took courage because she could have got a punch to the face by saying that. Real world example, if someone said that they might get a punch in the fact, or worse. On page 162, Eric says, “Not so fast. She was telling

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