The Great Gatsby Courageous Quotes

In Robert Newton’s book Runner, the choices that Charlie made are courageous. Runner is established on a young 16-year-old boy who is trying to provide for his family and has become the man of the ever since the unfortunate death of his father. This story is based in the time of 1919. To be courageous means to be able to show courage, and deal with problems, issues, and danger without fear. Other words for courageous include brave, fearless, heroic, daring, and bold. Even if, Charlie may act like a coward at times, the majority of the time he makes courageous decisions and actions. Although Charlie is not courageous when Norman is injured severely and Charlie is not helping him out of fear, he is very brave when defending his family and standing up to the antagonist, Squizzy Taylor.

For example, when Charlie and Nostrils meet Jimmy Barlow and his gang, Charlie was scared and left Nostrils for the dead which makes Charlie fearful. Instead of helping his friend, he cowardly hides and lets his friend get severely injured. This shows fear as he didn’t try to save his best friend which shows unloyalty. Which makes Charlie a bad friend who doesn’t sacrifice himself for his peers. Charlie lacks courage when he says, “Far worse than fear, it was shame that paralysed me now” (Page 149). Which shows that his fear took over himself. Another example of when Charlie was acting fainthearted was when he went to Squizzy Taylor to help clean up the mess he left. Charlie had gone to Squizzy to help him after bashing Mr. Peacock, showing signs of dependency and being gutless. Charlie is the man of the house but was too scared to face the consequences. He became too dependent on Squizzy which shows signs of fear. This tells us that at times, Charlie is