Journal #20:
Q= “I learned that courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”
---Nelson Mandela
A= In Nelson Mandela's quote about fear, he explains the ideal "correct" definition of courage, someone who triumphs fear. I agree with the statement because of the reality it represents. Usually, for me at least, when thinking about someone courageous, we think of the person to have no fear, but that's impossible. Everyone has fears no matter what, and thus giving the context that someone who is courageous simply triumphs it's fears. There have been many courageous acts from people that have been portrayed as heroic and putting his fears away, but in reality the person just prioritizes others than himself/herself. The specific event that I'll be discussing about and how Mandela's quote portrays it correctly, will be the many helpers of the Underground Railroads during the years of Slavery.
In this event, the Underground Slave Tunnels were made by slave and some white people who believed slavery was wrong. Those people would have been killed on the spot. With this threat present, the workers still continued because they prioritized the many lives of slaves who ran away from their "owners". The workers could not have lost this fear, thus making this fear always present. However, they push aside their fears of death and do what's right and helped save many lives.
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