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"The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was" or "The Story of a Boy Who Went Forth to Learn Fear" (German: Märchen von einem, der auszog das Fürchten zu lernen) is a German folktale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales (KHM 4). [1] The tale was also included by Andrew Lang in The Blue Fairy Book (1889).
Call It Courage is a story set in the Pacific Islands. It chronicles the journey of Mafatu, the son of the chief of Hikueru Island , Tavana Nui. Mafatu is afraid of the sea due to witnessing his mother die while he was a young child, which makes him a shame to his father, and referred to as a coward among his tribe.
"La Peur" is an 1882 short story by Guy de Maupassant. It was first published in the October 23, 1882 issue of Le Gaulois, and later included in Contes de la bécasse in 1887. The short plot concerns the relation of incidents of fear told on the deck of a boat bound for Africa .
"Deux amis" or "Two Friends" is a short story by the French author Guy de Maupassant, published in 1883. The story is set in Paris during the Franco-Prussian War, when the city lay under siege. The story examines French bravery, German stereotypes and, unusually for Maupassant, discusses the nature and justification of war in the form of a ...
"The Pit and the Pendulum" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1842 in the literary annual The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1843. The story is about the torments endured by a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition, though Poe skews historical facts. The narrator of the story describes his ...
After calming the student, Alana found teachers and adults who eventually helped her recover. Miami-Dade students who did ‘the right thing’ rewarded by police for bravery, honor Skip to main ...
Furthermore, there was a Private James Conklin who served in the 124th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, [31] and Crane's short story "The Veteran", which was published in McClure's Magazine the year after The Red Badge of Courage, [32] depicts an elderly Henry Fleming who specifically identifies his first combat experience as having ...
Two days after a 14-year-old student allegedly shot and killed two classmates and two teachers at Apalachee High School in Winder, a still-grieving community gathered to put its collective arms ...