Fear And Bravery

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I just remembered why Chuck used to be my fav TV series. The answer is, if you wandered: Because fuck yeah! (Yep, I used it)
And also because it's awesome. :P

And I thought of something (not about chuck XD). I started reading divergent, and I think the people of Dauntless are wrong (by the point I got to in the book). There is a quote: "Bravery is not the absence of fear, but the will to overcome it". There is a big diference between don't have fear, to overcome it. Fear is the doubt we got when facing danger, or about to face it. It meant to keep safe and aware: We notice the danger, and avoid it. If people would not have fears or doubts, they would do stupid and horrible things, that will hurt not only others, but also themselfs.
I think bravery is to have the guts to do what you think's right, even when everyone else is wrong.
But if fear is not the opposite of bravery, I'm not sure what is.
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Good points! Chuck was awesome! Although I only saw the last season when I was young, I really liked the plot and characters. Divergent is not bad. And fear? Fear motivates us, but only if we let it. I wrote an essay on this in class today. I said that fear kept Katniss in The Hunger Games alive because it kept her moving. If we have nothing to fear, and death does not scare us, then the human species would go extinct. Anyway, you made a good point. Bravery is truly to stand up in righteousness, even if others don't. Wrote an essay about that, too, using racism as an example. It's like you predicted my essays nine months before I did them, hehe.