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Courage · SEJF
Katniss Everdeen
Her volunteering to replace her sister in the Hunger Games, and her subsequent choices to act against the Capitol despite personal cost, reflect a Courage orientation in which protection of others drives principled risk-taking.
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Frodo Baggins
His willingness to carry the Ring despite full knowledge of what it costs him, and his claim of the Ring at the Council when no one else will, reflect a Courage orientation in which the right action is chosen despite visible fear.
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Don Quixote
Cervantes' knight errant charges windmills because his principles demand it regardless of reality, representing the Courage orientation's willingness to act on conviction even against absurd odds or social ridicule.
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