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My teacher recently handed back my essay intro to me , after marking it, and told me I had some good ideas but it needed revising. However, I'm not to good at that. I was wondering if anyone on this forum would be gracious enough to edit and revise it for me. Thanks in advance! 
Moral courage is the ability to follow ones moral compass despite adverse repercussions, that being said it is also one of the most difficult and important morals to enact. In both George Orwell’s memoir, Shooting an Elephant, and Collin McDougall’s short story, The Firing Squad, the protagonists of the stories must both face extremely difficult situations in which they have to decide whether or not to follow their morals, despite the negative consequences. At the beginning of both stories the protagonists John Adam, The Firing Squad, and George Orwell, Shooting an Elephant, start as cowards faced with difficult moral decisions. Both men are young, ill-educated, and believe they must act as their higher-ranks would if they were in their position. Ironically, both stories end with a vastly different outcome. John Adam regains his valour as he ignores the pressures placed upon him and acts according to his own principles. However, George Orwell consistently fails to show bravery, constantly conforming to the pressures he believes are placed upon him and unable to act on his beliefs George Orwell establishes himself as a coward. The Firing Squad and Shooting an Elephant demonstrate that courage is the ability to follow through on what one believes in despite the circumstance.
Moral courage is the ability to follow ones moral compass despite adverse repercussions, that being said it is also one of the most difficult and important morals to enact. In both George Orwell’s memoir, Shooting an Elephant, and Collin McDougall’s short story, The Firing Squad, the protagonists of the stories must both face extremely difficult situations in which they have to decide whether or not to follow their morals, despite the negative consequences. At the beginning of both stories the protagonists John Adam, The Firing Squad, and George Orwell, Shooting an Elephant, start as cowards faced with difficult moral decisions. Both men are young, ill-educated, and believe they must act as their higher-ranks would if they were in their position. Ironically, both stories end with a vastly different outcome. John Adam regains his valour as he ignores the pressures placed upon him and acts according to his own principles. However, George Orwell consistently fails to show bravery, constantly conforming to the pressures he believes are placed upon him and unable to act on his beliefs George Orwell establishes himself as a coward. The Firing Squad and Shooting an Elephant demonstrate that courage is the ability to follow through on what one believes in despite the circumstance.
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