Flying Through Space By Luke Skywalker Analysis

Ask yourself the question, what does courage mean to you? Flying through space, Luke Skywalker had to accomplish many tasks. For example: blowing up the Death Star, surviving in the dead of winter on Hoth, training with Yoda, getting his own hand sliced off, and eventually killing the leaders of the empire. We see these task as courageous events that heroes must face in order to earn the respect of everyone. However, after rewatching the original trilogy, I’ve seen that Luke performed all of these miraculous events through his feelings. His desire. His faith in himself. Therefore, I have come to the conclusion that courage is not jumping into endless danger. But rather, courage is doing what one believe to be true, regardless of the opinions of those surrounding said person.

People may wonder how running away from problems could be considered courage. This is furthered through the narrator's case of running away from war, which is seen as the most courageous service you can provide to your country. But why do we see running away from fear as cowardice? Fear is seen in all shapes and sizes from spiders to heights. In the narrator’s case it was going to war. But why are we afraid to squash that spider and put aside our fears of being humiliated? If we squash that punny spider that is blocking us from making decisions, we will finally be able to make logical choices that are guided by feelings instead of pressure. O’Brien could have easily put an end to that spider that was stopping his from saying enough is enough, but he did not. O’Brien let the spider tell him what to do. He let that spider send him right to war; where O’Brien was haunted by his choice that he