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Analysis Of The Souls Poem By El Konigsburg
Courage is an intangible, invisible feeling.
There’s no way to physically see, hear, touch, smell, or taste courage. Yet, there’s always some way you can detect courage. You can see the way courage influences a human. You can hear the courageous tone they bear. You can practically feel the aura of courage emanating from a person. Courage may be invisible, but if you peer into the window of their soul, existing bravery can definitely be found. Into the window of their soul. Souls. A sixth-grader quartet in the novel by E.L. Konigsburg, The View From Saturday, don the title “The Souls.” These Souls exude courage throughout the story in various fashions and manners.
Courage had been a binding force in Nadia’s chapter.
Throughout the chapter,

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