Cowardice is a terrible vice, and many people possess it. It is phenomenally tenacious, since few notice it before fear seizes the whole essence of man. Is it possible to defeat him? This question was asked by many writers, describing a variety of examples. Personally, I believe that the fight against cowardice has been going on all my life with varying success. It is important not to relax and not to give her the upper hand completely and irrevocably.
Such an example was described by A.P. Chekhov in the story “A Man in a Case”. The main character is afraid of everything in the world: to behave wrongly, speak improperly, get in the rain, catch a cold from the wind, etc. Therefore, he is always dressed in a coat, in his hands an invariable umbrella, and in his face there is an expression as if he is surrounded by deadly enemies. Belikov teaches "dead language", it is very symbolic, because he himself is not very lively. He buried himself alive in this heavy and dark case. Panicky afraid of life, as such, he reacts to all its manifestations with a remark in which the protest is hidden. For example, he tried to count down Barbara’s brother, Mikhail, for riding a bicycle, and it’s indecent for a woman to do this. Having received the ridicule, he disappeared and no longer got into the affairs of his brother and sister. As a result, Belikov died, without having defeated the coward, because he did not try to do it.
Another example was described by L. N. Tolstoy in the epic novel War and Peace. Nikolai Rostov, being on the battlefield for the first time, was very scared and scared, escaping. He very much reproached himself for this childishness, but it was unbearably difficult for him to get used to such cruelty and anger around him. He was also scared to admit to his father that he had lost a large sum of money. He did not stop the game, fearing that it would damage his reputation among his comrades. However, Nikolai was able to overcome these fears, becoming a brave and loyal defender of his fatherland. This was due to the fact that he realized the problem and sincerely wanted to solve it.
Thus, cowardice can be overcome if you really want it, and not ignore it. If you admit to yourself in time that fears interfere with life, and you need to fight them, you can start the process of getting rid of them;
