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﻿How did Vivian show courage?

Vivian Bullwinkle was a young trainee nurse at Broken Hill hospital after a few years of training she was ready to join the army. She did not know what was going to happen over in Bangka Island. When she was coming back to Australia some Japanese aircrafts shot down their ship. Japanese soldiers came down and shot everyone that was on the ship. Vivian got a bullet through her neck, but pretended that she was dead and when the Japanese solders left she swam to Australia shores which were 100 kilometers away. When she got to Australia she received medical attention and then she went to the government and told her story. That story has helped the fight against Japan. I think Vivian showed courage because she was probably going to die out there but she didn't give up. She probably had to swim through many days and night with no food and unhealthy water. She also would have encountered sharks or other types of dangerous fish or even more war people who could have killed her. Some people in that situation could have even commited suicide. So that's why I think Vivian has shown courage.