THESIS

What is Thesis? It's your argument or insight or viewpoint crystallized into a sentence or two that gives the main idea.
An expository writing. Gathering data, interpreting the data and dissemination of findings.

Topic: Courage

How to do a thesis title?

1. Indicate accurately the subject and scope of the study

2. May be in the form of a question or declarative statement
3. Is limited to 10 to 15 substantive words
Proposed Title:

1. “How Courage Affects the Leadership”

2. “Leading the Millennials with Courage”
3. “Being Courageous: Foundation in Terms of Leadership”
4. “Amplifying Courage: An Anatomy that Deals with Today’s Generation” (Pagpapaigting na Lakas ng Loob: ang
anatomya na may kinalaman sa Henerasyon ngayon. Pinaigting na Lakas ng loob: Straktura sa Makabagong
Henerasyon.)

Creating Chapter One: The Problem and its Background (includes)

1. Introduction
2. Background of the Study
3. Theoretical Framework
4. Conceptual Framework
5. Statement of the Problem
6. Research Hypothesis
7. Significance of the Study
8. Scope and Limitation of the Study
9. Definition of terms
How to do an Introduction?
1. Gives an information and readiness to what the research is all about.
2. Must state the problem, statement and opinion (references must be included)
3. Clarification for the readers.
4. Write down the objective of the study.
Proposed Quotes:
1. Aristotle: "Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the
others."
2. Billy Graham: "Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often
stiffened."
3. Oliver Wendell Holmes: "Have the courage to act instead of react."
4. Winston Churchill: "Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to
sit down and listen."
5. Nelson Mandela: I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The
brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
Introduction:
- Why does courage necessary in dealing with the generation today?
- As Winston Churchill quoted, “Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; Courage is also what it
takes to sit down and listen.”
- If the world is telling about 1+1=1 and 1+1=3, do you still take a bold stand for the truth that 1+1=2?
- How to take a stand in the standard of God rather than the standard of this generation? First example
is by using the rainbow color which is God’s covenant with Noah and was also used by LGBT
Community.
- This must be the conclusion: Courage must elevate. There is no place in this generation to be timid.
- Where does courage come from?
o According to the theory of internal organs in traditional Chinese medicine, the gallbladder has
the function of making judgments and decisions in mental processes and activities, and it also
determines one's degree of courage.
o Conceptual Metaphors: Gallbladder is container of courage
o The study presents a case in which an abstract concept (courage) is understood in part via a
conceptual metaphor grounded in the body, but shaped by a culture-specific metaphorical
understanding of an internal organ (gallbladder) inside the body.
o Biblical Basis: One of the most courageous men in the Bible was David. It affects his generation
that freed them from slavery. David’s courage came from God; whose promises are true.
(1 Samuel 17)
o
- Benefits of Courage:
o Mastering emotion over situation
o Boosting self-confidence
o Managing and overcoming fear

Websites:

https://www.skillsyouneed.com/ps/courage.html

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1207/S15327868MS1801_2

Abstract

According to the theory of internal organs in traditional Chinese medicine, the gallbladder has the function of
making judgments and decisions in mental processes and activities, and it also determines one's degree of
courage. This culturally constructed medical characterization of the gallbladder forms the base of the cultural
model for the concept of courage. In the core of this cultural model is a pair of conceptual metaphors: (a)
"GALLBLADDER IS CONTAINTER OF COURAGE," and (b) "COURAGE IS QI (GASEOUS VITAL ENERGY) IN
GALLBLADDER," which partly constitutive of the understanding of the gallbladder and courage in Chinese
culture. A description and analysis of the data from the Chinese language show that numerous conventional
expressions are systematically tied to each other and contributive to the underlying conceptual metaphors.
The study presents a case in which an abstract concept (courage) is understood in part via a conceptual
metaphor grounded in the body, but shaped by a culture-specific metaphorical understanding of an internal
organ (gallbladder) inside the body. Although the human body is a potentially universal source domain for
metaphors structuring abstract concepts, cultural models set up specific perspectives from which certain
aspects of bodily experience or certain parts of the body are viewed as especially salient and meaningful in the
understanding of those abstract concepts.