The Right Stuff
The Right Stuff is the story of "why men were willing — willing? — delighted! — to take on such odds in this, an era literary people had long since characterized as the age of the anti-hero" (Tom Wolfe, 1979). The book showed fortitude when United States
Right stuff means that the person has the right personal character to fit what was needed. It means that person has what it takes and will not back out when he already said yes. The lives of those who were featured in the book, showed their courage by taking a step further into the darkness that fell ahead of them. They showed courage when they should have shown fear. That is what having the right stuff means.
In the passage below, the courage of a wife whose husband is gravely endangered is described. When she saw that serving her guests was easier to do than to cry in front of them. And the situation that she is in, show what the mistress of the house has to be when there are guests. A composed lady even when she is the verge of emotional breakdown.
… For someone as dignified and strong as Louise Shepard, there was no question as to how it was going to come out. As hostess and main character in this scene, what else was there for the pilot's wife to do but set about pulling everybody together? The press, the ravenous but gentee1 Beast out there upon the lawn, did not know it but he was covering not the Anguished Wife at Lift-off . . . but the Honorable Mrs. Commander Astronaut at Home . . . in the first wake, not for the dead, but for the Gravely Endangered (Tom Wolfe, 1979, p214).
Although the book seems to associate death with the wives of the men, it still showed how women come up to a situation when danger is lurking around their men. It showed that courage could be found even when someone has a troubled heart and an unappeased mind.
Not having "the right stuff" does not mean that the person is a sissy, it just suggests that the person does not have the right experiences to pull him out of a situation. People who have the "right stuff" usually are those that find adventure and evading death as ecstatic.
The story of people in the book, shows how they faced danger in a different way than others. It simply the way a person showed fortitude in times when they should have panicked. These people are only but a few of the people who have the "right stuff."
The right stuff, is the trait of a person that shows no fear, only courage, so that people who relies on him will feel safe. They are the people who may not be able to return alive, yet faces the task head-on with a smile on their face.
The Right Stuff may not be for everybody, it may not also develop in a person. But the situations that every person has to face can definitely bring out courage that they may not have known to be there in them. Like a fire it just need a little spark to glow. It's just that others glow much brighter than anybody else.
Reference:
Tom Wolfe. (1979). The Right Stuff. New York
The author, Tom Wolfe, was able to use make the readers feel that they are part of the story. Somehow, the book enabled the readers to feel the kind of courage that the characters of the book felt. The story showed the exceptional courage at different situations that the characters have. And they were even real people that you could see! It is a book that can lift the spirits of people who feel like courage has escaped them.
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