‘One of the most admirable qualities in a human being is the willingness to fight even when they know they are likely to lose/or be defeated’

Markus Zusak’s novel, Fighting Ruben Wolfe, is a story about two teenage brothers, Cameron and Ruben and their family, ‘survivors’ is how Cameron explains them. Although this family is being defeated by life itself as the father has lost his job and cannot earn money, they all still fight to survive. Cameron and Ruben compete in boxing fights every week. Although Cameron knows he will lose many of his fights as he is physically week, he still shows his courage. Lastly, although Ruben knows he will someday lose a fight, he keeps fighting, because he wants to find whether he has a heart like the rest of his family. He fights even though he might lose or be defeated by himself. The Wolfe family prove that they are willing to fight even though they could be defeated as they all show they were willing to support the father when he left to get the dole. “‘We can’t let him’, not because were ashamed of him. We just know that he’s fought for so …show more content…
That’s even fighting Steven wolf.’” “’ I’ve been given the name, but I don’t know’”. He is afraid that one day when the fight he might lose comes along, he won’t be able to handle the struggle. “Rube’s a winner. He doesn’t want to be. He wants to be a fighter first.” Ruben fights his way through this novel to try to answer his question. Will he fight even though he knows he might be defeated? When Ruben fights his brother, Cameron, he knows to “hunt down his life down and grab it” He was running away from his life, now he can start running towards it. He can continue fighting even though he might be