According to O'Brien's definition of a coward i have been a coward at times in my life. There are plenty of times that I have believed in something and decided to hold my tongue in order not to feel embarrassed or ashamed or merely to keep the peace in a situation. There are times that I feel like I should have expressed myself spoke my mind to get my true point across but couldn't bare with the consequences that could have gone along with it. I couldn't take the embarrassment if my point was wrong or if other parties disagreed with me.