Logan Daniels
Mrs. Ahart
English 9
09 January 2023
Draft
To kill a mockingbird is to sin by killing that that does nothing but sing. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, many characters exhibit courage during a time of tension in their town. Characters such as Scout and Atticus portray many types of courage to protect themselves and others.
To start, Atticus exhibits courage by standing up for his beliefs and protecting those he holds close. First, an example of when Atticus portrays courage is when he takes the case to defend the black man accused of rape. As Atticus is talking to Scout, he remarks that “every lawyer gets at least one case in his lifetime that affects him personally. This one’s mine, I guess” (Lee 101). Atticus knows that accepting the opportunity to defend Tom Robinson in court is dangerous because it will put him and his family in an unforgiving situation. Furthermore, Atticus expresses courage when he frequently states, “it's not time to worry yet” (Lee 139). This quote is used by Atticus to shield Scout and Jem from danger. In doing so, Atticus
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To start, while Scout is at her missionary tea, some of the women there, she realizes, could have helped Tom Robinson after learning about his wrongful sentence. However, she exerts courage when she realizes that her “Aunty could be a lady at times like this” ( Lee 318). With this realization, Scout uses her courage and strength to serve them politely instead of being her usually hotheaded self. To continue, near the end of the novel, Scout asks Boo Radley to “bend your arm down here,” and then she slips her “hand into the crook of his arm”( Lee 372). Scout exhibits courage because, for most of her life, she has thought of Boo Radley as a monster. Now she is being escorted home by him and hoping the whole neighborhood will see so that they too, know that Boo Radley is a good
Atticus’s and his courage “Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway” - John Wayne. In to kill a mocking bird, courage is seen all through the book. Many characters throughout the book have shown great courage. However, we discover that Atticus is an outlier through his personality, actions, and words.
This quote also implies that Tom is different than many that live in Maycomb therefore much contradiction is going to be thrown at Scout. Due to the fact that Atticus accepted the case, Scout is called to
When a person is courageous, they are doing something without fear and without wanting anything from it. In Harper Lee´s To Kill a Mockingbird the characters in the novel show courage. The book is based in the 1930s in Maycomb, Alabama, where racism towards blacks is all too common. The Finch family that consists of Atticus Finch, the father of two children named Jem Finch and Scott Finch are experiencing second-hand racism from the people around them like Tom Robinson. Atticus is Scott´s role model.
Aside from learning about her fellow citizens of Maycomb, Scout also had to start to protect herself, and her father from their neighbors and classmates. The atmosphere of discrimination towards the black defendant, and hatred towards their father, caused many uncomfortable and sometimes dangerous situations for the Finch Family. When Scout is confronted by her uncle Jack about a fight between Herself and her classmate, Scout responds “-tell you one thing right now, Uncle Jack, I’ll be-- I swear before God if I’ll sit there and let him say something about Atticus.” (114) This quote explains how she had to protect her father, and she could not just stand around and let him say malicious things about Atticus. Those actions were very brave of Scout, but she did not stop there.
Scout comes to realize that the world is not as it seems and that it takes true courage to do the right thing with the help of her brother Jem, her dad Atticus, her Mysterious neighbor Boo Radley, and her
To Kill a Mockingbird demonstrates that courage means standing up for what is right, no matter the cost. One of the most significant characters who demonstrates this is when Atticus tries so hard to help Tom Robinson even though he knows that they won’t win. A quote that best shows this is, “Atticus, are we going to win it”
He was willing to take the hit on his reputation and public image to defend his values. One of the times the reader really got to see Atticus’ inner turmoil that was established from Tom’s case was when he had his conversation with Scout’s uncle, Jack. “...Do you think I could face my children otherwise?”(Lee, 100) In this quote, we can
Napoleon Bonaparte, a former emperor, once said, “Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don't have the strength.” Similarly, courage is a central theme shown through the characters in the historical fiction novel To Kill A Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee. The novel tells a story about a young girl, Scout, living in the 1930s, in Maycomb, Alabama. She tells the story of how her father, Atticus Finch, defends a wrongly accused black man, Tom Robinson. Atticus is courageous for defending his client during the Jim Crow South.
To Kill a Mockingbird was a mixture of sorrow and suspense in Alabama during the 1930s. “To kill a mockingbird”, is a novel written by Harper Lee, published in 1960 and later achieving the Pulitzer Prize in the year 1961. It was translated to 40 languages, along with selling over 30 million copies worldwide. During this period there were a lot of prejudice people, it took real courage and bravery to do what some of these characters did through the uneasy circumstances. Atticus, Mrs. Dubose, and Boo Radley showed many exemplar actions, such as courage against their town.
In this comment, Atticus is talking to Scout about how though people may try to provoke her, she should try and stand up for herself in a way that doesn't include violence. In addition, Atticus wants to teach his kids to do the right thing without choosing violence. He wants to instill ways to solve problems without resorting to physical aggression, along with the fact that he wants them to strive to be better in terms of solving
Courageousness is evidently shown throughout Harper Lee’s famous novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. Out of the plethora of brave people, Atticus Finch and Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose are whom I believe to be one of the most heroic characters. Their valiance plays a huge role in the main storyline as it creates more depth in all of the characters. In Harper Lee’s book, there is a character, Atticus Finch, who is a caucasian lawyer as well as a single father of a daughter and son, Scout and Jem, that are around the age of 10.
In the quote it demonstrates how Atticus has to simply explain to the Scout, you should never look at someone differently based on how much money they have. You should look at them for who they are. Some people are not as fortunate as others, it is not there fault, but like they Cunningham 's, they find a way. Atticus did not only open the kids eyes to how you should not judge someone, but also, to stand up for what you believe in, despite what others might say. When Atticus is presented with the Tom Robinson case, without much thought, he says yes to being his lawyer.
Atticus is a courageous man and is also a good influencer to his kids, Scout and Jem. He teaches them that everyone matters in this world no matter how different someone can be. Harper Lee writes, "This case, Tom Robinson's case, is something that goes to the essence of a man's conscience-Scout, I couldn’t go to church if I didn't try to help that man."(104). This quote shows how much Atticus wanted to help out Tom even if he knows that the outcome will still be the same but if he at least tries he will not live with the guilt inside of him for the rest of his life. Not only did Atticus show courage, Boo Radley did as well.
In the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee three main quotes that teaches both Jem and Scout life lessons are “until you climb into his skin and walk around in it” (33) , “it’s a sin to kill a Mockingbird” (103), and “Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them” (323). These quotes are simple yet have a deep hidden meaning behind it that takes a lot of thinking that both Scout and Jem have to learn that they can’t just assume things about people without really knowing them, and that you are not allowed to destroy an innocent person that has done nothing to you. In the scene the quote “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb into his skin and walk around in it” (33) mainly
Courage has gone through many changes. It has been altered throughout races, cultures, religions, sex, and time. However, the core values of courage has always remained parallel. It is difficult to explain in words the meaning of courage, like describing a color, but everyone knows what courage is, how it feels, and how to perform it. In Harper Lee’s