Essay On Bravery In To Kill A Mockingbird

Some people stand up for what they believe in. Other people cower away. There is a big difference between these two. When people stand up for something they believe in, it shows that they have bravery. In her novel To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee defines bravery as taking action despite the risk.
Lee first defines bravery as taking action even though one can be scared. For instance, in the novel Scout runs towards her screaming brother, even though she is scared. Scout and Jem are walking home, in the dark, from their town pageant, when they hear a sound. They know someone was coming after them, so Jem tells Scout to run. “I ran in the direction of Jem’s scream and sank into a flabby male stomach” (351). The fact that Scout runs towards Jem when they know someone is after them proves that Lee defines bravery as taking action even though one can be scared because not many people would run into a dangerous situation when others tell them to run away. Scout chooses to put her fear to the side to try and save her brother. Another example of this type of bravery is when Scout, Jem, and Dill go to the Radley Place even though they are scared. Scout, Jem, and Dill were trying to see into the house, but could not get a good view, so they

In the novel, Jem goes rigid when he was trying to prove that he was not scared of the Radley Place. Later on, Scout runs towards Jem even though she is really scared. Both Scout and Jem are brave even though they are scared. Atticus tells Scout that he will not win his case with Tom Robinson, and Mrs. Dubose is trying to get off morphine, when they both know that there is a great chance of failure. Many people in this novel stand up for what they believe in, and this takes a lot of bravery. When people are brave, it shows everyone what the world could be like. Each brave person makes a change, and that is what really