Examples Of Courage In To Kill A Mockingbird

TKAM Essay

Courage could mean a man with a gun in his hand, but real courage is something you fight for what is right whether you win or lose. In To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, it’s a book that involves courageous acts, demonstrated by certain characters. Atticus, Scout, and Mrs. Dubose all exhibit courage throughout the book To Kill a Mockingbird.

Throughout the book To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus demonstrates courage through his actions. “I'm simply defending a person- his name’s Tom Robinson” (Lee 100). Tom Robinson was being accused of sexual assault, and no one in the town wanted to take his case, except Atticus. No one in the town wanted to take Tom Robinson’s case because they thought his case was unwinnable, and also because he was a different skin tone, but Atticus shows courage by taking his case, being his lawyer. “Atticus’s hand yanked a ball-tipped lever as he

“Gone was the terror in my mind of stale whiskey and barnyard smells, of sleepy-eyed sullen men, of a husky voice calling in the night, “Mr. Finch? They gone?” Our nightmare had gone with daylight, everything would come out all right” (Lee 226). In the courtroom, Scout built enough courage to confront Mr. Cunningham, the mob leader. She saved lives by engaging in small talk with Mr. Cunningham, about how his son, Walter Cunningham, is a good boy. If Scout didn’t build up enough courage to talk to Mr. Cunningham, then her father, Atticus, would have been injured badly. “Mr Arthur, bend your arm down here, like that. That’s right, sir.” I slipped my hand into the crook of his arm. He had to stoop a little to accommodate me, but if Miss Stephanie Crawford was watching from her upstairs window, she would see Arthur Radley escorting me down the sidewalk, as any gentleman would do” (Lee 372). Scout expresses courage here, as she realizes that Boo Radley, the supposed evil neighbor, wasn’t a monster. This was courageous, as the local neighbors