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How Does Atticus Show Courage In To Kill A Mockingbird

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Kassidy Derhammer Mrs. Hess ENGLISH 9B 3rd March 2023 To Kill a Mockingbird Essay In our society courage is seen as going into a dangerous situation but courage is really based on fighting a fear one is going through. To Kill a Mockingbird written by Harper Lee in the mid-1960s focuses on the Finch family and their town Maycomb, Alabama. The main character Scout Finch spends most of her time with her brother Jem and their friend Dill. One of the most significant events in this book is the trail that Atticus Finch is assigned to, Tom Robinson a colored man who was convicted of raping Mayella Ewell. Atticus takes this case and tries his hardest to win but unfortunately, Tom is found guilty. After the trial, the Finch family suffers from the beliefs of the townspeople. The book Just Mercy was based on the real-life trial of Walter McMillan a colored man accused of murder in 1988 in …show more content…

In the book, Atticus has to explain this to Scout by telling her “If I didn’t I couldn’t hold up my head in town, I couldn’t represent this county in the legislature, I couldn’t even tell you or Jem not to do something again.”(Lee, 86). By saying this Atticus means if he denies this case he is doing the wrong thing and is running from a situation where he could help a man who has done nothing wrong, he couldn’t ask for Scout and Jem to do the right thing when he didn’t when he had the chance. This quote shows that Atticus has courage because he knows that this case isn’t being judged fairly and if he denies the trial, it shows his children that they can run away from things that challenge them. Also, by Atticus taking this case he is proving to the people that even though Tom is a colored man he should be treated and given the same efforts as a trial of a light-skinned man. This shows that Atticus isn’t afraid to stand up and fight through the challenges the court system throws at

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