To Kill A Mockingbird Quotes Courage

Martin Luther King stated: “Courage is an inner resolution to go forward despite obstacles...there comes a time when we must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must take it because it is right.” This quote is relevant throughout To Kill a Mockingbird because courage is a quality that most of the main characters possess. Taking place in Maycomb, Alabama, during the Great Depression, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is the story of two children named Scout and Jem. Their eyes are opened to who their neighbors really are when their father is appointed to defend an African American accused of rape in a prejudice town. The children grow up as the trial hypnotizes the citizens, and the reader sees courage

Although he is appointed to defend Tom Robinson, Atticus does his best to prove Tom’s innocence, despite the ridicule imposed on him and his family. When Scout asks why Atticus is defending Tom he responds with, “For a number of reasons… The main one is, if I didn’t I couldn’t hold up my head in town, I couldn’t represent this country in legislature, I couldn’t even tell you or Jem not to do something again” (Lee 100). This shows that Atticus has a strong sense of righteousness and will affirm to what is right. Atticus also demonstrates courage by defending Tom without regard to what it would do to his social status. He is as well off as a person could be during the Great Depression, but would sacrifice his status as a respectable, middle-class man to do what is right. Lastly, Atticus sits outside the jail, protecting Tom from a lynching mob, notwithstanding his own safety. Without Atticus’s courage Maycomb would be a very different

She doesn’t tolerate people ridiculing Atticus and fights most everyone she can over it. At Christmas, Cousin Francis says Atticus is ruining the family. Scout responds by punching him: “This time, I split my knuckle to the bone on his front teeth” (Lee 112). This quote shows Scout is not afraid to stand up for what she believes is right. Furthermore, at the end of the book, Scout walks Boo Radley home. Earlier in the novel, Scout feared Boo because of the myths about him. After he saves her life she walks him home in the dark, all the way to his front door. However, the scene in which Scout shows the most courage is the mob scene. Atticus is sitting outside the jail protecting Tom from a gang when Scout, Jem, and Dill follow him. In the crowd, Scout spots Mr. Cunningham, Walter’s father. She tries to make small talk with him about his entailment and Walter. Eventually, he calls off the mob and everyone leaves, unhurt. Scout’s courage saves one life, maybe