Evidence In To Kill A Mockingbird

There are many pieces of evidence in the book “To Kill A Mockingbird”, but here are the ones that stand out the most throughout the book. For example, when Jem argues with Atticus about Mrs.dubose and how she is nothing like a proper lady should be, he says, “She had her own views about things, a lot different from mine, maybe...son, I told you that if you hadn’t lost your head I’d have you go read to her-I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand.”(Lee, 1960, p.149). From this quote we can see that Atticus has a lot of respect for Mrs.Dubose even though her views about certain things are very different than his. Atticus wanted Jem and Scout to learn that real courage is not a man holding a gun in his hand, it’s about taking chances and doing things even if you think that you’re not going to win. Another piece of evidence from the book that shows what …show more content…
Scout knew that what Jem was doing wasn’t courageous, it was just plain stupid and she knew that he would suffer the consequences for it. Atticus has taught them so many things about being courageous and what not to do, in spite of this, Jem still goes along and cuts all of the tops of Mrs.Dubose’s Camellia bushes. Scout and Jem think very highly of Atticus and they both think that he is one of the bravest men who ever lived because Atticus hates gun and he hate war which shows he has the courage to do the things that may not please other people, but is the right thing to do in the end. In conclusion, Atticus teaches Jem and Scout all about what real courage is and what isn’t courage, throughout the book Atticus explains what his definition of real courage is and how it implies to his life and his children's