Atticus Finch True Courage Analysis

True courage, as describe by Atticus Finch is, “It’s knowing you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what” (Lee 112). Helmuth Hübener knew what true courage is, and he possessed that trait with every fiber of his being. A teenage resistance leader, Hübener wrote and distributed, with help from his friends, sixty different pamphlets about the crimes of the Nazi regime. After about a year of working in secret, Hübener and friends were caught, tried, and he was later executed as the ringleader. He was the youngest person to be tried as an adult, as well as the youngest person to be executed by the Nazi court system (Dewey 201-222). Atticus Finch, a fictional lawyer in southern Alabama, may not …show more content…
Hübener was also dedicated, as he was a young man who likely knew that his resistance would end badly for him, either in death or imprisonment in an infamous Nazi work camp. Both men kept fighting despite their challenges. As well as being dedicated and devoted, Hübener and Finch both led lives rich with bravery. Atticus took on the majority of a racist town in southern Alabama, facing negative and critical remarks, as well as watching his children do the same; however, he didn’t let that stop him, and kept fighting for the truth. Helmuth took on the Nazi regime, spreading information from British radio broadcasts among the German people (Dewey 201-222). Although Hübener’s bravery may appear stronger, both men are still brave and courageous, as they never once let their fear hold them back. Willing to die for a cause, and even dying for a cause, is a sacrifice few can fathom, but both Atticus Finch and Helmuth Hübener were willing to give up their own lives for what they believed it. Hübener went as far as to give up his own. Finch was there to calm an angry mob, knowing that he may not come out unscathed (Lee 150). Hübener, on the other hand, took