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Ms. Spear
Honors English I
September 11th, 2014
To Kill A Mockingbird: Courage Essay Racism is something that people face everyday, from not getting a certain job or being accused of a crime, purely from the color of their skin. This form of discrimination is said to have been over for about fifty years but there are still many cases when it seems as if it is still around. With racism comes another trait known as courage which means doing something that frightens you. Throughout the whole novel courage is shown in many cases for example when Tom Robinson went to trial for rapeing and beating a young white female. Tom had to be courageous during this time even though he was frightened of what might happen. Another example would be Atticus Finch who took on Tom Robinson’s case, Atticus knew that his chances of winning were slim to none and that if he took on this case that there would be riots and many unhappy people fighting against him. But in an act of courage Finch took on the case no matter what the odds were. The novel To Kill A Mockingbird conveys that there were many times that the characters within the book had to be courageous. One person who was, and had to be very courageous during this novel was Tom Robinson. Tom is a innocent black man who one day was at the wrong place at the wrong time. He was summoned into a young caucasian females home unaware of what was going on, upon entering Robinson soon learned what was happening. This girl was raped and beaten by her father but she wanted to protect him, and by doing so she called Tom into her home and accused him of abusing her. Since Tom is a man of color, he has no rights at this time, anything and everything that Mayella has to say about what happened is accurate. Then came Tom’s case trial which everyone knew what was going to happen, that Tom would lose and be put on death row. During the whole trial Robinson has to stay courageous because, even though, he is frightened he has to come across as if he …show more content…
Although taking on this case will lead to more problems than one Finch does not seem to really care, he does not think twice before agreeing to be Tom’s lawyer. But with taking on this case comes some issues for Finch, for instance people will become very upset with Finch for being Tom’s lawyer. People will begin to question Finch because he took on the case of defending a black man for “a crime he obviously committed.” Finch has have courage to be Tom’s lawyer because he is defending a black man, who during this time were no where near sufficient to whites, who is being accused of a crime he obviously did not commit. Everyone except for Atticus Finch is oblivious to the fact that this case can easily be in Tom favor because there is concrete evidence displaying that Tom, in fact, had nothing to do with the crimes committed. Courage is displayed in this character because he takes on a case that has a success rate of about zero, but that does not stop Finch who is determined to change the minds of everyone and prove Tom’s innocence. Finch is another strong provider of the trait courage in this
Ms. Spear
Honors English I
September 11th, 2014
To Kill A Mockingbird: Courage Essay Racism is something that people face everyday, from not getting a certain job or being accused of a crime, purely from the color of their skin. This form of discrimination is said to have been over for about fifty years but there are still many cases when it seems as if it is still around. With racism comes another trait known as courage which means doing something that frightens you. Throughout the whole novel courage is shown in many cases for example when Tom Robinson went to trial for rapeing and beating a young white female. Tom had to be courageous during this time even though he was frightened of what might happen. Another example would be Atticus Finch who took on Tom Robinson’s case, Atticus knew that his chances of winning were slim to none and that if he took on this case that there would be riots and many unhappy people fighting against him. But in an act of courage Finch took on the case no matter what the odds were. The novel To Kill A Mockingbird conveys that there were many times that the characters within the book had to be courageous. One person who was, and had to be very courageous during this novel was Tom Robinson. Tom is a innocent black man who one day was at the wrong place at the wrong time. He was summoned into a young caucasian females home unaware of what was going on, upon entering Robinson soon learned what was happening. This girl was raped and beaten by her father but she wanted to protect him, and by doing so she called Tom into her home and accused him of abusing her. Since Tom is a man of color, he has no rights at this time, anything and everything that Mayella has to say about what happened is accurate. Then came Tom’s case trial which everyone knew what was going to happen, that Tom would lose and be put on death row. During the whole trial Robinson has to stay courageous because, even though, he is frightened he has to come across as if he …show more content…
Although taking on this case will lead to more problems than one Finch does not seem to really care, he does not think twice before agreeing to be Tom’s lawyer. But with taking on this case comes some issues for Finch, for instance people will become very upset with Finch for being Tom’s lawyer. People will begin to question Finch because he took on the case of defending a black man for “a crime he obviously committed.” Finch has have courage to be Tom’s lawyer because he is defending a black man, who during this time were no where near sufficient to whites, who is being accused of a crime he obviously did not commit. Everyone except for Atticus Finch is oblivious to the fact that this case can easily be in Tom favor because there is concrete evidence displaying that Tom, in fact, had nothing to do with the crimes committed. Courage is displayed in this character because he takes on a case that has a success rate of about zero, but that does not stop Finch who is determined to change the minds of everyone and prove Tom’s innocence. Finch is another strong provider of the trait courage in this