Definition of “Real Courage” throughout the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird”
Harper Lee’s book, “To Kill a Mockingbird” defines real courage as the ability to put your fears aside and do what's right no matter the consequences. This real courage is seen throughout the book through several characters including the characters Atticus, Mrs. Dubose and Jem and Scout. All of these characters felt fear at one point or another in the book, however, that fear was overcome by putting it aside and doing the right thing even if there very well might of been consequences to those actions. Atticus Finch is extremely courageous and brave. He's a man who takes upon an impossible case due to racial segregation, one that many lawyers at the time would not even …show more content…
This being a consequence to going up against him in trail, defending a black man and doing the right thing. Atticus had other consequences to his courageousness throughout the book, which only further proves he is an extremely brave man. That real courage is the ability to put fear aside and do the right thing. Mrs. Dubose is another character who shows real courage. She does this by rising against her fears and doing the right thing. The right thing being she fought against her addiction and died without any drug use. When we first meet Mrs. Dubose Jem and Scout show just how bad she was by using descriptions of her. Such as, ”Jem and I hated her. If she was on the porch when we passed, we would be raked by her wrathful gaze, subjected to ruthless interrogation regarding our behavior, and given a melancholy prediction on what we would amount to when we grew up, which was always nothing” (113). These descriptions with words like wrathful and ruthless show how mean she was. However, with her death it shows Jem and Scout actually how courageous she really was. Mrs. Dubose had an addiction to morphine, but instead of using morphine till she died. She
Harper Lee’s book, “To Kill a Mockingbird” defines real courage as the ability to put your fears aside and do what's right no matter the consequences. This real courage is seen throughout the book through several characters including the characters Atticus, Mrs. Dubose and Jem and Scout. All of these characters felt fear at one point or another in the book, however, that fear was overcome by putting it aside and doing the right thing even if there very well might of been consequences to those actions. Atticus Finch is extremely courageous and brave. He's a man who takes upon an impossible case due to racial segregation, one that many lawyers at the time would not even …show more content…
This being a consequence to going up against him in trail, defending a black man and doing the right thing. Atticus had other consequences to his courageousness throughout the book, which only further proves he is an extremely brave man. That real courage is the ability to put fear aside and do the right thing. Mrs. Dubose is another character who shows real courage. She does this by rising against her fears and doing the right thing. The right thing being she fought against her addiction and died without any drug use. When we first meet Mrs. Dubose Jem and Scout show just how bad she was by using descriptions of her. Such as, ”Jem and I hated her. If she was on the porch when we passed, we would be raked by her wrathful gaze, subjected to ruthless interrogation regarding our behavior, and given a melancholy prediction on what we would amount to when we grew up, which was always nothing” (113). These descriptions with words like wrathful and ruthless show how mean she was. However, with her death it shows Jem and Scout actually how courageous she really was. Mrs. Dubose had an addiction to morphine, but instead of using morphine till she died. She