How Are Scout Confident In To Kill A Mockingbird

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This book is very poignant and has tons of different morals to learn from. My favorite one is to be confident. Sometimes I have difficulty with that. Scout is pretty much audacious. In consequence, she confronted a group of men who were threatening her father one day at the Jailhouse, (Lee 152). Scout also was a ham for her school Halloween play, (Lee 252). But most of all, she wasn’t disinclined to be herself. She wore overalls instead of dresses, played in mud, and didn’t care what Aunt Alexandria of anyone thought! Jem is also confident. He was very confident that Atticus would win the Tom Robinson case, (Lee 178). When he broke his arm, he was confident that he would be able to play football again. He thought gleefully. As long as he could still pass and punt he was ok. According …show more content…
He seems very confident that he will marry Scout one day. In addition, steals kisses, talks about their future, and even wants to have kids. He even snuck out of his house and took the bus back to Maycomb to see her. Furthermore, he stays strong even when things don’t go his way and therefore, he is confident. I have a trouble, like other human being, with confidence. But everyone has a time when they need to gather their strength and push forward.I use to always be terrified of cows that were around 1 or 2 years old because they’re bigger than me and looked scary. But one day I went to work with my uncle and I had to block the cows from getting out and they’re actually really nice! Ever since then I’m not so afraid of them anymore. Really when you think about it, everyone in this book is confident at least once. For example, Aunt Alexandria is confident that Scout will become a lady, Boo is confident when he saves Scout and Jem, and Calpurina is confident when she took the kids to the Negro church and stood up for them. This books biggest moral, in my opinion, is to be brave and confident no matter what. It’s a good life lesson to

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