“Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy . . . but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”(To Kill a Mockingbird, page 119)
To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in a small town called Maycomb. Which is narrated by a child named Jean Louise “Scout” Finch who acquires how to handle difficult situations in her life. While learning to live in a world with racism, injustice, and criticism, Scout finds courage being presented by many of her role models. This reader reasons that the small few that stand up against the mainstream have greater power than the pathetic, and prejudice society.
On the other hand, others might debate that quantities matter more where power is concerned. That would …show more content…
Atticus teaches his children that violence is not courage and that you can express your opinion to others without being forceful.
"First of all," he [Atticus] said, "if you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view-until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."(To Kill a Mockingbird, page 30)
Atticus was placed under tremendous pressure by defending Tom. Atticus stood up to his challengers, his own race and showed them that he wasn't going to back down from the case. Atticus had to be truly courageous to stick up to all those men like that at the jail where Tom was being held.
"This case, Tom Robinson's case, is something that goes to the essence of a man's conscience-Scout, I couldn't go to church and worship God if I didn't try to help that man."(To Kill a Mockingbird, page 104)
In our society it is generally believed that in order to show courage, it must be shown through physical acts of jeopardy. The only type of courage ever heard of or praised is when someone nearly puts their life at risk to show their
To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in a small town called Maycomb. Which is narrated by a child named Jean Louise “Scout” Finch who acquires how to handle difficult situations in her life. While learning to live in a world with racism, injustice, and criticism, Scout finds courage being presented by many of her role models. This reader reasons that the small few that stand up against the mainstream have greater power than the pathetic, and prejudice society.
On the other hand, others might debate that quantities matter more where power is concerned. That would …show more content…
Atticus teaches his children that violence is not courage and that you can express your opinion to others without being forceful.
"First of all," he [Atticus] said, "if you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view-until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."(To Kill a Mockingbird, page 30)
Atticus was placed under tremendous pressure by defending Tom. Atticus stood up to his challengers, his own race and showed them that he wasn't going to back down from the case. Atticus had to be truly courageous to stick up to all those men like that at the jail where Tom was being held.
"This case, Tom Robinson's case, is something that goes to the essence of a man's conscience-Scout, I couldn't go to church and worship God if I didn't try to help that man."(To Kill a Mockingbird, page 104)
In our society it is generally believed that in order to show courage, it must be shown through physical acts of jeopardy. The only type of courage ever heard of or praised is when someone nearly puts their life at risk to show their