Sacrifice In To Kill A Mockingbird

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Courage and Sacrifice is shown in the book To Kill A Mockingbird in the form of when Mr. Link Deas has to yell at Bob Ewell to leave Tom’s widow, Helen Robinson, alone, and threaten to call the police on charges of assault and if not that, the Ladies Law, after he had hired her to be his personal cook, as said on page 285-286, “ Helen went to work the next morning and used the public road. Nobody chunked at her, but when she was a few yards beyond the Ewell house, she looked around and saw Mr. Ewell walking behind her. She turned and walked on, and Mr. Ewell kept the same distance behind her until she reached Mr. Link’s house. All the way to the house, she heard a soft voice behind her, crooning foul words. Thoroughly frightened, she telephoned

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