As Bethany Hamilton once said, "Courage doesn't mean you don't get afraid. Courage means you don't let fear stop you." What people don't know is that fear can have a huge impact on your life, just like courage. Fear can have a negative impact on your life but that fear drives courage. Bethany Hamilton was explaining how you need fear to get through life's scariest challenges. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee shows how one's courage can change the way they look at people and what they go through.
Boo Radley has been a fear of Maycomb for a long time. Every citizen of Maycomb is scared of Boo so he stays locked inside his house all day. The only people not scared of Boo are Scout, Jem, and Dill, they are more curious, especially Dill. When he first arrived in Maycomb, Jem told him the story of Boo Radley. How he got in with the wrong crowd, stabbed his father with scissors, and comes out a night to spy on people while they sleep. Dill was more interested than scared, with Scout saying, "The more we told Dill about the Radley's, the more he wanted to know." (p.13). With their interest in Boo growing, they went to his house at night to see if he would come out to get a view of what he looks like. They were scared to see him because of what they heard but were so …show more content…
They couldn't accept it when a white man defended a black man. Atticus Finch though, did what he knew what right, regardless of what people thought, he knew that people were saying he shouldn't defend that man. When Scout told him about Cecil Jacobs telling her that he defended "niggers", he responded with "I'm simply defending a Negro." (p.86). Atticus knew that people would be saying things like what Cecil Jacobs said, but if he didn't take the case, he wouldn't be able to hold up his own head in town. So, he was willing to do what right for the sake of Tom Robinson and for himself. He walked past what people said and did his best to make Tom
Boo Radley has been a fear of Maycomb for a long time. Every citizen of Maycomb is scared of Boo so he stays locked inside his house all day. The only people not scared of Boo are Scout, Jem, and Dill, they are more curious, especially Dill. When he first arrived in Maycomb, Jem told him the story of Boo Radley. How he got in with the wrong crowd, stabbed his father with scissors, and comes out a night to spy on people while they sleep. Dill was more interested than scared, with Scout saying, "The more we told Dill about the Radley's, the more he wanted to know." (p.13). With their interest in Boo growing, they went to his house at night to see if he would come out to get a view of what he looks like. They were scared to see him because of what they heard but were so …show more content…
They couldn't accept it when a white man defended a black man. Atticus Finch though, did what he knew what right, regardless of what people thought, he knew that people were saying he shouldn't defend that man. When Scout told him about Cecil Jacobs telling her that he defended "niggers", he responded with "I'm simply defending a Negro." (p.86). Atticus knew that people would be saying things like what Cecil Jacobs said, but if he didn't take the case, he wouldn't be able to hold up his own head in town. So, he was willing to do what right for the sake of Tom Robinson and for himself. He walked past what people said and did his best to make Tom