Most people don’t actually know what courage is. Many think being courageous is just about doing something you are scared to, and of course, that is being courageous, but that’s not all it’s about. It may take some time, or even a whole book, like the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, to fully comprehend the meaning of courage. After understanding this, one may change their way of thinking about courage and courage in the world, just like Scout did.
An event that Scout saw made her think twice about Atticus’s courage. She had never thought of her father as brave, or strong, or even “cool”, but how Atticus reacted towards the mean old lady Mrs. Dubose, had made her change her mind about bravery, especially the different bravery. As Atticus talked to the mean old lady, Mrs. Dubose, with no issue of being a respectable gentlemen, Scout thought, “ It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived” (Lee 54), proving how her thoughts had changed about courage and Atticus. She realized that it didn’t take having to be in the war or throwing punches to be brave, all it took was being nice and simple towards someone who people aren’t kind too, and who isn’t kind in return. …show more content…
Atticus, Scout’s father, explained to Jem that the reason as to why he made Jem read to Mrs. Dubose was to show him what real courage is. He told them, “I wanted you to see something about her—I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what” (Lee 61). Scout didn’t consider Mrs. Dubose to be the bravest person she knew, but her father’s words had helped her understand more about the
An event that Scout saw made her think twice about Atticus’s courage. She had never thought of her father as brave, or strong, or even “cool”, but how Atticus reacted towards the mean old lady Mrs. Dubose, had made her change her mind about bravery, especially the different bravery. As Atticus talked to the mean old lady, Mrs. Dubose, with no issue of being a respectable gentlemen, Scout thought, “ It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived” (Lee 54), proving how her thoughts had changed about courage and Atticus. She realized that it didn’t take having to be in the war or throwing punches to be brave, all it took was being nice and simple towards someone who people aren’t kind too, and who isn’t kind in return. …show more content…
Atticus, Scout’s father, explained to Jem that the reason as to why he made Jem read to Mrs. Dubose was to show him what real courage is. He told them, “I wanted you to see something about her—I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what” (Lee 61). Scout didn’t consider Mrs. Dubose to be the bravest person she knew, but her father’s words had helped her understand more about the