To Kill a Mockingbird Courage Essay

Throughout the book, To Kill a Mockingbird written by Harper Lee, Atticus’ actions prove to the readers that he has more courage than anyone else in the book. Courage is the ability to do something that frightens oneself. Someone who has courage is brave and not scared of what others think. They are doing it for them and what they stand for. Atticus is more of a physical courage, by taking on the role of being a black man’s lawyer, knowing he would probably lose the case. It was a black man and…

“On my honor I will do my best, to do my duty, to god and my country. To help other people at all times; to keep myself physically fit, mentally awake, and morally straight.” This phrase one that has been rehearsed by me so many times it has become a part of me. The scout motto seems so simple a phrase, and yet it has a deeper meaning to me. To me it means to help those who can’t help themselves. When I found my neighbor was having struggles with her health and barely scraping by I knew that I…

Power is used in many different ways through TKMB; many people use their power in a positive way like Atticus unlike others who abuses their power like Bob Ewell. Bob Ewell uses his power in a negative way when he blames the rape of his daughter Mayella on Tom Robison knowing that Tom would be convicted guilty because he is black. In The Help power is shown in mostly negative ways with the white people treating their maids with disrespect. This is shown when Milly fires her maid Minny for using…

“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 see it through no matter what.” This quote is extremely inspiring to the reader and to the characters in the story. It shows that even though you may not be able to win a fight or a battle, you shouldn’t just give up. You should fight it and even if you lose, at least you gave it your best shot and you…

Courage is being scared to death…and saddling up anyway¨ John Wayne. Everyone thinks that courage is being the strong guy that fears nothing, but without fear there is no courage. You don't have to strong to be courageous as well, some people think that it's hard to relate to courage because they think courage is strength, but if you just think for a moment you might remember about a time that you were courageous. For some people this might be easy, but for others it can be a bit harder, but…

“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 is narrated by a child named Jean Louise “Scout” Finch who matures quickly by having to handle difficult situations. 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…

Courage is far more than bravery alone; it is the ability to persevere through any obstacle, it is a constant in our lives from learning to walk, to our first separation in school from our parents, to how we muster up the courage to ask for a raise at work and eventually even the courage to face our own mortality. The theme of the poem “Courage” by Anne Sexton is ultimately similar to the theme of courage found within To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee; as both handle how one copes with life…

The mockingbird represents people who just want to be left alone, but are brought into public eye and humiliated without wanting to be. Another interpretation of a mockingbird is the innocent. The title of the book is to Kill a MockingBird because Tom Robinson was killed. In the book Mr. Underwood says that Tom Robinson's murder was like a murder of a songbird because he thinks it’s a sin to kill mockingbirds. Along with Tom Robinson, Scout mentions Boo Radley as a Songbird because he just wants…

Courage Courage: the ability to do something that frightens one. Everyone has to be courageous at one point or another. In the book “To Kill A Mockingbird,” by Harper Lee, there were several times that characters had to be courageous. In order to stand up for something you believe or smaller things like presenting in front of your peers takes courage. One way or another you must be courageous. In the book “To Kill A Mockingbird,” by Harper Lee, people like Scout, Boo Radley, and Atticus all do…

To Kill a MockingBird is one of the best novels ever written, but why? To Kill a Mockingbird ,a novel by Harper Lee, is one of the most well known books in the world. It set in a small southern town in Alabama during the Great Depression. It shows how bad of a problem racism was during that time. Narrated by a little girl name Scout, from her point of view, years after the story actually happened. The story has a poor yet cruel white family, a black man accused of rapeing a young white women, a…