To Kill a Mockingbird Courage Essay

Courage is one of many traits that is admirable in a person. In the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” written by Harper Lee, the reader learns about courage from 3 characters, Mrs. Dubose, Atticus Finch, and Jean Louise Finch (Scout). Without courage, a person's moral standing will be useless and will not matter anymore. Courage is the most admirable trait in a person because without courage nothing else will have no meaning in life Courage is one of the many things it always, in any case, succeeds…

Through life’s terrible trials and experiences, everyone will eventually be forced to mature and grow up. In Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, we follow the story of Jem and Scout, two kids living in the South during a period of severe racism. Through their actions, we meet Mrs. Dubose, a mean old woman trying to beat her morphine addiction, and Tom Robinson, an innocent black man accused of rape because of a white woman’s attraction to him. Even though the characters of Mrs. Dubose and…

Tone In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and in “Courage” by Edgar A. Guest, there are many similarities in the development of the theme and tone and several reasons why Harper Lee chose to present it this way. To begin, in both pieces of literature, the theme of courage is presented in similar ways. Courage can be defined as the bravery of someone to do something. Courage is hidden in everyone but is not always used for everything. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus shows courage byb…

Courage Courage is always occurring in the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Each of the characters has very unique personalities; the majority of the characteristics is courage. To say one character has more courage than another is very debatable and what I think is very inaccurate. From the beginning of the book to end of part 1 every character has showed signs of courage. For me I strongly believe that Scout is displays the most occurring courage of any character. Scout shows the…

Development of Moral Courage When reading a book choice given to you by a teacher, it's hard to really determine if you like it. Mainly because you know everyone in the classroom has a different intake on the novel. But reading the novel To kill a Mockingbird, different options are what makes reading so much fun. To Kill a Mockingbird first starts off as children who all have the same image of this “dangerous” person they all been hearing so much about and they try so hard to find…

moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.” Moral courage is similar to what courage mean. The difference is that moral courage is the courage to take actions for the right reasons without having fear of the consequences. The novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, have shown many examples of moral courage from many characters from the novel as the readers read on. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee has shown moral courage by…

Themes in To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, is a story about two innocent children, Jem and Scout, growing up in Maycomb, a town that is accustomed to racism. However, To Kill a Mockingbird is not just a story about racism. It is also a novel about courage, integrity, and empathy. First, Harper Lee shows that courage is when people fight battles even when they know they might not win. Second, she suggests that people demonstrate integrity when they do what is right…

Showing Courage “You’ve always had the power my dear, you just have to learn it for yourself.” -The Wizard Of Oz. This quote means that having the power to do something, take a stand, or even sticking up for something or someone can make a difference or even a change little things in life. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee takes place in Maycomb, Alabama, during the Great Depression. In To Kill A Mockingbird the narrator is a little girl named Scout Finch. Throughout the book, Scout as…

a strong trait. Not just anybody can claim they have the courage to do something whether it's standing in front of class and reading or sticking up for a kid who is getting bullied. To kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee consists of multiple moments where a character is being courageous, however Atticus Finch beholds the most courageous acts in the book. Atticus Finch, a lawyer and father to Jem and Scout, takes upon numerous acts of courage from shooting a mad dog to defending an African American…

Moral Courage “I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have.”(Abraham Lincoln). Many people can say they have done heroic deeds but not many can say they have shown moral courage in the face of a struggle when no one would do what is truly the honorable thing to do. Moral courage is present in many stories. In To Kill a Mockingbird and The Sword in the Stone through symbolism and theme. The theme for both of these…