Atticus Finch Shows Courage In To Kill A Mockingbird
One Man With Courage Makes A Majority Courage is when someone takes pride in what they believe in even if they are alone. In the novel To Kill Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Atticus Finch demonstrates the greatest amount of courage. Atticus took on the rape case of Mayella Ewell defending an african american man Tom Robinson, knowing what the outcome would be. Atticus Finch, stood by Tom Robinson for a year because it was the right thing to do, even though everyone in the community said it was wrong, “Scout, simply by the nature of work, every lawyer gets at least one case in his lifetime that affects him personally. This one’s , mine i guess” (Lee, 101). Atticus takes this case into a deep emotion knowing how the community and family
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Mr. Walter Cunningham and a mob of men drove up to the jail where Tom was staying ready to attack, “... Atticus was sitting propped against the front door”(Lee, 201) No matter how much they threatened Atticus, he wasn't letting anyone through to kill an innocent man. Even though the mob that arrived at the jail with Mr. Cunningham showed that they still had much respect for Atticus. Atticus also demonstrates moral courage. Moral courage is the courage to take action for moral reasons despite the risk of adverse consequences. Courage is required to take action when one has doubts or fears about the consequences. Moral courage therefore involves careful thought and action. Atticus's moral and physical courage is evident when he makes the decision to stand guard over Tom Robinson alone at the jail. He risks his own personal safety when he faces the lynch mob though he claims that they only " 'might have hurt me a little.' (Lee …show more content…
Although Tom felt sorry for Mayella because of her predicament of being less fortunate it put him in a situation in where he ended up losing everything. Both Atticus and Tom underestimated the Ewell family and was deeply hurt in the end. Atticus being a white respected lawyer in the community gets misjudged about his loyalty for the choice he made. Atticus risked losing both of his kids because Bob Ewell had it out for Atticus since he took on the case. “Run, Scout! Run! Run!” (Lee, 351). Bob went for Atticus by going after the two most important things in his life, Jem and
Mr. Walter Cunningham and a mob of men drove up to the jail where Tom was staying ready to attack, “... Atticus was sitting propped against the front door”(Lee, 201) No matter how much they threatened Atticus, he wasn't letting anyone through to kill an innocent man. Even though the mob that arrived at the jail with Mr. Cunningham showed that they still had much respect for Atticus. Atticus also demonstrates moral courage. Moral courage is the courage to take action for moral reasons despite the risk of adverse consequences. Courage is required to take action when one has doubts or fears about the consequences. Moral courage therefore involves careful thought and action. Atticus's moral and physical courage is evident when he makes the decision to stand guard over Tom Robinson alone at the jail. He risks his own personal safety when he faces the lynch mob though he claims that they only " 'might have hurt me a little.' (Lee …show more content…
Although Tom felt sorry for Mayella because of her predicament of being less fortunate it put him in a situation in where he ended up losing everything. Both Atticus and Tom underestimated the Ewell family and was deeply hurt in the end. Atticus being a white respected lawyer in the community gets misjudged about his loyalty for the choice he made. Atticus risked losing both of his kids because Bob Ewell had it out for Atticus since he took on the case. “Run, Scout! Run! Run!” (Lee, 351). Bob went for Atticus by going after the two most important things in his life, Jem and