Comparison Of Courage In To Kill A Mockingbird And A Time To Kill

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts” -Wiston Churchill. In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird and Joel Schumacher’s A Time To Kill, courage is shown and focused on immensely throughout the whole book and film from every single character. Everyone must fight with courage for what they think is right.

Characters in To Kill A Mockingbird showed support to others, regardless of their skin colour. After the trial, verdict being Tom guilty and being shot seventeen times when he tries to escape prison, which led him to his death, Helen Robinson is forced to provide for her family. She is working for Mr.Link Deas, who feels bad for her and gives her a job at the store. As she walks to work on the public road, Bob Ewell follows her and whispers obscure phrases at her. Mr.Link Deas wants Helen to feel comfortable and safe walking down the public road “Now hear me, Bob Ewell: If I hear one more peep outa my girl Helen about not bein’ able to walk this road I’ll have you in jail before sundown … You don’t have to touch her, all you have to do is make
At the beginning of the movie, Tonya Hailey is raped by two men named Billy Ray Cobb and James Willard. As the movie progresses, Billy and James were about to go into a hearing until Carl Lee comes out of a room and kills them both. It is logical that when someone is murdered and the murderer is caught, they end up losing everything they have and go to prison. In this case, Carl Lee was proven innocent and was defending his family, especially Tonya, that is why he killed those two men. If Jake did not help prove him innocent, his life would have been at stake. He faced a challenge about murdering those two men, but it was all his choice for the safety of everyone else in Canton. He fought with courage by defending his daughter and the rights for her to walk around safely, with two less rapists in the