To Kill A Mockingbird Self Control

In chapters 9 and 10 of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the author expresses the theme that courage means having the self-control to walk away from conflict, knowing the sacrifice to one’s own pride in doing so. For example, when Scout is called a coward, she narrates, “It was the first time I ever walked away from a fight” (77). This demonstrates the self-control that Scout possesses in order to not fight, a fight that was in her favor. The courageous act of walking away from the fight can make Scout seen as powerless, though that isn’t true. In addition, Miss Maudie says of Atticus after he shot Tim Johnson dead, “‘I think maybe he put his gun down when he realized that God had given him an unfair advantage over most living