To Kill A Mockingbird Theme Of Courage
Marwan Mansour
ENG2D1
Mrs. Kenny
Wednesday November 18, 2015
Courageous Characters in "To Kill A Mockingbird" Most of the characters in the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird", written by Harper Lee, show the theme of courage in different ways. Courage is a difficult virtue for people to emulate in real life. Some believe that courage is when people have strong bodies and hearts. Others would say it is when people tell the truth directly instead of avoiding it. In this novel, Atticus Finch, Mrs. Dubose , and Boo Radley are similar in their courageous attitudes by taking multiple risks to stand up for innocent people while they are different in how they demonstrate their courage ; Atticus Finch announces his courage when he stands for what he believes …show more content…
Although they all knew they may fail in their fights, their courage gave them the power to continue on bearing the suffering and hardship. Another shared quality is that, through their fights, they were trying to correct something wrong in their lives. Atticus tried to drive out prejudice ,while Mrs. Dubose tried to quit using morphine, while Boo Radley tries to break his long isolation. Another similarity is that the three of them set a goal they aimed to achieve, Atticus wanted to achieve justice through standing up for what he thinks is right no matter what others believe , while Mrs. Dubose aimed to achieve internal peace through her determination to leave this world free of addiction, Boo Radley wanted to achieve happiness through breaking his isolation and observing the children playing by his house and leaving them little gifts. All of them succeeded to achieve their goals and live their pure lives even for short period of time. However The differences between the courage of Atticus , Mrs. Dubose , and Boo Radley that Atticus proceeded to fight for the sake of his children rather than for himself. It was his own desire to raise Scout and Jem with honesty and respect "For a number of reasons," said Atticus. "The main one is, if I didn't I couldn't hold up my head in town, I couldn't represent this county in the legislature, I couldn't even tell you or Jem not to do something again"( Lee,75). Moreover , each one of them demonstrates his courage on different levels; Atticus showed his courage on a moral level, Mrs.Dubose showed her courage on physical level, while Boo Radley performs his courage on a social
ENG2D1
Mrs. Kenny
Wednesday November 18, 2015
Courageous Characters in "To Kill A Mockingbird" Most of the characters in the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird", written by Harper Lee, show the theme of courage in different ways. Courage is a difficult virtue for people to emulate in real life. Some believe that courage is when people have strong bodies and hearts. Others would say it is when people tell the truth directly instead of avoiding it. In this novel, Atticus Finch, Mrs. Dubose , and Boo Radley are similar in their courageous attitudes by taking multiple risks to stand up for innocent people while they are different in how they demonstrate their courage ; Atticus Finch announces his courage when he stands for what he believes …show more content…
Although they all knew they may fail in their fights, their courage gave them the power to continue on bearing the suffering and hardship. Another shared quality is that, through their fights, they were trying to correct something wrong in their lives. Atticus tried to drive out prejudice ,while Mrs. Dubose tried to quit using morphine, while Boo Radley tries to break his long isolation. Another similarity is that the three of them set a goal they aimed to achieve, Atticus wanted to achieve justice through standing up for what he thinks is right no matter what others believe , while Mrs. Dubose aimed to achieve internal peace through her determination to leave this world free of addiction, Boo Radley wanted to achieve happiness through breaking his isolation and observing the children playing by his house and leaving them little gifts. All of them succeeded to achieve their goals and live their pure lives even for short period of time. However The differences between the courage of Atticus , Mrs. Dubose , and Boo Radley that Atticus proceeded to fight for the sake of his children rather than for himself. It was his own desire to raise Scout and Jem with honesty and respect "For a number of reasons," said Atticus. "The main one is, if I didn't I couldn't hold up my head in town, I couldn't represent this county in the legislature, I couldn't even tell you or Jem not to do something again"( Lee,75). Moreover , each one of them demonstrates his courage on different levels; Atticus showed his courage on a moral level, Mrs.Dubose showed her courage on physical level, while Boo Radley performs his courage on a social