her timeless novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee emphasizes the importance of courage and highlights its meaning within the context of the book. Lee uses varying situations and an onslaught of characters to reiterate her perspective‚ creating a multifaceted topic that extends into a larger theme of doing right despite the majority doing wrong. The character who the book’s definition of courage derives from is Atticus. He is constantly instilling his beliefs of courage onto his children; whether
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Courage is an important theme in to kill a mockingbird In To Kill Mockingbird courage is presented to us as a desirable quality. Harper Lee suggests that there is some misunderstanding as to what real courage in the community of Maycomb actually is. Many aspects of courage are shown in To Kill a Mockingbird. There are examples of physical courage‚ such as Atticus facing the rabid dog. There is also moral courage‚ an example of this would be when Atticus takes on Tom Robinson’s case and he sticks
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To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in Maycomb‚ Alabama. Atticus Finch is a lawyer and has two kids‚ Scout and Jem‚ who he raises alone because his wife died. Scout is a young girl that acts like a tomboy. Her brother Jem is the oldest and is a boy‚ who is in love with football. Tom Robinson a person of color was accused of raping a white woman‚ Mayella. Even though the evidence leads to Mayella’s father‚ Bob Ewell. Bob was forcing Mayella to say things to convict Tom. Most people in the courtroom
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• Calpurnia’s act of courage shows when she takes Jem and Scout to First Purchase African M.E. Church. In my point of view I think Calpurnia did a courageous act because not knowing what could happen to Jem and Scout she still took the risk of taking them. Once they got there a member from First Purchase African M.E. Church named Lula disliked them because they were white “Lula stopped‚ but she said‚ ‘You ain’ t got no business bringin’ white chillun here – they got their church we got our’n.’’(119)
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How Does Harper Lee Present The Theme Of Courage In To Kill A Mockingbird Harper lee presents the theme of courage through several of the characters within TKAM‚ such as Scout‚ Atticus‚ Calpurnia‚ and Mrs Dubose. Within the book courage is shown in different ways such as Scout’s innocence and naivety or Atticus’ reluctance to carry out an action but still having to carry it out. One character to show courage is Atticus who shows courage twice as he shoots Tim Johnson and stands up to the lynch
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Courage is defined as "that quality of mind or spirit enabling one to meet danger or opposition with fearlessness." According to Atticus Finch‚ one of the main characters in To Kill a Mockingbird‚ "Courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin‚ but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.” (124) No matter how one defines it‚ Harper Lee clearly portrays the theme of courage in her novel‚ To Kill A Mockingbird. It is one of the most predominant themes and is shown in many of
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Courage Do you know what courage is? Have you ever done something that involved courage? Or have you seen someone have the courage to do something they possibly didn’t want to do? Well‚ courage is stepping out of your comfort zone even if it’s frightening; this is shown in To Kill A Mockingbird through pain‚ social criticism‚ and moral courage. The first way courage is shown in the book is by pain. One of the main characters that expresses courage through pain is Mrs. Dubose‚ because she was an
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The Theme of Courage in “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Harper Lee’s novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" explores how courage can be shown in several important characters in the novel. They are Mrs. Dubose‚ Atticus‚ Jem and Maycomb County itself. Also Cal‚ Miss Maudie and Scout show moral and physical courage during the novel. Courage exists in several forms as cleverly depicted in the novel‚ such as childish courage‚ moral courage. I believe that courage definitely plays a major role as a theme in scenes
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In the 1930’s‚ there was a immeasurable amount of discrimination towards black people in the United States of America. The majority of the country were segregated due to conniption that people had lacking slaves to work for them. Most people in the United States did not want anything to do with black people‚ but there were some who showed courage for black people. In the book to Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ Atticus Finch‚ a lawyer‚ shows courage by choosing to defend Tom Robinson‚ a black
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In the novel‚ to Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ Atticus is portrayed as a virtuous man with lots of integrity. Atticus always had good moral values that he wishes everyone else could have. He was also always a good parent‚ telling Jem and Scout about a strong sense of morality. He even told them that they couldn’t use the word “nigger” or “nigger-lover” even though everyone else does‚ “”Scout‚” said Atticus‚ “nigger-lover is just one of those terms that don’t mean anything--like snot-nose. It’s
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