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    The Strength of Courage Often times people don’t have the courage to step up and help others or even themselves‚ people are scared to get out of there comfort zone and do whats right. Although‚ this is not the situation and opposed by characters from the book To Kill a Mockingbird. The prominent book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee displays a character named Atticus who believes in equality between everyone and is a well known lawyer throughout Maycomb County Alabama. Atticus has two children

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    In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ many different themes can be identified. This may be through character’s actions‚ thoughts‚ or what they say. Many different scenes throughout the novel are parallels and symbolize main themes. One example of symbolization is in chapter ten when Tim Johnson walks down the street. In this chapter‚ the characters actions symbolize the themes of racism and courage. Throughout the novel‚ it can be seen that the characters of To Kill a Mockingbird show courage in some way

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    Courage is complete only with integrity and morals.One alone is not a sin but surely incomplete. In Harper Lee’s novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Scout Finch learns this lesson through her family member and some outside influences. Scout grows in the novel from being immature and not understanding courage to a smart and courageous young girl. Through the actions of Scout Finch‚ Harper Lee demonstrates that in order to have true courage‚ one must act selflessly‚ practice integrity and most importantly

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    Courage is shown by standing up for what is morally right and true. However‚ courage can be driven by different beliefs and emotions which lead people to do brave things that may have positive or negative effects. In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird‚ three characters‚ Bob Ewell‚ Jem and Atticus demonstrate the different ways courage is driven and the many effects of having courage. Bob Ewell shows how anger can drive courage and how this anger-driven courage can be perceived as cruelty. For example

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    How does Lee demonstrate the theme of courage in To kill a mockingbird?” Harper Lee makes the theme of courage clear and strong in the book “To kill a mockingbird”. Throughout the story there are many demonstrations of courage. Some of these are firstly masked to later be uncovered and at first they may not seem obvious. Some moments of the courage portrayed aren’t physical courage but rather mental and psychological. The story is narrated to us by Scout who is growing up in a small town known

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    To Kill a Mockingbird Essay What is your definition of Courage? In the story To Kill a Mockingbird‚ written by Harper Lee‚ there are several themes and symbols that occur throughout the story. The one that stood out the most to me is Courage. Atticus Finch fits into the definition of what courage is and demonstrates it several times throughout the story. Attics demonstrate courage when he is explaining the definition to Jem‚ and when he undertakes the task of defending Tom Robinson. He knows

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    To Kill a Mockingbird Essay Prejudice towards different people is a huge part of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird novel. Nearly every little mishap in the book has been somehow linked or caused by prejudice. Naturally‚ the town of Maycomb is affected by it‚ and the effect isn’t for the best. Prejudice is a destructive force in Maycomb‚ bringing nothing to the town. The cause of Maycomb being destroyed is prejudice spreading hatred throughout the town‚ separating the people‚ and excluding and enabling

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    fiction novel “To Kill A Mockingbird”. Children are innocent based off the fact that they have not had as many experiences as adults. Growing up gives you many experiences. Characters like Atticus definitely know more about life than characters like Jem or Scout. Usually most perspectives develop at an earlier age through experience; what one eats‚ what one wears‚ one’s hobbies‚ etc. Throughout the story Harper Lee uses children’s lack of experiences and innocence in To Kill A Mockingbird for the readers

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    Part a) Lee presents Miss Maudie as a generally optimistic person‚ despite being a widow. She uses many techniques to demonstrate Miss Maudies positive view of Maycomb. Lees use of the superlative ‘safest’ to describe Miss Maudies view of the ‘folks’ of Maycomb‚ this illustrates how highly she regards most of the people who live there‚ this creates a tone of optimism which juxtaposes her positivity. Furthermore‚ Miss Maudie answers an inquisition of jem’s using the verb ‘surprised’ to perhaps demonstrate

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    Courage‚ the quality of your mind or spirit that helps you to face your problems. From the book To Kill a Mockingbird many of the characters show courage. Courage helps us through life‚ like it did for the characters in the book To Kill a Mockingbird. As in all books‚ there are characters‚ and in this book there are very many. Each individual character shows courage. One character out of many‚ Jean (Scout)‚ had courage the story. Scout had courage from the beginning to the end. She had to face

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