Courage is a force that presents itself in many forms. After the death of Mrs. Dubose‚ the “cantankerous” neighbor the children initially despised‚ Atticus Finch informs the children on why Dubose was a brave lady by illustrating what courage is and is not. He explained‚ “I wanted you to see what courage is‚ instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand" (149). Courage is not being rebellious in the face of fear. It is not being vulnerable‚ frightful‚ and weak. Courage
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they are fighting for what is right. This is evident in the book when Atticus decides to take the case for Tom Robinson when no one else would. He is able to show true courage by being brave and standing against Maycomb’s prejudicial views on other races. In the book Atticus is portrayed as a caring man who is willing to stand up for equality. After Jem incident with Mrs Dubose and her passing away Atticus had a conversation with Jem on what true courage was. He said‚ “Courage is when you know you’re
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“Jem and I found our father satisfactory: he played with us‚ read to us‚ and treated us with courteous detachment.” (pg 4). The book “To Kill A Mockingbird” takes place in Alabama in a small town called Maycomb. The story is in a girl named (Scout)Jean Lewis’s point of view. Atticus is a good parent because he is protective‚ not racist‚ and does what is best for his children. One example of why Atticus is a good parent is that he is protective because he would shoot a dog that was acting mad to
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to be a mob and becomes a collection of ordinary men. As the mob approach’s Atticus and the jail Atticus instructs the men to lower their voices because Tom Robinson was sleeping. It must have been through respect of Atticus that the men followed Atticus’s order. Though coming to kill a man they mustered the respect to speak quietly as not to wake that very same man. This shows that they have immense respect for Atticus. The way that they are dress also indicate their current state of mind. A group
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Kill A Mockingbird Essay It catches my attention how Jem and Scout change during the course of the novel. Jem’s the brother of Scout‚ and is also the oldest. In the begginning of the book‚ Jem’s first thought of bravery meant being able to touch Boo adley’s house‚ only because in his whole life he has never backed down from a dare. As the story progresses on‚ he slowly starts realizing there is more to that than just touching Boo Radley’s house. Jem realizes true bravery through his experienc with his
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Atticus Finch In part one of the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ Atticus‚ the father of two young children‚ Jem and Scout‚ teaches his children many important lessons. Atticus teaches his children to not be prejudice towards other people. The children kind of already know that they shouldn’t judge people by the color of their skin from their black housekeeper‚ Calpurnia‚ who they love and appreciate. But when their Dad takes the case of Tom Robinson‚ people around town start calling him
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novel to kill a mockingbird they present Atticus Finch a character who seems Christ like centered. However Maycomb the small town where to kill a mockingbird takes place is racist we will see how Atticus acts upon this. Atticus is a Christ like centered character because he has many similar characteristics to Jesus. This essay talks about three traits; loving‚ compassionate‚ caring. Atticus is a Christ like character because he is loving to his kids‚ Jem and Scout. This is just like Jesus He loves
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“The only thing you sometimes have control over is perspective. You don’t have control over your situation. But you have a choice about how you view it.” by Chris Pine. This quote deeply portrays the idea of how different people in the same type of conditions can act very differently depending on their perspective towards the issue. Over time‚ we all develop a sense of perspective and opinion towards people and things‚ however‚ these perspectives are prone to change as we grow up to be more mature
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In the book “ To Kill a Mockingbird” Jem has changed the most out of the characters. Jem is always showing characteristics of a mature person. Jem has develop in a mature way ‚ some examples are when Jem called Atticus when Dill ran away from‚ another example would be when Jem stops scout from killing a bug‚ lastly in the end of the trail of Tom Robinson. To illustrate‚ Jem calls Atticus when Dill runs away from home . The first thing that jem does when Dill come out under the bed was he “...went
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With reference to two specific instances in the novel‚ how does Lee use the child’s perspective to make a social point? The childish perspective is used throughout the novel ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee. Lee uses this to make satirical points about the community that Scout lives in and more general points about the society as a whole. Lee is able to make extremely powerful points and comments on the society of the time in the seemingly innocent and obvious way by speaking and observing
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