Courage Appears from the Most Unlikely People Courage‚ something that comes in many forms‚ hiding in every corner‚ but not always seen. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee portrays many forms of courage through the actions of her characters. The three characters‚ which from my perspective‚ revealed their courage via their actions within this novel are Mrs. Dubose‚ Jem and Atticus. Courage comes in many shapes and sizes and is often overlooked in the everyday individuals. One example is
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creature of the Devil‚ perhaps even the Devil himself!” Seeing him once Brown told the town of what Drummond is‚ soon the words spread and the town think he is a evil man. It would take a man a lot of courage to go into a town where he is hated‚ and seen as a bad person. When he made his first appearance Melinda yelled “It’s the Devil.” Even knowing that the whole town is going against him‚ he did not let it affect his case and keep strong with
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many people showed different types courage. Atticus was one of the persons who showed the most courage throughout To Kill a Mockingbird because he defended Tom Robinson. Mayella Ewell had a lot of courage to accuse Tom Robinson of rapping her just because he was a black man. Calpurnia also had a lot of courage because she was a black woman working for a white family. First is about Atticus defending an indecent black man in court. Atticus showed a lot of courage because he defended a black man in
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Moral courage is a quality many hope to have‚ but cannot achieve. In the novel To Kill A Mockingbrid‚ by Harper Lee‚ she uses a character named Atticus Finch‚ the father of the main characters‚ to show moral courage. She uses Atticus to show readers that despite not knowing the outcome‚ one can still succeed if one musters enough courage. Throughout the novel‚ Atticus shows evidence of being a brave man. He helps Tom Robinson when the lynch mob came to take him‚ he shot a rabid dog‚ saving the entire
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In the Novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” There are a lot of examples of courage. Characters in the novel all have distinct personalities and attributes‚ but only a few display courage‚ and not all in the same ways. Some of this character’s include‚ Atticus‚ Jem‚ and Scout. All of this people have courage for different reasons. Atticus’s courage is standing up for the right thing. Atticus defends a man who at that time was hated by the people around him. Atticus felt that this was not right and defended
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To Kill a Mockingbird and Courage To have courage is to have strength in the face of odds. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ memorable characters including Atticus Finch‚ Scout‚ and Jem‚ explore civil rights and racism in the southern United States of the 1930s. Told through the eyes of a six-year-old‚ Scout Finch explores her father’s trial and Boo Radley‚ a mysterious neighbor‚ who saves Scout and her brother from being killed. Her father‚ an attorney‚ gave all of what he has
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Maycomb county that they let race decide your “fate” and that court system should be one of the places where everyone is equal. Even though all of these signs of inequality existed happened courage was shown by many of the townspeople so I decided to write my letter about that. Judge Taylor had the courage to assign Atticus to defend Tom. Usually the public defendant cases were given to younger/ new attorneys. He gave this case to Atticus because he knew Atticus was to only one who would try to
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did in his lifetime. He showed moral courage and fought for what he believed was right. To understand this one must first understand what moral courage means. The word moral means “concerned with the principles of right and wrong behavior and the goodness or badness of human character.” The word courage means “the ability to do something that frightens one or strength in the face of pain or grief.” By putting these words together one can conclude that moral courage means doing the things that you believe
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Theme Essay There are people who have to face their fears everyday and everywhere. Fears such as standing up to a bully or speaking out an opinion that is rather unpopular requires courage to face. Courage can make someone feel stronger inside and allows them to have faith in their actions. The subject of courage leads to a common theme portrayed through specific events throughout To Kill a Mockingbird‚ which is a story based in the 1930’s set in the fictional town of Maycomb‚ Alabama which had
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If everyone around you were being taken and murdered‚ would you have hope and courage to survive? This was the reality for Jews who lived during the Holocaust. The Holocaust was a genocide in which Adolf Hitler’s Nazi’s killed six million Jews during the nineteen thirties and forties. Most Jews would hide and some of their non-Jewish friends would help provide them with the supplies they needed. This was true for Anne Frank‚ Mr. and Mrs. Van Daan‚ Peter‚ Mr. and Mrs. Frank‚ Dussel‚ and Margot who
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