Before I get into telling you about courage in To Kill a Mockingbird‚ I would like to tell you what courage means. Courage takes many forms. For example‚ courage can be a person with a gun in their hand or a person that wants to finally do the right thing even though there are several difficult obstacles in the way. Individuals may demonstrate courage in a way that helps other people or in a way that benefits them. It can even take the form of a personal or family goal. A whole country could even
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In the book ‘To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Atticus Finch is not the typical Maycomb citizen. He is like no other. He really makes an effort to be the best role model for his children by showing us his natural courage‚ tolerance and fairness to all other citizens of Maycomb. Atticus seems to appear as the biggest hero of the book because he stands up for what he believes in and what he thinks is right‚ he has copious amounts of respect for others and himself and is a symbol of reason and justice. Atticus
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in different ways and take extreme measures to get a point across‚ targeting certain individuals or communities. For instance‚ in the book to kill a mockingbird bird‚ Harper lee writes about the small town of Maycomb during the 1930’s and how prejudice has lasting implications on the lives . Characters Boo Radley‚ Tom Robinson and Atticus finch in to kill a mocking
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It was after the pageant‚ which almost the whole town went to‚ when I noticed the Finch kids walking on the street; I was drunk and had my switch knife in my pocket. I didn’t know what I was thinking‚ but I followed them down the street heading to their house after they had declined an offer for a ride‚ it was incredibly dark and I could barely see anything except the outlines of two children. I then got out of my thoughts and heard them talking about the girl’s shoes‚ they were going to start heading
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To Kill A Mockingbird: Courage In the novel‚ "To Kill A Mockingbird"‚ we were presented with several displays of courage. Some of the courage in the novel were displays of physical courage. However‚ physical courage was not the only type displayed‚ we also saw examples of moral courage. I saw several examples of physical courage in this excellent novel. One example of courage however insignificant to me or you is Jem’s courage to run up to the Radley’s house‚ now to me or you that is nothing
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Conscience is the voice viewed as a guide to the rightness and wrongness in one character and behavior‚ and in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ the brother of the narrator‚ Jem‚ changes throughout the story and realizes that the conscience of plenty of the residents in Maycomb is disturbing and wrong. When Atticus said “…before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience” (105). Jem represented the theme
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raping a white woman. This white woman made this accusation to cover up the fact that she came on to a Negro during the racist times of the Great Depression. Harper Lee creates a “timeless classic of American literature” in her 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird through her use of a white man defending a black man and Heck Tate’s experience of protecting Arthur “Boo” Radley to demonstrate good and bad role models. Atticus Finch followed through and came close to winning the case‚ but unfortunately
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Mrs. Mitchell English 9 CP November 24‚ 2012 A Powerful Theme The novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a powerful story. The storyline of this book expresses‚ in many ways‚ morals and values. Many of the problems faced by the characters are still issues that this generation faces on a regular day-to-day basis. The story starts out by informing the reader that the two main characters‚ Scout and Jem Finch‚ only have one parent. Being a young child‚ as they both were‚ they feel the desolate
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Empathy in To Kill A Mockingbird Empathy is the theme which connects the reader with the characters in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird; the experiences of the characters in this novel show us the significance of empathy as a theme. Harper Lee writes about the experiences which Scout and Jem undergo in learning to be empathetic‚ while Atticus and Tom Robinson are two of the key characters who‚ at the time of the novel already possessed the ability to be empathetic. Atticus is the character who displays
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certain situations. Then again‚ it also defines intelligence as an assortment of information. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee displays the idea that intelligence is demonstrated by making superb decisions in conflicting situations. Social Justice requires intelligence because the society needs to consistently make the appropriate decisions in troublesome positions. For example‚ in To Kill a Mockingbird‚ intelligence is used in particular situations such as classism‚ racism‚ and ageism. Atticus Finch
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