To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel about a family in Maycomb county Alabama during the great depression. The father of the family is Atticus Finch he is a lawyer in Maycomb he has two children Jem and Jean Louise also known as Scout. Jem is twelve and Scout is six they had lost their mother at a very young age. The family has a house maid named Calpurnia she helps around the house with the kids and Atticus. In this story there is a very strong force of courage between the family and many of the characters in the novel.
A character that had a lot of courage was Atticus Finch. He is a very intelligent lawyer one of the best in Maycomb county. He was assigned to a case involving a black man and a white woman. The black man was Tom Robinson, he was accused of raping a white woman named Mayella Ewell. In the 1930s it was still very segregated and in a courts jury in consists of all white men. For Atticus to take a case like this is very courageous of him because most of the people of Maycomb despised of Atticus and bothered his children Jem and Scout about it and call him hateful names. Atticus did the right thing when it came to take the case for Tom Robinson he was very courageous.
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When him Scout and Dill was outside of Boo Radley’s fence line trying to get a peek of Boo. The kids think Boo Radley is a terrible person, someone that is really mean and crazy because of the rumors spread around Maycomb. But Jem,Scout and Dill were all brave enough to even get close to the Radley fence. Although they were pretty close to the house, Jem wanted to get closer so he did. Jem started to open the gate as quiet as possible so Boo wouldn’t hear him. As he snuck upon the porch quietly a shadow appeared next to Jem a tall one it could have been Boo or Boo’s father but Jem knocked on the screen door and ran. Jem was the only one out of those kids who went on the porch which made him by far the most