In To Kill A Mockingbird courage is a very apparent in Harper Lee’s message in the book. A good example of this is, according to Atticus Finch, one of the main characters in To Kill A Mockingbird, "Courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what." This is exemplified when Atticus takes the trial of Tom Robinson, but we’ll get into that later. Also when Boo Radley fights Bob Ewell in the woods for Scout and Jem, and my last example of when Mrs. Dubose dies in pain to not become a morphine addict. In To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee proves that you should always fight for something you believe in, even if it is destined to fail. In the trial of Tom Robinson Atticus is the defense lawyer for Tom Robinson, a man accused of raping Bob Ewell’s daughter. Tom is obviously innocent because of his crippled arm, which is useless to him, he would’ve had to use that arm almost exclusively for the allegations to have any real means of legality. But Atticus is appointed as his defense lawyer, knowing full well that the all-white jury wouldn’t find him innocent no matter what the evidence says or doesn’t say. Atticus tries his absolute hardest, even accusing Bob Ewell of raping his daughter to prove Tom Robinson innocent, even with the entire town against …show more content…
Dubose and her morphine addiction. Mrs. Dubose had been fighting a terrible disease for most of her life that caused her great pain. Morphine was the only way they knew to ease the pain, but morphine is highly addictive and Mrs. Dubose didn’t want to die an addict. For a while before her death she tried her absolute hardest to become addiction-free and she did free from her addiction, and died in pain. This is one of the smaller examples of courage in the book, but it still serves a very good lesson in courage. It takes a lot to become addiction-free especially if you’re in that kind of pain and relief is right in front of