Courage is a common occurrence everywhere in the world, especially back in the 1900s when colored people were thought to be different because of their skin color. In the book “ To kill a mockingbird” By Harper Lee, courage is shown all throughout the book, from Scout, a 8 year old girl, to Jem and Atticus, her brother and her father. Courage allows them to protect the ones they love, grow exponentially, and to stand up for what they believe is right. First of all, Jem demonstrates courage when Scout claims to have found a snake under her bed, she says “ I think there’s a snake under my bed, can you come look?”(Lee,185) and since Jem is a bit scared as well, he tells her he won’t put his face up to a snake, so he grabs a broomstick instead …show more content…
Cunningham in the crowd, and starts a conversation with him about how his son is a “ real nice boy” ( 205). Instead of throwing out punches and making a problem, she shows signs of growth by talking about something that may interest Mr. Cunningham, and that’s when he gives up and orders the mob to leave. If Scout and Jem hadn’t been there, there was no telling what they may have done, and Scout's growth made it possible to get out of trouble …show more content…
I mean everything.” ( 195) He knew that he had to take the case and defend Tom Robinson in court because it was the right thing to do, and he had to set an example for his kids, he had to show them that even though orders may not like it, you have to stand for what’s right and what you believe in. Another example of Atticus showing courage is when he goes to the prison cell to guard Tom Robinson’s sell from the Lynch mob, since in Page 194, Officer Tate was informing Atticus that trouble was most likely to go down, he decided to go alone at night in an attempt to stop the mob from getting to Tom Robinson, who he knew was innocent, in order to teach his kids that racism is