In modern times, courage is distinguished in many appearances, embodiments, acts, deeds, and feelings. It’s so diverse that we often lose sight of what courage truly means. I strongly agree that Nelson Mandela is one of those few people who truly knows what courage means. Mandela conveys, “I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” Courage is a diverse idea that plays a big part in our lives. In addition to this, all of us, men, women, and children, have courage in many diverse ways. Atticus says, “..I wanted you to see what courage truly is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when …show more content…
Besides his anger and dismay towards the wrongly convicted Tom Robinson and his current unfair situation, Jem began to fear bad things were going to happen. However, over the course of the story, we see Jem grow and mature into a very brave boy who begins to take after his father and realize things to a deeper understanding. An example of this gradual growth is when after Bob Ewell spits in Atticus’s face and threatens him, Scout and Jem are scared he will make good on his threats. Even before this happened, Jem had stood up for his father when Mr. Cunningham had led the mob to lynch Tom Robinson in his sleep while he was in the prison. While Atticus told Jem to go home, Jem refused to by nodding his head several times until Atticus let him stay. This foreshadowed that he was going to mature and was already starting.This portrays and foreshadows that he was going to mature and was already