Real Courage In To Kill A Mockingbird

“To see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand”. It's when you know you’ve been licked before you being but you begin anyways”(Lee 149).The book To Kill a Mockingbird by the author Harper Lee teaches readers of all ages important lesson of morality through the experiences of the two main characters of Jem and Scout with the help of some other characters like their father who is a scrupulous man who is named Atticus. Who defends a man named Tom Robinson,who is accused of raping the daughter of a very vociferous and ill-tempered man named Bob Ewell and Tom Robinson is given a trial that was a total sham as soon as the trials over the people sanctioned him to death for a crime that he did not commit. Scout and Jem also learn an important lesson of mortality from a man nicknamed Boo Radley who has been living in a very reticent life with the rest of the town

“Boo Radley you were to busy looking at the fire you didn't know when he put the blanket around you”(Lee 72). This is when Scout realizes that Boo Radley isn't some monstrous figure he is actually a courteous man who cares for people and she feels empathy for him because he’s been in that house for 30 years alone.Also,during the end of the book scout practices empathy for last time when she says.”One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them just standing on the porch was enough”(lee 374). This quote proves my thesis because it shows how Scout feels empathy for Boo because she says that she doesn't even need to stand in his shoes to feel empathy for him. To sum this up scout learns a valuable lesson over empathy,though Boo because she shares a connection with