The importance of self-control is very significant because it facilitates success, decreases stress and helps maintain equilibrium. In Merriam-Webster’s dictionary self-control is defined as restraint exercised over one’s own impulses, emotions, or desires. To have self control means a person can restrain him/herself in difficult situations. This means not yelling at a person when frustrated with them. The opposite of self-control is to lose control of him/herself in difficult situations. Without self-control the world would be in chaos. People would say and do whatever they like, good or bad and there probably wouldn’t be much of a crime prevention. In To Kill A Mockingbird, a few of the characters have shown self-control. One example,