To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee shows where people stand. Courage is shown throughout this book and adds to the general theme of courage. Seeing courage through life and through this book gives us an outline of what is right and what courage really is. Courage shows bravery and not everyone has this “bravery.” Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird shows that true courage comes from within, and everyone should show it but not all know how to show it. Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird has three main characters that show true courage, right or wrong, Atticus, Mayella, and Tom Robinson.
Atticus, a white lawyer that chose to show courage in a time period where defending a black person would be considered wrong. The courage shown shows the kind of person Atticus is. Atticus’s courage shows greatly throughout the trial and daily life, he shows Mcourage to his children to show that none of this is right so Atticus must show them how to stand up for what's right. “You never really understand a
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Mayella was extremely bold and showed so much courage for her age, even to the point of saying “I got somethin’ to say an’ then I ain’t gonna say no more. That person yonder took advantage of me.” By saying this at such a young age shows how old Myellais and possibly the type of childhood she had, Bob Ewell treats her poorly and I feel bad for all the things she has to go through with her dad. Mayella's next quote shows that this may be fake and she could feel slightly bad for Tom, Mayella says this “I don't recollect if he hit me. I mean yes I do, he hit me.” The fact that Mayella hesitated about her facts shows that Bob Ewell had something to do with this court case. Bob Ewell hit his daughter and made her possibly lie so Tom Robinson would get killed. Mayella is bold to be saying all of this, to me this seems as if it's a