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To Kill A Mockingbird Heroism Quotes

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Heroism “True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.” This quote was spoken by Arthur Ashe, who was a professional tennis player. In his words, a hero is not someone who is an extraordinary being, but someone who is ordinarily heroic to those around them. This quote relates to the book To Kill A Mockingbird, and some of the characters show the Ashe’s definition of a hero perfectly. In To Kill A Mockingbird the theme of heroism is illustrated through Atticus, Jem, and Boo Radley. In To Kill A Mockingbird the theme of heroism is illustrated through Atticus. Atticus was chosen as the attorney for the case against Tom Robinson, …show more content…

Jem is Scout’s older brother, and even though they fight sometimes, he would still do anything to protect her. At one point in the story, there was a rabid dog on the loose in the neighborhood. Jem steered Scout inside of their house and stayed with her there until Atticus shot it. Jem was taking Scout into account before himself, and immediately took her to safety. After the trial, Jem and Scout were having a conversation about how many types of people there were. Scout said, “I think there is only one type of folks. Folks,” (Lee 227). Jem replied with, “If there’s just one kind of folks, why can’t they get along with each other? If they’re all alike, why do they go out of their way to despise each other?” (Lee 227). In saying this, Jem was trying to bring back to the point that we are all equal, so why aren’t we treating each other that way? Another way that Jem shows heroism is when he and Scout were attacked by Bob Ewell, and Jem was trying to fight him off the get him away from Jem. Jem managed to fight him off until Bob Ewell broke his arm, and then he fell unconscious. In the moments before he blacked out, Jem showed heroism by protecting

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To Kill A Mockingbird In the novel, “ To Kill A Mockingbird” the author Harper Lee uses conflict to express the idea that it takes courage to stand up for injustice just because of racism. “Tom was dead man the minute Mayella Ewell opened her mouth and screamed.” What this quote is basically is trying to say that Tom Robinson is being accused of something he did not do. "Yeah suh i felt right sorry for her she seemed to try more’n the rest em.

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Throughout the story, Jem (taken from the word gem meaning a cherished and prized person) is used by Harper Lee as a representation of courage. In the beginning, Jem’s first act of courage occurs when Jem accepts Dill’s provocation to go and touch the Radley house. In the story, Scout says, “In all his life, Jem has never declined a dare” (Lee 16). This quote shows how Jem would never demur any sort of challenge, even if it involved stupid or childish acts like going to a forbidden place. Scout also shows how Jem even accepted a dare from her to jump off the roof of the house as a kid.

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“A true hero isn’t measured by the size of their strength, but by the strength of their heart.” A hero is a person that does something to help or they can also save someone 's life. One example of, being a hero is Darry because he takes care of Ponyboy and Sodapop. Another example, of being a hero is Johnny when he saved Ponyboy and the little kids. A further example, of being a hero is Ponyboy when he also saved the little kid’s life and when he wanted to take the blame for killing Bob.

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Jem can not accept Scout’s opinion that there is “just one kind of folks-folks.” because, although he used to believe in Scout’s opinion, he now thinks that there are four different types of people. "There’s four kinds of folks in the world. There’s the ordinary kind like us and the neighbors, there’s the kind like the Cunninghams out in the woods, the kind like the Ewells down at the dump, and the Negroes." (pg.302)

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In the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, Power can be refer to as the ability to influence or change one’s opinion base on how an individual is being viewed by the human specie. The book, To Kill a Mockingbird, is simply about a girl, Scout, whose life is influenced both positively and negatively as a result of how society was created. In this book there is a side character, Mayella,; and because of her class and gender, she is powerless, but her race makes her powerful. With this in mind, powerless is a result of poverty, the reader can understand how Mayella’s class makes her powerless; she cannot not fit in due to her lack of money and her lack of hygiene and that makes everyone want to avoid her thus, makes her powerless. “Maycomb’s Ewells lived behind the town dump the town dump in what was once a Negro cabin….(Document

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The qualities of a hero may be being able to fly like Superman or shoot webs like spiderman but Atticus Finch has many heroic qualities of himself. Atticus is a hero because he never backs down from doing what's right, He defends and stands up for Tom Robinson, and finally he teaches his kids lesson that they will use for the rest of their life. My first reason that Atticus is a hero is that he never backs down from doing what's right. For example Atticus says "Come here...

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