The Theme Of Courage In To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee

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Have you ever thought of what courage means? Well, courage means the strength in the face of pain and relief. Courage takes place in this book because of all the circumstances and characters during the novel. Physical courage is shown in this book, when Atticus was standing in the middle of the street, facing a rabid dog armed with a shotgun. This is an impressive action to the children, so now Atticus has to show different types of courage to show that he is strong.

The characters actions that are demonstrated are showing courage because he wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. Atticus, of course shows all kinds of courage. Also, Ms. Maudie shows when she refuses …show more content…

For example, on of the characters words in the book that show courage is, "'First of all,' he said, 'If you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view-'. He is meaning to give a simple suggestion in how he can do a simple trick, and he'll get along with other people. Another quote that was said by one of the characters was "As Atticus once advised me to do, I tried to climb into Jem's skin and walk around in it: if I had gone alone to the Radley Place at two in the morning, my funeral would have been held the next afternoon. So I left Jem alone and tried not to bother him." He was trying to mean that how Jem was sad, he left him alone so no one could bother him and he could be alone. This act of courage really impressed me because when people are sad, sometimes the others stay with them to "protect" them or to know exactly why they are …show more content…

In most times, people need advice from others because that's how they know there errors and they can fix them or how they can fix their problems just by giving a simple advice and they can do the things better by that advice.

In the events part of this novel, Scout and Jem found items in the knot hole of the radley's tree. This event shows courage because of how they find the items and don't keep them instead they give them to the owner. People like this will have a peaceful life and they won’t be messed by others because if they have courage for other, then people will have courage for them.

In conclusion, another example that showed courage was when Boo radley rescued Jem and Scout because they were stuck inside the house for years then he saw his children being attacked and he went and rescued them too. This was an act of courage because he rescued his children and Boo radley and Jem, from lots of