To Kill A Mockingbird
Courage, the mental or morale strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear, or difficulty, is displayed in many different ways throughout Harper Leeıs only published novel, To Kill A Mockingbird. To some, the courage manifested by the characters in this book is either offensive, or frivolous, but to those who realize the true meaning of this word, the fortitude and bravery exhibited by certain individuals is considered uncustomary. In fact, To Kill A Mockingbird revolves around courage, as the author of this book describes Jem and Scoutıs (the two main characterıs in the story) childhoods living in Maycomb County, and how, as they grow older , they learn to realistically define heroism. To distinct courage in this book however, is not an easy task to accomplish, for typically, courage is displayed in the smallest or most unnoticeable fashions. In To Kill A Mockingbird, Atticus, a man who provides the morale guidelines in the story, and also Scout and Jemıs father, demonstrates courage in a variation of different ways, but the biggest of all the tasks that he had to overcome was when he was given the opportunity to defend Tom Robinson in court. Atticus did not treat this litigation
When her father asked her to refrain from fighting, Scout understood, assuming that accomplishing this task would be as easy as throwing a berry in the breeze and having it land in her mouth. At first, she was right. Scout thought that this relevance would only last until someone physically challenged her though, which was wrong, for after she promised to her father that she would no longer engage in battle, she turned down all opportunities to fight. The first to determine if Scout was going to abide by her fatherıs rules was a member of her class, as well as an on and off companion, called Cecil Jacobs. He accused Atticus of defending niggers, for as I have already mentioned he decided to defend Tom Robinson in court. The day after the inculpation, Scout faced Cecil in the schoolyard, threatening to attack him. She then remembered what her father had said about grappling, and therefore, she left the scene of the quarrel. It was the first time she ever walked away from a fight. In this case, Scout displayed courage for fighting was a way for her to prove that she was as ironhanded, callous, and stalwart as a boy, and that because of this, she should be treated such as one. Backing away from the fight led others to understand that she was in fact a girl and also a coward. Though in her mind she thought that she was damaging her reputation, she knew that somehow she was doing a favour to her father, and that she owed him at least this, for he demanded very little out of her and Jem. All three of these acts of courage can somehow relate to the quote: ³Real courage is when you know youıre licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.²(p112) This quotes continues, implying that
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Approximate Word count = 1170
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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