To Kill a Mockingbird
In the novel "To Kill Mockingbird” by Harper Lee an important idea is that true courage is moral, not physical. Throughout the book these two types of courage are shown and through the children eyes and Atticus’ teaching I learned about it and realised that it was a very valuable lesson. During the early chapters of the book, the children are involved in the stories and adventures they make up around Boo Radley. They are afraid of his reputation, and so childish fears need to be overcome by courage, for example walking instead of running past the Radley place and Jem returning to find his trousers. These are examples of physical courage and are important in showing the development of children, because, at first, they think this is what true courage means. It is also important to show the contrast between the physical courage and the moral courage shown in the book. Atticus surprises the children with his physical courage when he shoots the rabid dog. They have always thought of him as old and not as strong as other fathers and so are surprised and very proud when he performs such a feat. Jem, however, understands better than Scout as to why th
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Approximate Word count = 777
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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