Throughout the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, all the characters show acts of courage.
Atticus shows
courage when he is surrounded by the mob who wanted to hurt him. Not once did he show any sign of
fear, and to stand up to a mob takes a lot of courage. It takes a lot courage for Boo Radley to finally
leave his house despite all the harsh rumors about him. Also, Boo Radley shows courage when he saves
Jem and Scout on Halloween night. Jem shows courage when he goes back the the Radley place to get
back his pants, his fear was big, he still overcame it and showed courage. Scout showed a lot of courage
on the night of the mob, to stand up to a grown man, and to change his view on the actions he was
about to take. These are only a few examples of the plently example of courage that the characters
show.
"text": "One huge example of courage from To Kill a Mockingbird would be Atticus being a
lawyer for Tom Robinson. It would be unheard of in this time period for a white man to defend a black
man in a trial. Atticus defending Tom put him and his family in danger, but he went through with it
because he knew Tom was innocent. Another example of courage would be Scout, Jim, and Dill walking
up to Boo Radley's house. Even with all the rumors they heard about him, they still approached the
house. Speaking of Boo, when he saved Scout and Jim, that was an act of courage. There are plenty
more throughout the book, but those are just a few,"
One of the most significant themes in To Kill a Mockingbird is courage, and Harper Lee uses many of the
characters and circumstances in her novel to demonstrate all facets of courage.There is a physical
courage which is demonstrated by Atticus standing in the middle of the street, facing off with a rabid
dog armed only with a shotgun. This is an especially impressive feat to his children, of course, but
Atticus now has to work extra hard to show them that there are other, more important kinds of
courage.\nThe incident Jem has with Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose demonstrates another kind of
courage. Here is an old woman who, we discover, is addicted to morphine. She is cantankerous, rude,
and prejudiced; however, she also has a kind of inner strength which enables her to kick a long-time
addiction in order to die free. Atticus tells Jem:\n\nI wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of
getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before
you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes
you do. This is timely advice because of the upcoming trial. Atticus, of course, demonstrates all kinds of
courage. Miss Maudie tells Scout that the town is cowardly because it lets Atticus do the "dirty work" of
standing up for what is right when they either do not want to or are unwilling to become a target for
their neighbors, friends, or customers.Atticus does not just go through the motions of representing Tom
Robinson at his trial; instead he does what he knows is right: he defends an innocent man. This puts his
own life at risk, as well as the lives of his children. He is confronted with a mob at the courthouse, he is
spit upon by Bob Ewell, and he risks losing the respect of everyone in town that disagrees with him--
including his own sister and her family. Yet he continues.Miss Maudie shows courage when she refuses
to be pressured by the \"foot-washin' Baptists\" who try to shame her out of growing her flowers. When
they shout Bible verses at her, she responds with other Bible verses. She is not intimidated by these
bullying tactics, and she courageously confronts them in her own backyard, so to speak.\nBoo Radley
demonstrates extraordinary courage when he saves the Finch children from being killed by Bob Ewell.
Even more, he kills Ewell in the process. There is no doubt that this is a courageous and selfless
act.\nEven Walter Cunningham's dad demonstrated a rather extraordinary courage in this novel.
Although he was kind of the ringleader of the group that came to cause trouble for Tom Robinson at the
jail, Atticus placed him on the jury of Tom's trial. The expectation is that this jury will come back with an
inevitable guilty verdict; after all, a white woman accused a black man of raping her, so the black man
must be guilty. Instead, Walter Cunningham is the juror who prolongs the verdict long enough to give
Atticus some hope. Though Cunningham was unsuccessful in changing his fellow jurors' mind, he was
able to hold them off for a time, obviously because he believed Tom was innocent. This simple act gives
us all hope that one day things would be more equitable for blacks.\nScout, Jem, and Dill display some
moments of courage in their antics with the Radley house, but often those are more bravado-driven
than prompted by true courage.
