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Theme: Courage
Another major part of To Kill a Mockingbird is courage. This is a more positive theme than that of prejudice, and courage is shown by an abundance of the characters in the novel. Atticus has strong views on courage. He taught Scout and Jem to be brave, especially Scout when he told her to stop fighting people that mock her. One person Atticus looked up to as having "real courage" was Mrs. Dubose. He makes Jem go and read to her because he wanted Jem to learn from her what she had to teach. "I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand". That quote has so much meaning because in the modern day teenagers and many others think it is courageous to commit crimes but why cant courage be standing up for whats right. This shows how much Atticus respected Mrs. Dubose for her courage. He called her "the bravest person" he ever knew. Atticus is trying to teach his children that he is not courageous for shooting a crazy dog dead with one shot but that he is in fact courageous for defending Tom Robinson. He teaches them that being courageous is standing up for what you think is right.
Courage is shown within the community, by the community when there is a fire at Miss Maudie's house. "The men of Maycomb, in all degrees of dress and undress, took furniture from Miss Maudie's house to a yard across the street" The most important part "in all degrees of dress and undress" shows that the people that came to help, came straight away. If the men would have dressed first, then they would have thought about whether to help or not, but they came straight from their beds to help. The people may be racist and prejudiced but when it comes to helping someone they care about I have to show them respect for it but a good deed does not cancel out many bad ones.
- Kurun Soni
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