Theme of Courage in To Kill A Mocking Bird :: Harper Lee

To Kill A Mocking Bird-courageWithin the novel to polish a mocking bird the character Atticus finch defines courage as, courage is when you know youre licked before you begin, nevertheless you begin anyway and you collect it through no matter what. Atticus takes the first step by being resolute to take the Tom Robinson trip, defying the t give births liking of prejudice, even his own sister thinks that he is disgracing the family by taking the case he explains with disturb The only thing weve got is a black mans devise against the Ewells. The evidence boils raze to you-did-I-didnt. The jury couldnt possibly be expected to take Tom Robinsons word against the Ewells.Scout believes at the beginning of the book that courage is all to do with physical feats like fist fighting. Scout and Jem though Atticus was courageous when he shot the mad dog, but Atticus just shrugged it reach telling his children that that is not ?real courage?. The children soon see that honourable courage is more valuable after Miss Dubose said Your fathers no better than the niggers and trash he works for Chapter 11, Page 113 after they walked late(prenominal) her house. On the way back Atticus just walked by and told Mrs. Dubose, ?you timber as pretty as a picture? Mrs. Dubose was so astonied that she could not say a word back to him. Later Jem and guide leaned how courageous Mrs. Dubose really was after Jem cut up her camellia bushes, the kids strand out that she was a morphine attic brave enough to blend in off the drug that killed her.Atticus was incredibly courageous taking on tom Robinsons case against the prejudice of Macomb County and he shows incredible courage when he says, Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try and won. He wants the people of Maycomb to collect the truth about Tom Robinson, That boy may go to the chair, but hes not going till the truths told. Chapter 15, Page 146. He was against the whole fr esh community including his own sister practically said that he was a disgrace to his family Atticus tells scout when she asks him why he is taking the case he says For a number of reasons. The main one is, if I didnt I couldnt hold up my head in town, I couldnt represent this county in the legislature, I couldnt even tell you or Jem not to do something again.