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    "To Kill A Mockingbird" follows the life of a young girl named Scout and her older brother. A major part of this novel was the trial that Atticus was defending a man of AfricanAmerican descent in. From Atticus's point of view, courage is ". When you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what"

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    "To Kill A Mockingbird" follows the life of a young girl named Scout and her older brother. A major part of this novel was the trial that Atticus was defending a man of AfricanAmerican descent in. From Atticus's point of view, courage is ". When you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what"

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    Starke1

    NicoletteStarke
    OConnor
    HonorsEnglish9
    14December2015
    WhatTrueCourageIs
    GrowingupinMaycomb,Alabamainthe1930swasmostlikelynoteasy.Thisiswhere
    thenovel,ToKillAMockingbirdbyHarperLeetakesplace.Thisbookfollowsthelifeofa
    younggirlnamedScoutandherolderbrotherJemandtheendeavorsthattheyembarkupon
    throughtheiryounglifeandthelessonofcouragethattheirfatheraimstoteachthem.
    Scoutisayoung,spunkygirlwhoisn'tafraidtogetherhandsdirty.Asayoungchildshe
    followedherolderbrotheraroundconstantly.Shewantednothingmorethantojustbeoneof
    theguysasyoumaysay.OneofScout'sbiggestproblemswasstayingoutoftroubleduetoher
    moreboylikecharacteristics.Havingonlyafatherandabrothertolookuptoinherimmediate
    familyreallyaffectthepersonthatScoutgrewintobe.ScoutwasfatheredbythebrilliantMr.
    AtticusFinchwhotaughtherandherbrotherJemmostofwhattheyknow.Atticuswas
    extremelywiseandtriedhisbesttoleadhischildrenintherightdirection.Jem,Scoutsolder
    brother,wasathleticandsmartaswell.HewasoneofthebiggestinfluencesinScoutslifeand
    taughtherrightfromwrongastheyweregrowingup.
    Livinginthesouthastheydid,leftnoroomforScout,Jem,andAtticustoshyawayfrom
    achallenge.Theyallneededtolearntofaceadversityintheirownways.Amajorpartofthis
    novelwasthetrialthatAtticuswasdefendingamanofAfricanAmericandescentin.Thismans
    namewasTomRobinsonandhehadbeenaccusedoftherapeofMayellaEwell,thedaughterof

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    BobEwell.TheEwellswerenotwidelyrespectedinMaycombbutmoresothananyblackman
    inthesouth.WhenthetrialwasbroughttoAtticussattention,hewillingagreedtorepresentto
    defendant.Mostpeoplewouldhaveturneddownthetrialbecausetheirwaslittletonochanceof
    winningbutAtticusdidnot.FromAtticusspointofview,courageis...whenyouknowyoure
    lickedbeforeyoubeginbutyoubeginanywayandyouseeitthroughnomatterwhat.(Lee112)
    Whenmostpeoplethinkofcourage,theyimagineasuperheroor...amanwithaguninhis
    hand.(112)butAtticusdidnotsharethesameviews.
    BecauseAtticusviewscourageinthisway,hemakesapointofteachingthattohis
    children.Forexample,asapunishmentforJemsactingout,AtticusmadeJemreadtoMrs.
    Duboseattheveryendofherlife.AtthetimeJemthinksthatthispunishmentisjusttomake
    himmiserablebutinreality,itwasanextremelyvaluablelifelesson.Mrs.Dubosewasa
    strugglingmorphineaddictwhowastryingtobreakheraddiction.Youwouldntthinkthisis
    somethingtoconsidercourageousbuttheMrs.Dubosefacedalotofadversity.Shewassoold
    andclosetotheendofherlifethatmostpeoplewouldhavejustgivenupandcontinuedtheir
    addictionbutnotMrs.Dubose.Shefoughtthroughherproblemliterallytothedeath.
    ThisideaisseeninScoutandJemaswellasDillthroughoutthenovel.Onehuge
    examplethatcomestomindiswhenJemandJemfollowedAtticustothecountyjailonthenight
    theCunninghamswerepotentiallygoingtokillTom.Atfirst,IthoughtScoutwasjust
    extremelycluelessandJemwasilladvisedwhentheydoveheadfirstintothebeginningsofa
    difficultfight.But,asitturnsout,theymighthavesavedAtticusandTomslife.Whenthey
    weretoldtoleavetheyrefused.StandinguptotheCunninghamseventhoughtheywerevastly
    outnumbersandifafighthadbrokenouttheyhadthepotentialofbeingkilled.

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    Atticussviewsinthebookwereextremelyeyeopeningtome.Ineverthoughtof
    courageinthewaythehedid.Ithinkitisverytruethatcouragecanbemorethanjustaman
    withagun.Herein2015Icanseethisreallyshowingthroughinsociety.Peoplearefinally
    standingupforthemselvesandwhattheybelievein,notwithviolenceandgunsbutwith
    communication.Oneexample,isthelegalizationofgaymarriage.Thewholemovementbegan
    withasmallgroupwhowerepersistentintheirbeliefsandworkedextremelyhardtoachieve
    theirgoaleventhoughatonetimetheyhadoverhalfthenationagainstthem.Somethoughtthey
    hadnochanceatreachingtheirgoalbuttheycontinuedtomoveforwardandfinallygotwhat
    theywanted.
    ToKillAMockingbirdtalkedaboutthelessonthatScoutandJemweretaughtabout
    couragebytheirfather.Thislessonwasextendedpassedjustthebookandtaughtmepersonally
    thatyoudontneedtobeaherotobeconsideredcourageous.

    Lee,Harper
    ToKillAMockingbird
    ,NewYork:WarnerBooks,1960.Print.

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