Examples Of Courage In To Kill A Mockingbird

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The theme “courage is not fighting with fists or a gun” from the novel To Kill a Mockingbird applies to me because I have had mental courage to fight back with words instead of fighting physically. One example of when I had this courage was in 6th grade when I became friends with a girl named Allie. Unfortunately, Allie was always controlling. If we wanted to go somewhere she always had to pick what we were doing. If I ever did not comply to her, she would immediately get angry. At first this anger did not bother me and it was not very frequent since I usually agreed with her. Eventually, Allie got out of control. She had to have everything her way and I couldn’t hang out with other people, question her choices, or ever refuse her. Allie wanted