To Kill A Mockingbird Courage

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Courage is defined as doing the right choice and actions despite losing or being in agony. To risk a life and face challenges in order to save someone else or bring justice towards them. The story To Kill a Mockingbird written by Harper Lee takes place in Maycomb county during the 1930s where young Scout and Jem Finch are determined to expose their neighbor Boo Radley into the society. However, the children encounter a trial where their lawyer father Atticus Finch defends Tom Robinson, a man accused of raping young white Mayella Ewell, against the racist Maycomb society. Soon after, Bob Ewell, Mayella's father, seeks revenge against Atticus´ children, Jem and Scout. Courage is displayed throughout the characters Mrs. Dubose, Atticus Finch, and Boo Radley. …show more content…
Dubose’s suffering from her addiction of morphine. Atticus tells Jem that “ I wanted you to see what real courage is… It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway...Mrs. Dubose won, all ninety-eight pounds of her… She died beholden to nothing and nobody. She was the bravest person I ever knew…” (Lee 112). This displays that Mrs. Dubose has courage by giving up her morphine addiction even though she'll be in unbearable agony. She did the right decision by dying free of morphine and going through pain instead of choosing the easier way of using morphine to assuage her pain. It's important because Mrs. Dubose’s real courage is having the inner strength to do the impossible rather than having an external possession such as a gun to be considered brave. To conclude, Mrs. Dubose is a role model of courageousness because she chose to give up her morphine addiction before her