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King Arthur Moral Courage

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As a matter of fact, besides Atticus demonstrating the act of courage, one of the most courage attributes that Arthur proves is facing suffering with dignity, in other, display moral courage. One main important way Arthur reveals this skill is to conquer challenges is by attempting to communicate with Jem and Scout in the forms of gifts as messages. In the novel, Arthur is a shy and ‘innocent’ person, but not accordingly to the people of Maycomb. As rumors started surrounding Arthur as a young child, this led Arthur being humiliated if he were to show himself to society after isolating himself away from contact with human contact for almost more than twenty years. Because of separating himself from civilization “As Tom Robinson gave his testimony, it came to me that Mayella Ewell must have been the loneliest person in Maycomb in the world. …show more content…

Doing this, Arthur is reaching out to the outside world in which can be dangerous for him considering all the rumors surrounding him but mainly risking his own privacy. Moreover, Arthur’s moral courage is obvious in his ‘relationship’ with Scout and Jem. While being isolated away from society, he is subjected to name calling such as the name ‘Boo Radley’ and through his history as a young child from citizens in Maycomb, including Scout and Jem. Uniquely, Arthur does not see these rumors to hurt him and stop him but rather sees them to ironically help Scout and Jem. During the night of when Miss Maudie’s house burns down, Scout is standing in the cold winter watching the house burn down. Because Scout was more focused on the house than herself “Thank who/” “Boo

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