To Kill A Mockingbird Analysis

From her front porch, Jem just sees her as a bitter old lady however, once he gets close up to her he realizes what bad condition she is in and how frail she is. The fact that Jem does not know about Mrs. Dubose’s illness also shows her courage because she is fighting her horrible illness without the support of her community. After Mrs. Dubose dies, Atticus reveals that Mrs. Dubose wanted to die free and that she is the bravest person he has ever known. During a conversation between Atticus and Jem, Atticus says “I wanted you to see what real courage is... It’s when you know you’re licked but you begin anyway...

In order to survive in this world, one must have enough courage to clarify things in life and make them appear easier. Courage is what makes us individuals different from others. It shows in what we believe and the power of belief over will. There is no courage without risk but courage can be fearful. With courage we can stand up for what we believe is right or wrong. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus Finch , Link Deas and Mrs. Dubose show courage in different ways. Atticus shows his courage by taking Tom Robinson's case and defending him. Link Deas shows his courageously and bravely by standing up for Tom Robinson. Also Mrs.Dubose shows her courage by trying to stop being addicted to Morphine before dieing. Each individual that

Dubose and Boo Radley. Mrs. Dubose was a mean, racist old lady, but Atticus always reminded Jem she shows "real courage" by deciding to beat her drug addiction before she dies, even though quitting is painful and hard. Meanwhile, Boo Radley, their mysterious neighbor who never goes out and who people say is dangerous and a freak, secretly looks out for the kids and even saves their lives one night when they get attacked. His story shows the courage he had to survive an abusive dad and how kind and gentle he is even though his life has been hard. In these examples, we don't see the same deliberate type of courage portrayed by Atticus, but rather a hidden personal battle between courage and

In Part One, Atticus Finch defines courage as “when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.” These words describe the actions of many characters in the book "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee. Two characters who display courage in the mindset of Atticus are Mrs. Doboes and Atticus himself. Both individuals were certain of the negative outcome of their struggles, however, both persevered anyway.

Dubose fearlessly fought her addiction tooth and nail when she knew she would die to her illness anyway. Her struggle with drugs and looming death shows her bravery and true courage she put toward completing her goals. “She said she meant to break herself of [her addiction] before she died, and that’s what she did” (Lee 148). Courage is fulfilling a goal that you set or has been set by others, and doing your best to complete that goal. Atticus admired Mrs. Dubose for her courage, and used her as an example to explain to his kids what real strength and bravery is.

In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird there is a theme of courage throughout the story. Harper Lee’s message about courage is that adults and children can be equally courageous. Harper Lee wants her readers to know that courage can be shown in many different ways. Some of the courageous acts in this story are when Atticus takes the case for Tom Robinson, and when Scout stands up for Walter Cunningham. Other examples include, when Boo saves Scout’s life from Bob Ewell and when Mrs. Dubose overcomes her addiction. All of these actions display Harper Lee’s message of courage.

The intriguing novel, To Kill A Mockingbird is written by the prestigious author Harper Lee. Lee has utilised the lifestyle and attitudes towards ‘African-Americans" in the 1930's to create a novel which presents the reader with Lee's attitudes and values. The dominant reading of the novel is focused on the issues of racial prejudice, but there are also a number of other alternative and oppositional readings. Examples of this are the Marxist and feminist readings which can be applied to the text.

“It's right hard to say," she said. "Suppose you and Scout talked colored-folks' talk at home it'd be out of place, wouldn't it? Now what if I talked white-folks' talk at church, and with my neighbors? They'd think I was puttin' on airs to beat Moses, "But Cal, you know better," I said. “It's not necessary to tell all you know. It's not ladylike—in the second place, folks don't like to have somebody around knowing more than they do. It aggravates 'em. You're not gonna change

Atticus views her struggles with her morphine addiction as admirable enough, but Atticus and Lee made a point of showing that Mrs. Dubose wanted to die as free “as the mountain air” (148), unlimited by the medications in her blood. As Mrs. Dubose embarks on her dramatic fight to have her body back under her control, Atticus recognises two things about the intense older woman, both regarding the bravery it took to attempt what she did. Firstly, he becomes aware that Mrs. Dubose is sick and was already doomed to meet her death in the near future. In spite of this, she decides that she had had enough of her addiction and wants to become just herself again, not just an ill woman who relies on a substance to numb the pain she is feeling. Secondly, Atticus realizes that Mrs. Dubose is not only fighting the withdrawal of the drug itself, but also against her own body’s pain that the morphine was meant to numb. She takes the medication to escape the hurt of living, yet wants nothing more than to bring herself back to a world where she is in control of her own fate and fortune. Lee’s writing Mrs. Dubose into the story presents courage as facing the demons you know will eventually cause your downfall, all while holding your head high. To Atticus, Mrs. Dubose’s actions and choices define her as a brave and honourable person, even if she never agrees with his views. After her death, Atticus continues to have respect for her and the personal

Through the eyes of Mrs Dubose, readers see many examples of courage through her experiences of racial prejudice and her addiction to a steadfast drug (morphine). Mrs Dubose does not agree with Atticus handling the Tom Robinson case and therefore she vocalises her opinion bluntly to Atticus, Jem and Scout. This leads to her not being an appealing lady to Scout and Jem. Her insults hurt the children really bad that it leads to Jem destroying Mrs Dubose yard with a batton ‘he did not begin to calm down until he had cut the tops off every camellia bush Mrs Dubose

Growing up is a difficult task, especially when the town around you doesn’t offer to help you understand what’s going on around you. Using many examples of the loss of childhood innocence, Harper Lee shows us that a corrupted society leads to growing up faster and one’s childhood is stripped away. Through Jem, the eldest of the Finch children, and Scout, the youngest, the readers see how a trial in 1930 Alabama takes a toll of young minds. In Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird, she implies that growing up leads to loss of innocence, especially in troubling times.

In the novel, Mrs. Dubose is seen as a disrespectful elderly lady who isn’t that neighbourly to kids, Scout and Jem. Not until she dies do we really understand her reasons for acting this way and the courage she demonstrated, and how it impacted others, as well as herself. “ ‘Mrs. Dubose was a morphine addict’, said Atticus. ‘She took it as a painkiller for years. The doctor put her on it. She’d have spent the rest of her life on it and died without much agony, but she was too contrary-’...‘she said she meant to break herself of it before she died, and that’s what she did’.”(p.111) Mrs. Dubose shows that she is strong because even though she could have easily died while on morphine and would have passed

In To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, Scout and Jem learn many things about courage, from many different people, throughout the story. I believe that courage is when someone does something, that they might be scared to do, for the well being of themselves or someone else. There are many people that show courage in this novel, but there are three people that show courage that really stick out to me; Atticus, Mrs. Dubose, and Boo Radley. I feel like Scout and Jem really learned a lot about courage from all three of them.

Courage is strength. Courage is honesty. Courage is standing one’s ground no matter what. Courage is standing up for others. In Harper Lee’s classic novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout and Jem Finch, along with their father Atticus, live in Maycomb County, a small, mainly racist town in Alabama during the Great Depression. The Finch family’s neighbor, Mrs. Dubose, and Atticus display acts of personal courage in the story. Specifically, Mrs. Dubose displays courage in her honesty and strength, and Atticus displays courage in his responses to racism based threats and keeping others safe.

Scout, as a nine year old girl, still believes that justice and fairness exist, even though she dosen’t know exactly what it means. To Scout, the ideas of justice and fairness do not matter to her until Atticus was appointed to defend Tom Robinson and children began to call her names she did not understand. Scout then asked Atticus what they meant, and Atticus replied, “I’m simply defending a Negro—his name’s Tom Robinson. He lives in that little settlement beyond the town dump...Scout, you aren’t old enough to understand some things yet, but there’s been some high talk around town to the effect that I shouldn’t do much about defending this man” (75). This conversation with Atticus shows that Scout is too young to truly understand justice and why they are so vital to society; however she does show signs