Question about To Kill a Mockingbird?

Question

Hi, people. I need some quotes of Jem about courage. Can somebody also suggest me some characters exept Atticus that has performed "courage" in the story? I've thought about Mrs Dubose, but I do not have a proper quote for her. Scout, what courage does she have -_-? Can somebody pls help?

Answer 1

Boo shows courage when he saves the kids at the end.

The black man on trial shows courage by standing up for himself (many in that situation would confess to make it easier on themselves).

A quote for Mrs. Dubose would be when Atticus is explaining to Jem why he should help Mrs. Dubose...he tells Jem about her addiction and how brave she is being by getting off the drugs.

Hope that helps.

Answer 2

There are lots of examples of courage in the book. I'll try to remember some of them -- (it's been a while since I read it!!)

The Radley house was the source of most of the tests of the children's courage. In Chapter 1, for example, Jem didn't want Dill and Scout to think he was a coward for not trespassing on the Radley's property, and bravery was a source of pride to him. Even though it took a few days, Dill's challenges finally got to him and they went, even though Scout knew that Jem was afraid.

(This also is an example of Scout's courage, because she went with them, as well.)

But the best example, probably of Scout's courage was in Chapter 2, when she was in the tire and it rolled into the Radley yard. She heard something creepy in the house, and when she realized where she was, she ran away quickly. When the boys made fun of her, her pride took over, and she wouldn't tell them why she ran (that someone was laughing a her in the house).

If she had told them that, they would have understood and not made fun of her, but she wouldn't because she was too proud. She just them make fun of her anyway, and showed bravery in this way.

In Chapter 6, the boys finally got up their courage to peek in Boo Radley's windows, the ultimate in bravery for them, since that house was always taunting them. It was a great example of Scout's pride, as well, because when Jem told her she was becoming more like a girl every day and told her to go home, she suddenly found her own courage and stuck right beside them and found her way with them to the window and looked in.

(They had to go back for Jem's pants, too, because they didn't want to have to explain the missing pant to Atticus, so that was another example of how courage is found. He would rather face Boo Radley than have Atticus be disappointed in him.)

Jem showed a sort of bravery and courage when he destroyed the flowers in Mrs. Dubose's yard when she disparaged Atticus and his defense of the "n-----." Even though it was more his temper that ran his behavior, it was still courageous to defend Atticus' honor in this way.

Scout was also brave not to run away from him, as well, even though Jem pulled her hair and was very rough with her in front of Mrs. Dubose. (I think that was Chapter 11.)

When teaching Jem a lesson about courage and bravery, he uses Mrs. Dubose and the flowers to show Jem that guns and tempers are not the only way people have to solve problems.

You could also look at Calpurnia throughout the book. She is one of those quiet, but stalwart characters who is often unnoticed but very important.

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These are just some examples that I thought of. I hope it helps some! This is one of my favorite books -- I enjoyed racking my brain about it again!

Answer 3

Harper Lee's, To Kill a Mockingbird.

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Nelle Harper Lee was born on April 28, 1926, in Monroeville, Alabama, a sleepy small town similar in many ways to Maycomb, the setting of To Kill a Mockingbird. Like Atticus Finch, the father of Scout, the narrator and protagonist of To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee’s father was a lawyer. Among Lee’s childhood friends was the future novelist and essayist Truman Capote, from whom she drew inspiration for the character Dill.

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Good luck.

Kevin, Liverpool, England.