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Courageous Characters By: Ashley
What is your definition of courage? Is it the soldiers fighting for our country in Iraq? Is it a girl that is scared to talk to a boy she likes, but she does it anyways? Or is it someone returning a wallet that they found instead of keeping it? Which of these ideas best defines courage? Courage is used in many different definitions in “To Kill a Mockingbird”. There were a lot of characters who showed courage in diverse ways. Atticus tells this to Jem about what courage means. “I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know your licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do (112)." Do you see now that courage is hard to define? Well, in the book it gives prime examples. Related Sites To Kill a Mockingbird the student survival guide This student survival guide, created for the readers of To Kill a Mockingbird, is especially helpful for defining vocabulary, allusions, and idioms throughout the book which can be confusing to the reader. To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee This website gives every chapter in the book and gives you a great deal of information. The website is for readers of To Kill a Mockingbird or material for another subject. You will find a page on the site that will explain all the advanced vocabulary in the book. To Kill a Mockingbird & Harper Lee On this website it talks mostly about the author of the book; Harper Lee. The main audience is for people who are interested about learning about Harper Lee. You will find that you can write to Harper Lee and get information about the book and movie.
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