Michelle Kim Mr. Colgate 09/12/2017 CL LIT The Impetus of All Deeds Courage can prop up a society. Both Rosa Park's bold refusal to give up her seat to a white man on a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama, and Atticus Finch's brave defense of Tom Robinson, an African American wrongfully accused of raping a white women, in To Kill a Mockingbird are the vivid examples of courageous actions as a spur to justice, peace and progress for the entire society. Both rebels mustered up the inhuman courage to fight the social mores of the time and sparked a permanent change. In Anthony Doerr's All the Light We Cannot See, the cause of both blind obedience and upright valor lies in the significance of courage as a driving force in the decisions …show more content…
Von Rumpel is not intrinsically different from Werner in his love of his family when he reminisces "how much [his own daughter] would love to see a city on a table...and say 'Let's imagine us,'' while searching desperately for the Sea of Flames (309). Albeit an epitome of evil and immorality, Von Rumpel is compelled by his selfless desire to live forever with his family, even to the point of risking his own life. Other characters exhibit moral courage in their rightly defiant attitudes. When Etienne intriguingly asks, "[The resistance movement] will happen even now? Without Madame?", he emphasizes Madame's distinguished and renowned stance in the forefront of the subtle but significant resistance against the Germans, fully acknowledging the moral courage of the likes of housemaids and socially inferior women who conduct small acts of defiance that eventually merge into great movement of resistance (322). In a similar vein, Werner “cover[s] the signal meter with his palm" in Saint-Malo to save Marie who strikingly resembles Jutta out of moral courage and in defiance of the Nazis, gifting her with a prosperous life with her loved ones as well as an eminent career, a potent testament to what a single act of courage can
Courage is conveyed through the characters’ actions in the book To Kill A Mockingbird and the movie The Help. Atticus from To Kill A Mockingbird is a white, Southern lawyer in Maycomb County, Alabama. He adamantly defends Tom Robinson, a negro who had allegedly raped a white woman, even knowing that his prejudiced county would convict him. This exemplifies courage because a white man to seeking equality for a black man was not accepted in their time period, a place of extreme racial segregation. Yet, Atticus defended Tom already knowing that he will lose. In The
Martin Luther King Jr got himself in troublesome and dangerous situations trying to get equal rights for everyone. He risked himself for a cause he believed was right. He had the courage to fight for what he believed in, even if he known it would be dangerous for him and in the end he reached his goal. In the book “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, the definition of courage is “it’s when you know you’re licked before you begin anyways and you see it through no matter what (p.111). In this book there are some characters that show they have the trait of courage including Atticus, boo Radley, and Mrs. Dubose.
All humans on this planet are given a gift. This gift is one that plenty of people rarely take advantage of and put to good use. This gift is courage. Works of courage could be anywhere from a little girl venturing out into the ocean for the first time to troops combating for our freedom. They believe that they can overcome their problems, fear, and pain and that’s what courage is all about. One main example of a person with courage is Harriet Tubman. Harriet Tubman was an Underground Railroad conductor for ten years. She led over 19 trips and escorted 300 slaves to freedom. Harriet had so much courage that even though she had a bounty on her head she continued fighting to free more slaves. On the contrary, it might be said that courage has
With something as simple as courage you can stand up for what you believe in. Sometimes it’s easier to fall in the shadows and forget about your dreams, it takes a special kind of person to have courage in themselves and to help others attain it aswell. In the book NightJohn by Gary Paulsen, Readers quickly realized that with acts of courage you can stand up for what you believe in.
“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.” Said, Winston Churchill, former prime minister of the UK. Throughout the year we have read and learned about many people that showed courage throughout their life. The characters in the novels The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Pianist, and the Shakespeare play, The Merchant of Venice all show great amounts of courage.
With it the U.S government finally defended African Americans legal and societal rights:blacks could eat in reastursnts, use public bathrooms, vote, and drive without fear of legal discrimination.(Jackson 1). The author makes it clear in this story that black people's challenges didn't end in 1964. This book is read through the eyes of a teenage white girl named lily who sees it as “African Americans being victims of an endless series of tragedies( Jackson 1). The result ends with lily seeing both sides of racism and accepting African Americans for just people and not what many try to discriminate them as. Just like in the time period of the 1960s racism would always happen and be a thing but it only takes one such as Martin luther king to make people realize it doesn't have to be a
Atticus Finch from To Kill a Mockingbird, shows great courage when he fights a lost battle for Tom Robinson, a black convict. Atticus knows that Tom is suppose to have equal rights in the court, but he know that racism of the jury and judge will probably result in a loss. “Courage to stand up/ For what’s right!/ Courage to stand up/ For the weak!/ Courage to know/ When a battle is lost!” (Hodges). Be Brave by Bree Hodges, gives examples of what you basically need to be brave in life. Standing up for Tom takes courage, because nobody else in Maycomb could or would take the job. The segregation and racism in that area, it makes Tom very weak in society. Atticus knows that Tom is going to lose, but that does not stop him at all from fighting.
Bethany Hamilton once said “ courage doesn’t mean you don’t get afraid”. Courage means you don’t let fear stop you”. Hamilton gives a great description of what it takes to be courageous. Although some people face individual issues, others face racism throughout the society. Courage has no restriction, anybody can be courageous. Harper Lee uses one of her main characters Atticus Finch in To Kill A Mockingbird, to show how courage can help anyone overcome trials and tribulations.
An individual’s courage impacts society, but society’s courage also impacts the individual, had she not believe they would change their minds, she most likely would not have tried to integrate Central High School in Little Rock. The more courageous individuals are everyday, the more ethical society will be, less conflict and more
Courage is hard to portray, but people manage to display it in various ways. However, countless amounts of people do not know what it really means. Courage is not having the desire to win. It is about possessing bravery, justice, fairness, and being able to stand up for what one believes in despite the consequences. Michael Hyatt once remarked, “Courage is the willingness to act in spite of fear.” In Harper Lee’s book, To Kill A Mockingbird, numerous characters exhibit courage at one point or another. Atticus, a lawyer and the father of Jem and Scout, is told he will defend Tom, a black man accused of raping a white girl, in court by Judge Taylor. Atticus knows they will not win, but he tries hard anyway. On page 101, he explains that “Simply
Have you ever read a book with a lot of courage in it? Many of the books I read this year had aspects of courage. In these next few paragraphs, I will be talking about courage expressed in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, To Kill a Mockingbird, Holocaust books, and The Merchant of Venice.
In harper lee’s novel to kill a mockingbird, different forms of courage are explored and are found throughout the novel and itis shown that there are many different ways in which people can show courage, apart from just physical courage as scout finds as she experiences during the novel (the other form being mental courage). This novel is set in the 1930’s in America in the imaginary town of Macomb county just after the great depression.According to Atticus finch, one of the protagonists in to kill a mockingbird, “courage is when you know your licked before you begin”. This shows that atticus is the moral voice of the novel and also shows many forms of courage. Mrs doubose also shows physical courage by attempting to overcome her addiction
Courage means to try as hard as you can in order to complete something. In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird a character, Atticus Finch definitely exemplifies the term courage in many different ways. The novel takes place in Maycomb, Alabama in the late 1920s and the early 1930s. Atticus, a father of two, faces the discrimination between blacks and whites in a case he was assigned to. He has to support a black man and prove he is not guilty.
Courage has a lot of definitions that everyone can follow. Most people consider courage being whenever someone faces their fears head on, or standing up for what you believe in. In “To Kill A Mockingbird” courage is expressed in many ways including standing up for your beliefs. Atticus Finch, an honorable lawyer states,” It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes
“You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right,” said Rosa Parks, African American civil rights activist. People can’t be afraid to do something even when someone thinks it’s not right. In all the books that were read, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, To Kill a Mockingbird, Schindler's list, A Pocket Full of Seeds and The Merchant of Venice, they really show that courage is an important thing. Courage connects all the novels because the characters all are doing something they might not have wanted to do but did It anyways. They had the courage to stick up to those things and achieve it anyways.