Examples Of Pride In To Kill A Mockingbird

A father smiling down at his son; a teacher learning from his pupil; a soldier gazing up to his country’s flag. Or a woman masking her face with makeup; a man boasting endlessly of a talent; a child mocking another’s impediment. All textbook illustrations of pride. Nevertheless, the first trio is of outward pride—pride not of one’s own accomplishment, but the achievements of something or someone else. Moreover, the second trio consists of an inner pride—a vain, arrogant, conceited, egotistic, narcissistic feeling. Another crucial aspect of different prides is Jane Austen’s Pride vs. Vanity. She says, “A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.” Although “pride goeth before the fall”, pride, being outward or being competent to ourselves, is a healthy feeling unless provoked into vanity and narcissism.

The short story, “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst, shows pride in both a positive and negative way. This can be seen in the beginning of the story when the narrator describes his motivations to help teach Doodle how to walk. The narrator states, “I was embarrassed at having a brother of that age that couldn’t walk, so I set out to teach him” (Hurst 557). This is a negative portrayal of pride. This shows that the narrator’s pride got in the way of his love for his brother, and because he was worried about how other see his brother, he couldn’t be proud of what his brother truly was. His pride forced him to change his brother. Though this is a negative portrayal of pride, the author also incorporates positive pride as well. This is shown when

Going against the preconceived notions of society can be very challenging. Atticus Finch displays bravery throughout To Kill A Mockingbird by standing up for his beliefs in all aspects of his life. Maycomb is a corrupt town full of preconceived judgements and unjustified assumptions. Rather than be a bystander to the misjudgements of his fellow townspeople, Atticus stays true to himself.

Pride demonstrates the idea that one can find happiness within their own achievement, allowing them to build up their personal ego before building up their trust in others. The books examined this year all display characters who embody excess pride, that the pride either sets them apart in society or pushes them to start separating society by themself. With evidence from The Great Gatsby, The Crucible, and The Grapes of Wrath it can be proven that pride can lead to separation within a society.

In Harper Lee’s historical fiction novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus shows the children that Maycomb is prejudice, teaches them courage, and the children show maturity. Scout and Jem are children of Atticus who's assigned to defend Tom Robinson is his case and throughout this case Scout’s summer neighbor and friend, Dill, Jem, Atticus, and Scout exuberate of these themes in their actions .Prejudice is when one pre-judges another based on their race, gender, age, or sexuality which one don’t understand and one hates the unknown of another. Courage is doing something without the fear of being judged or fearing the unknown. Maturity is learning lessons and applying them to oneself where one start to display adult characteristics. These

Courage is an asset that is highly valuable. Having courage allows people to be confident in their own skin, put their social status at risk for doing what is right, and even in circumstances of criticism, being able to share their ideas. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the characters that came across the most courageous were Jem, Scout, and Miss Maudie. Jem shows courage by touching the infamous Radley house which everyone fears; Scout shows courage by defending her classmate when he was being taunted by the teacher, and Miss Maudie wears men’s clothes when the expectations of women in the society lean to women being feminine.

Life can looked upon by humans in many different ways, both positively and negatively. Two fan favorite outlooks are either “I’m the best” or “everyone sucks”. As sad as it is true, not many people appreciate anyone or anything other than themselves. Some don’t even look on themselves with much pride. In english class this trimester, we discussed both a book and a unit that discusses why people should take a step back and appreciate other people, or other things.

I have gathered you all here today, because recent events have really had the whole town in uproar… I thought I should remind y’all that Just because their are folk… white folk… that would discriminate against us coloured… that would go out of out their way to cause us trouble… Does not mean, we should prejudice these people and expect them all to commit such acts upon us all. Myself personally, rasin’ two white children, and tendin’ to their property, I ‘ave begun to truly see, that there are those who would help, and who would look out for our kind in times ‘o trouble. Mr Finch for instance, Is a man of kindness, a man who would fight for coloured folk in court even if he knew the odds were against him. I can bet that there be plenty ‘o other folks, who would treat us like human bein’s... Now… I been hearin’ crazy talk about startin’ a riot.

Pride can be describe as a very common thing that one individual has encountered once in their lifetime. Pride can be both positive and negative in one’s perspective. In the stories,“The Odyssey” by Homer and translated by Robert Fitzgerald, “The Necklace,” by Guy De Maupassant, and “The Cask of Amontillado,” by Edgar Allan Poe, the protagonist and several characters exhibit pride. Pride can convey negative effects in one’s life if one individual exaggerates or abuses pride.

In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Atticus shows moral courage because he respects every person equally and has the courage to think differently than everyone else. An example of this is when he is talking to Scout after her unfortunate first day of school. She is mad at her new teacher, Miss. Caroline for getting her in trouble twice in one day. Atticus says “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… until you climb into his skin and walk around with it.”

Pride is to be confident in yourself to be proud of a skill or quality. In this novel I

Courage is not any ordinary feat. Courage is a battle won by the most ordinary or the most extraordinary of them all. People rarely see the faces of bravery and honor, but when they do, they see strong willed citizens with the everyday dream to prove that fighting isn’t just pointing a gun and pulling the trigger. In To Kill a Mockingbird, valor is implemented by standing tall when the weight of the world is on your shoulders; not backing down. In this novel, courage is displayed through the most quiet, the wisest, and the youngest characters.

As children, people learn to never judge a book by its cover. But they are also taught other things through their societies—that all black men are violent, that all Muslims are terrorists, that all Hispanics are illegal immigrants—that a single glance can determine who a person is. So, which is it? How can a society be so contradictory? In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee used hypocrisy and characterization in the tea party scene to develop the theme that appearances do not reveal a person’s true character.

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines courage as the “mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear, or difficulty.” In Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, courage is shown by a number of characters, including Jem and Atticus, in different forms.

People’s social status in the novel is exhibited as an example of classism. An example of this is Aunt Alexandra and Scout. Alexandra has a particular mindset as to how girls should dress and act. Aunt Alexandra proves the theme of social status prejudice because she is "fanatical" about Scout dressing and acting like a boy when she views her to present herself as the proper young lady she ought to be. She also did not believe Scout is civilized enough so she did not treat her with respect, in particular, during Christmas.