To Kill a Mockingbird Courage Essay Essay

Courage is a big theme in the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, and the author Harper Lee shows what courage is all about. Courage is not necessarily doing something with a gun in your hand but to do something you would not usually do or be scared to do. The three characters that demonstrated a significant amount of courage in the story was Boo Radley, Mrs. Dubose, and Atticus Finch. These characters all had difficulties that they had to overcome. Therefore, courage is not based on physical ability but the willingness to come out of your comfort zone and be brave when you might be scared on   the inside.

Boo Radley is one of the characters in the novel who took many risks which proved to be courageous. Boo never came out of his house during the day and nobody knew why, but they thought he would come out at night when nobody could see him. This is showed when Jem says, “Scout, I think i’m beginning to understand something. I think i’m beginning to understand why Boo Radley’s stayed shut up in the house all this time... it’s because he wants to stay inside.” (Lee,227) This is explaining that Jem is growing up and the rumors about Boo Radley are probably not true. Also his house is his comfort zone and when Boo Radley displays courage he will step out of his comfort zone. One of the events that shows how courageous Boo is, is when he sees the children playing outside his house and on the street he starts leaving little gifts for them in a tree hole which shows him having enough courage to leave his house (comfort zone). The next way Boo shows courage is when Bob Ewell attacks Jem and Scout. Boo seemed to be watching over the children and when Bob Ewell started to attack Boo stepped in and stabbed Bob to protect the kids. This shows tremendous courage as Boo put himself in harms way to protect them and he went out of his comfort zone as well. Another way Boo was courageous was he never had human contact in a long time other then his family, so when he returned Jem and...