Although Jem fears Boo Radley from all the stories he heard about him, bravery takes place when he ran up and touched Boo’s door. Jem’s bravery fulfills a large amount for him to move past his fears, and his actions do so. Another action of Jems takes place. “Jem refuses to leave Atticus and worries that he will get hurt” (194). Jem decides to defend his father and makes sure nothing bad will happen to him.
Out of all the themes in A Gathering Of Old Men the greatest was reaffirming self worth by taking action. The most crucial character that made this theme so strong was Mathu. Without Mathu reaffirming self worth by taking action would not be a major theme. Things such as Mathu being the only one to ever stand up for himself and everyone going to Mathu's house support this. Every man in A Gathering Of Old Men seemed weak and wanted to run away when they heard about the killing of Beau.
Baca later states, while being in jail, “All the fights I’d won to prove I was a man didn’t matter; nothing mattered expect what I was going to do now. The longer I postponed the inevitable showdown, the more it looked like I was afraid and the stronger it made him.” (Page #) When Baca says him he is referring to the black man who comes off as threat to him so something has to be done before the worse comes to him. Being put in this predicament he has to prove he’s a man so he can feel accepted from the society in jail. Along with masculinity, Baca has a hard time dealing with abandonment. As a
By appointing Atticus, it is known that he will do everything he can to ensure Tom has a fair trial. Unfortunately, many people are against Atticus’ decision to defend Tom. Coincidentally, this is seen when the angry mob arrives at the jail in an attempt to intimidate Atticus. Despite this conflict with the town, Atticus is still motivated to defend Tom because he knows it is the moral thing to do. Furthermore, Atticus believes that nothing should deny a man from a fair trial; he understands that it is his moral obligation to defend his clients to the best of his ability.
He then tries his very best to hold it all in like Atticus . Even after being scared by it. Atticus is also approached by many men threating to kill him. Even Bob Ewells spat in his face and all he said was “I just wished he didn’t chew tobacco” he said to Jem and Scout. All this so that Jem or Scout wouldn’t be affected by the Maycomb disease
It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do. Mrs. Dubose won, all ninety-eight pounds of her. According to her views she died beholden to nothing and nobody. She was the bravest person I knew.” (Lee, 112) We also see that the black community, which knows that Tom will be convicted by the white jury, shows courage by standing by him and his family because it is the right thing to do.
Another time that he shows his braveness is when he protects Katniss from Cato as well as the careers. By joining the careers, the reader assumes he betrayed his team when really it was to steer them away from her. After he hisses “’ What are you still doing here?’” and then “shoves [Katniss] away from him hard” (192) we learn that he is assuring that his love stays out of danger. Peeta didn’t even need to scream “’Run!’” (193) she was stumbling away as efficiently as she could just as “Cato [slashed] his way through the brush” (194). Peeta knew that the careers were much stronger than him and that they would certainly not be content with his actions of letting her get away, however
Harper Lee’s novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” displays several types of courage and is shown in many of the characters in the book. Courage is defined differently for everyone, but in the book, courage is defined by Atticus Finch when he explains, “It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.” (Lee 112) One character who displays a vast amount of courage in the book is Atticus Finch, particularly when he represents and defends Tom Robinson in court even though he knows he will never win the case and no good could come out of it. Atticus was appointed to represent Tom Robinson in court. He knew that by taking the case and choosing to defend Tom Robinson, it would make things very difficult for not only himself, but for his children as well with some of the people in Maycomb. Knowing that he would never be able to defend Tom Robinson well enough to persuade a jury to believe a black man’s word over a white woman’s, he chose to do the courageous act of defending as best he could to attempt to give Tom Robinson the justice he deserved.
When Douglas is put with a nearly impossible task, and fails to do so, Covey punishes Douglass harshly. But Douglass does not intend to be broken either, and his year with Covey culminates in a violent fistfight with the overseer. Douglas is strong and he does not give up. In the end, Covey gives up the fight. Douglas says that he had to be victorious, “because [Douglas’] aim had not been to injure [Covey], but prevent his injuring [him].” (Douglas, p.186) This brutal struggle, Douglass recalls, "rekindled in my breast the smouldering embers of liberty (.
Everyone in Salem looked up to him. He was a hard worker and a good family man. It was for this same reason why Proctor became a tragic hero. His pride was what yielded him from stopping the witch trials from the beginning. He had a chance to tell the town, and the court, that Abigail’s claims were false.