To Kill A Mockingbird Quotes To Show Courage

In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Jem shows courage every day to his sibling and friends and other townspeople. Lee tries to show that courage can be defined in many different ways, and that courage doesn't have to mean that a person is brave, although it can be someone who is brave. Through Jem Lee can show what courage can really means, by Jem`s actions and by how he is seeing about the world around him. Jem Protects his sister and Dill constantly, and he learned to do that from Atticus and now he is teaching Scout and Dill how to act. He will respect adults, yet when he is in danger with another adult he will do whatever it takes to protect his family.In the novel, courage is when someone is willing to do anything to help someone …show more content…
One night Atticus had asked him to escort Scout to the school play - and he did so. But on the way home someone was following them, and during this event Jem kept making sure that Scout was still safe. On Jem and Scouts way home from the school play, someone was chasing them and got ahold of Scout. With bravery, Jem grabbed the person off of Scout. After Jem threw this person off of Scout, the person was infuriated with Jem, they grabbed him and threw him. On page 351 Lee writes “‘ Run, Scout! Run!Run!’ Jem screamed...Someone rolled against me and I felt Jem. He was up like lightning and pulling me with him but, though my head and my shoulders were free, I was so entangled we didn't get very far.” In this quote they are walking home from the School play and someone was following them. Scout and Jem kept walking and this person kept getting closer and closer. Until finally this person had ahold of Scout. During this event Jem kept trying to help his sister as much as he could but this was not an easy task. This quote is showing that Jem exemplifies courage, and bravery because he was taking his sister’s life into consideration before he took his own. This is showing bravery because this was a risky situation and he did everything he could to help his sister. If this courages event was not included in the book then it wouldn't be as interesting. By including this event it is adding more things for the …show more content…
Then the kids end up scaring away the mob. This is showing that Jem- and the kids have courage. With bravery and integrity, the kids stood up for what they thought was right. This was not a safe thing to do because the lynch mob wants to kill Tom Robinson and now the kids are in the way of that. This is adding to the thrill and mystery of the novel because this could become a very bad outcome is the kids are not careful. This is keeping the reader interested.Courage is when you are willing to help others and improve yourself along the way. Also you stand up for what is right. In “ To Kill a Mockingbird” Jem is a character that shows what courage really is. In the novel, Jem goes on an adventure with his friends.Him and his friends must flee because someone is shooting at them. Then Jem loses his pants, and once he gets home he goes back to the the scene to get his pants.To add to that he helps his dad take care of his younger sister Scout. His dad needed him to take his sister to the school play. And on the way home they got attacked but Jem tried to take care of Scout even when someone was grabbing him. In chapter 15 the kids follow Atticus to the town’s Jail house where a lynch mob appears. Then they start talking nasty to Attics but Jem stood up for Atticus. This could get him hurt but he is doing what he thought was right.After