According to Ambrose Redmoon, "Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important to you than fear." ... To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and Thunder on Sycamore Street by Reginald Rose, illustrate the truth of the statement. ... Rose also addresses how "courage is not the absence of fear, but the judgment that something else is more important than your fear." ... Lee also uses characterization in his book To Kill a Mockingbird. The character Atticus Finch relates to the quote because he is a lawyer and he has to defend a black man. ...

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