Courage: Jem Finch Jem Finch is a very dynamic character, and portrays courage through bravery. ... Courage is a theme that shows precedence throughout To Kill a Mockingbird. ... Maudie tells Jem how his father teaches and exemplifies good moral values, '" I think maybe he put his gun down when he realized that God had given him an unfair advantage over most living things. ... Jem's courage is displayed with his interactions with the Radleys, his teachings from his father, and a deep courage, within himself. Courage is an underlying theme in To Kill A Mockingbird. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

He is a role model for all parents and a great philosopher and teacher of life's moral. Atticus has courage and determination. ... Facing the lunch-mob crowd alone is not an easy job, but his moral courage doesn't allow that to stop him doing what is right. He also showed courage to those who insult him or his family. ... He also taught them to have courage, determination and to respect other people no matter who they are. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

This type of parenting is called leading by moral authority. ... Dubose shows that Atticus's way of parenting by moral authority is effective. "I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand ... ... Jem stands up for his father and shows real courage. ... He leads by moral authority where he simply does not just tell his children what to do. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

For example, he taught Jem and Scout the true meaning of the word courage. One night Atticus was explaining to Jem, "I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand"(128). The moral lessons Atticus teaches his kids only bring them to a better relationship in the book. ... He teaches them through moral lessons that they learn from their mistakes. ...

• Word Count: 933
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• Grade Level: High School

This is evident his personal beliefs and high moral standards are told to his adolescent children as advice. ... He describes courage as knowing "your licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what", and whilst doing this, he hopefully changed people's opinions of the black community. ...

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Task: "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view until you climb into his skin and walk around in it." (pg 33) This is the advice Atticus gives Scout. How does she put his advice into practice during the novel? In "To Kill a Mockingbird" Scout, the nar...

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• Grade Level: High School

The determining factor in the greatness of a work of literature is whether or not it has a powerful impact on the audience. John Hersey once said, "The final test of a work of art, is not whether it has beauty, but whether it has power." William Shakespeare's Macbeth and Harper Lee's To Kill A Mock...

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• Grade Level: High School