To Kill A Mockingbird Is Atticus Courageous

Throughout To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, I found many characters courageous and admirable. Scout, because she's such a smart and fearless little girl, Jem, because he’s always there to protect Scout and is there to help his father with anything he might need. I also think that Boo was a courageous character because he was willing to do anything he might ever need to do to help the children. The one character that stuck out to me the most was Atticus. I thought he was incredibly courageous and a great father to his children. Many times throughout the story he proved to us that he isn't afraid of losing or being wrong, which I admire a lot.
Atticus is the only one who would defend Tom Robinson, even though he was African American. He knew from the minute he was appointed the trial that he was going to lose it but that didn't stop him from trying his hardest to win. Mrs. Dubose even said “Atticus is a nigger lover” (pg. 100), so he was being judged by everyone in the town. Atticus did everything in his power to win that trial, he made points that no one else would have ever thought about. He knew that the whole town would be cruel to him and his family, but he took the case anyways because it's the job he was appointed. He knew he was going to lose the trial but he took it anyways, doing the best he could.

After the trial had happened and Atticus had destroyed Mr.

Ewells last bit of credibility, Mr. Ewell spit on Atticus’s face. Almost any other person would have done something back to him, but Atticus did not react. Atticus knew that Mr. Ewell beats his children and that everything they are trying to blame on Tom Robinson, was actually Mr. Ewell. He told Jem, “The man had to have some kind of comeback, he always does. So if spitting in my face and threatening me saved Mayella Ewell one extra beating, that's something I'll gladly take.” (241). He's putting faith back into his children telling them that theres no reason to be scared of Mr.

Ewell.
In the middle of the story Atticus takes it upon himself to guard Tom Robinson when he sits on the front steps of the jail. Atticus knows that the lynch mob will be coming to the jail that night but atticus is sacrificing himself, knowing that they will try and hurt him to get to Tom. When the mob goes to the front steps where atticus was and the mob asked where Tom was, Atticus says “he's asleep. Don't wake him up.” (pg 171). Atticus has no fear when telling them not to wake him up, because he knew, or at least hoped, that they would respect it. Atticus didn't even have a weapon with him, so if something were to happen, he knew he was gonna get hurt or killed.
I thought this book was really good because it taught a good lesson about courage and racism. Many characters in the story were courageous but Atticus was the most courageous. Scout and Jem both proved to us that they are courageous as well but they definitely get there courage from their dad, who proved to us that he is the most courageous.