Why does Atticus Defend Tom: Courage and Integrity in ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’
Words: 1385 Pages: 5 2171Defining True Courage: Atticus Finch's Stand Against Prejudice in 'To Kill a Mockingbird' Winston Churchill once said, “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that count” (qtd. in “Courage Quotes”). In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, a 6-year-old girl named Scout Finch and her older brother Jem resides in the county of Maycomb, Alabama, with their father, Atticus, and their African American housekeeper, Calpurnia. Throughout their childhoods, the two of them encounter […]