Thesis:
In the novel, Harper Lee uses conflict and imagery to illustrate that popular opinion is not always the right decision to make; it takes a lot of responsibility and courage to stand up for what is wrong while being the only one to believe that.
Topic Sentence:
The use of conflict in the book develops the theme of courage by having the characters gain new experiences of believing in yourself and what is right.
CD
In one instance, Jem is having an internal conflict with himself and is confused about why the people of Maycomb City are so racially discriminatory, “Jem turned and punched his pillow. When he settled back his face was cloudy. He was going into one of his declines, and I grew wary. His brows came together; his mouth became …show more content…
They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing bt sung their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird” (90).
CM
The nice things in life do not always stay if you do not treasure them.
CM
Atticus’s decision not to shoot does mean he is against violent measures to solve problem and knows that opinion is based off of facts; he treats everything like it will prove itself useful.
CD
Trying to get a point across, Atticus explains to Jem, after Mrs. Dubose dies and Jem is still mad, that she thinks in her own way with different point of views, which doesn’t mean Jem should show his anger, “I wanted you to see something about her--I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what” (112).
CM
Up to that point, Atticus knew a lot more about Mrs. Dubose than Jem, for example that she struggles with a sickness that causes the
In the novel, Harper Lee uses conflict and imagery to illustrate that popular opinion is not always the right decision to make; it takes a lot of responsibility and courage to stand up for what is wrong while being the only one to believe that.
Topic Sentence:
The use of conflict in the book develops the theme of courage by having the characters gain new experiences of believing in yourself and what is right.
CD
In one instance, Jem is having an internal conflict with himself and is confused about why the people of Maycomb City are so racially discriminatory, “Jem turned and punched his pillow. When he settled back his face was cloudy. He was going into one of his declines, and I grew wary. His brows came together; his mouth became …show more content…
They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing bt sung their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird” (90).
CM
The nice things in life do not always stay if you do not treasure them.
CM
Atticus’s decision not to shoot does mean he is against violent measures to solve problem and knows that opinion is based off of facts; he treats everything like it will prove itself useful.
CD
Trying to get a point across, Atticus explains to Jem, after Mrs. Dubose dies and Jem is still mad, that she thinks in her own way with different point of views, which doesn’t mean Jem should show his anger, “I wanted you to see something about her--I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what” (112).
CM
Up to that point, Atticus knew a lot more about Mrs. Dubose than Jem, for example that she struggles with a sickness that causes the