Atticus is full of bravery the man always stands up to his fears and his authority in this novel that is what I really enjoy about the character. Another act of bravery was when Atticus had been called home because of the mad dog walking around on his street. Atticus didn’t want to shoot the gun to kill the stray dog. Atticus hasn’t picked up a gun in years and he didn’t want to use it. Sheriff Heck Tate asked Atticus to, so Atticus took the gun and aimed at the mad dog. BANG! The mad dog was put to rest. “ It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived” Scout (105).
“Courage is when you know you’re liked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what” That’s what Atticus Finch, he thinks that courage is not a man with a gun in his hand. Atticus knows that “real Courage” is when you fight your for your rights even though you know that your going to win or loose.
Atticus showed courage when he went along with Heck Tate’s Lie about what happened the night Bob Ewell was found stabbed to death. Atticus put his career of an honest lawyer on the line. He had known that holding information form an investigation could have got him thrown in jail. Even thought he knew that he could have gotten thrown in jail and stripped of being a lawyer like many times before he did what was right and he knew he did the right thing.
Atticus went against his moral codes and he had always upheld before, especially in the Tom Robinson trial. Atticus is faced with the decision of abiding by the law or breaking it in order to do the right thing. He knew that incarcerating a man, as withdrawn and solitary as Boo would have been unforgivable. Atticus knew that Boo had saved his children. Atticus knew exposing his heroism would attract a lot of publicity to Boo and all he wants id to be left alone. Atticus is brave enough to risk his whole carrier to save one man from publicity,
In conclusion, Atticus shows courage and bravery in many instances, through out the novel. He doesn’t act brave by getting to fights and killing people, he’s brave because he stands by what’s right and what’s not and he knows if he’s done something wrong or if he’s done something right. Atticus has the strongest motivation ever to keep him going, it’s his kids. One time he was asked by scout why he had taken the Tom Robinson case, which he knew, he was going to lose and he said. “ For a number of reasons. The main one is, if I didn’t I couldn’t hold my head in town, I couldn’t represent this county in the legislative, I couldn’t even tell you or Jem not to do something again.” Atticus wouldn’t be able to live without being brave or courageous. He uses its everyday. All Atticus wants to do is the right thing.
