Many characters display courage in the novel, 'To Kill A Mockingbird.' These characters all do courageous acts for different reasons and they all risk different things, whether it be emotional or physical, or risks involving themselves or other people.
A good example of courage displayed is Atticus taking the Tom Robinson case. This isn't a type of courage that people usually think the definition of courage is, Atticus wasn't saving someone from a fire, or having the courage to stand up and fight someone for one of his friends, Atticus had the courage to take a case. He has chosen to defend someone he doesn't know personally but he is very passionate about it still. He is risking losing his friends, and losing his fellow townspeople's respect for him, because of the fact that his client is a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. It would take a lot of courage for Atticus to take this case, as he would know the teasing and ridicule he would get.
That was one example of courage in the novel, and there are many more interesting ways the characters display courage and many different reasons of why they do these courageous things.
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