Courage in "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee; this focuses on true and false courage and the natural characteristics of courageous people.

To Kill a Mockingbird demonstrates courage by certain characters' willingness to defend and sustain their own perspective. Also, true courage involves boldness and strength to resist other opinions, disregarding the pressure of others and their morals. False courage would include hypocrisy. Throughout the novel, Atticus and Mrs. Dubose are courageous in their acts, while Aunt Alexandra and the other hypocrites like Miss Gates, possess false courage. Atticus has his own philosophies that often contradict the …

…a person pretends that others think them to be courageous. Courage was a main theme that bound this novel together. The author conveyed a message that people with courage would succeed in real life. Atticus was depicted as a courageous man who succeeded in living up to his philosophy. Mark Twain once said, "Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear." This statement seems to stay consistent throughout this novel.