Lack Of Courage In To Kill A Mockingbird

During the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, Atticus Finch showed a lot of moral courage. He defended a black man accused of raping a white woman, which was an impossibly difficult task in Maycomb County, Alabama. His actions helped many people, like the whole of the black community. However, some people in the book demonstrated a lack of moral courage, and this caused harm to people, both physically and emotionally. One example was when the jury convicted Tom Robinson of raping Mayella Ewell, even though the evidenced was stacked against Mayella. This occurred probably because of the old prejudice in the South, which discriminated against blacks. As children, Jem and Scout were hurt emotionally by this because they didn’t