Read:
I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the 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. You rarely win, but sometimes you do.—Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapter 11, spoken by the character Atticus
Think:
When in chapters 1-11 do you see characters demonstrating courage? When do you see characters who thought they were demonstrating courage actually show they are cowardly?
Write:
Write a 250-word essay comparing a character who demonstrates courage by Atticus’ definition to one who acts cowardly. Use evidence from the text to support your response.
Write your essay in a word processing document (such as MS Word, OpenOffice.org, MS WordPad, etc.). When you save your document, use the following format as the name of your file:
