TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

ESSAY QUESTIONS AND

ESSAY PLANS

Topic / Theme: CourageStudent Suggested Essay questions:

Possible Plan / Structure• Mrs. Dubose• Atticus• Tom Robinson

In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, Courage is more than a man with a gun. Discuss.

In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird how do Harper Lee’s characters discover what it truly means to have courage

Possible Plan / Structure• Scout• Dolphus Raymond• Calpurnia

Evidence that could be used in a Justice / Morality essay:Mrs Dubose dies freeAtticus shooting the dogTom running away from jailAtticus accepting the case Atticus being brave in the face of threats on his life from Bob EwellAtticus, Scout and Mr Underwood out front of the jailhouse in front of the lynching sceneBoo leaving his home to defend scout

Dolphus Raymond marrying an African-American woman

Calpurnia taking Scout and Jem to her First Purchase church

Possible Quotes to use

(Atticus speaking about Miss Dubois) “She was going to leave this world beholden to nothing and nobody” (Page 123)“Yeah, but Atticus aims to defend him . That’s what I don’t like about it.” (Page 180) “Instead of getting the ideas that courage is more than a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know your licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.” (Page 124) “It was time like these… Atticus was the bravest man that ever lived.” (Page 111)“He’d never have met you face to face” (Scout speaking about Boo, Page 296)

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view” (Page 33)“I want you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand.” (Page 124)“You just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anybody says to you, don’t you let ‘em get your goat. Try fighting with your head for a change.” (Page 84)

Topic / Theme: Courage