At the beginning of the novel, Jem Finch is portrayed as having a childish form of courage where he thought the concept of bravery was accomplishing dares imposed on him. When Dill dared Jem to touch the Radley house, Jem was undecided for a few days as he was terrified of the Radley house, but he also wanted to defend his honour as he had “never declined a dare” according to Scout. He eventually did the dare as he “wanted Dill to know once and for all that he wasn’t scared of anything”. This form of bravery was not respected by the adults in the neighbourhood which is evident from the way Atticus responded when he was told about the children playing in the Radley’s yard. He warned Jem "to mind his own business and let the Radleys mind theirs".
He made it his mission, as the older brother, to protect Jake from things. His brother took advantage of that by doing quite nefarious things and making his older brother cover up for him. It would've been fine if it were just simple things but as time passed by, the things that Jake did got more foolish and more dangerous. It was also because of his brother's foolishness that Arthur married the girl that he loved. At first glance, it may be a joyous occasion but it is anything but that.
Amir is weak in Baba’s eyes, and thinks everything his son does is incorrect. Amir wants to be Baba’s favourite and for Baba to give him all of his attention, due to their expectations in one another. Baba is redeemed to his son after he wins and beats the record in the kite tournament. Amir risked his life by going back to Afghanistan. After leaving Afghanistan at the age of eighteen.
His son thinks he doesn’t really know his dad because he thinks that the way he tells his stories about lies are false, either that or he will jump into a conclusion thinking that his stories are over exaggerated . To me truth is not a word but a way of life. Living an honest life. Being true to your family and friends. Sometimes truth is hard but a lie is always harder.
His ex-friend Bennie Reid taught Paul that sometimes relationships ‘just happen’ even though Paul did not like the prospect of befriending Bennie largely because of his position in the social hierarchy, he still could not abandon Bennie and be left with nobody. Paul’s relationship with Keller is therefore very important to him because although Paul might be at the bottom of the school hierarchy along with Bennie, he is as his parents often remind him, a talented musician. The maestro sees Paul’s arrogance for what it is and conversely devises his teaching methods to suit the position at which Paul was at. As this was initially an insult to Paul the relationship started with no mutual respect, Keller having respect for no one in his surroundings treated his student as he would anyone else. Paul’s first impressions of Keller are ‘Misleading, of course’ and that he is a bad teacher because of Keller’s patronisation.
If Atticus was like the men of Maycomb County, he would have let them lynch him however Atticus knew that it would be morally wrong to not protect him therefore he risks his own life for others. Atticus is also fair and wise as he tells Scout that “you will never understand a person until you consider things form his point of you, until you climb into his skin and walk around in it” From this you know that he is fair and wise because he explains to scout that she shouldn’t ‘judge a book by its cover.’ Another point is that the children have full confidence in him as he knew when was the right time to move the furniture out of the house when there was a fire in the neighbourhood. Also, Atticus saves the rocking chair that Miss Maudie values the most which shows how thoughtful Atticus is and how different he is from the others. Atticus is very different from the men in Maycomb County because after the court trial, Bob Ewell spat on Atticuss’s face, threatened to kill him and called him names but Atticus merely took his handkerchief and wiped his face and let Mr Ewell continue to call him names.
His family made the mistake of having a third child which is illegal in this novel. Luke tries his best to keep his family safe by not exposing himself but when an opportunity comes that is a chance of a lifetime he takes it. A family friend gets Luke a fake identity card and drags him off to a boarding house for boys. While Luke is their he gets picked on and notices that the school is very abnormal. Luke is willing to do anything to get out of the place but does not want to put his family in danger.
But in the end, Atticus did not win his case. Atticus’s act against the defending of a black man fits Eliot’s quote because he tries winning over the case and he failed but it was worth trying then not do anything at
As a consequence of his condition, Christopher cannot be as independent as most teens his age. However, Christopher still has the run-of-the-mill desire to do what he wants without anyone telling him otherwise. As a result Christopher disobeys his fathers orders by “telling white lies” and continuing his investigation. “I decided that I was going to find out who killed Wellington even though father had told me to stay out of other people’s business. This is because I do not always do what I am told” (page 29) Christopher’s daring decision to leave behind the life he had always known and travel to London, was his greatest step toward independence.
Pappy was suspicious of Luke's absences as of late so coupled with this, he was not happy. Pappy had a special kind of untrustworthiness towards Luke. At first, he didn't trust him because he was only seven and was therefore irresponsible, but now he doesn't trust him because he knows that Luke has lied to him more than once and doesn't share important information with him. Pappy and Luke's relationship was only hurt further by the fact that Luke had lied to him. If Luke had just told the truth in the beginning, everything could have been worked out .