1. How is moral courage/bravery
represented through the
characters in the films
Police go to arrest Billy Ray Cobb and James Willard for the
rape of Tonya. This could be considered brave as the black
sheriff knew that he may come across conflict with the racist
white men, yet he knew it was the right and lawful thing to
do.

2. Carl Lee shoots his daughters rapists as they go into court.
This can be seen as moral courage and bravery as he is
doing what he thinks is morally right; killing the people that
did disgusting things to his daughter. He knew that he would
get arrested and probably put to death because of his crime,
but he did it for his daughter.
When Carl Lee Hailey is arrested for the shooting of Billy Ray and
James Willard, he goes freely into the police car without any cuffs or
resistance. This could be said to be moral courage and bravery as he
knew he did wrong and he isn’t going to resist being arrested. In Carl
Lee’s mind he may possibly think that his fight for justice is already
over as the people that hurt his daughter are dead, so there is no need
to fight it.

3. Jake Brigance conveys his opinion on TV and says he wants
to show that people in the south can see past colour. “Look
past colour and see the truth”. This is moral courage as he
had the bravery to speak his opinion on television about
black people and how he thinks that they deserve to be
treated the same as white people.
Ellen Roark says to Freddie
Cobb ‘Carl Lee Hailey should
have shot you too’. This is
moral courage as saying
something like this is quite
risky seeing as Freddie just
kidnapped and tied her up. This
shows her confidence and that
she is trying not to show she is
scared of him.

4. ‘Mickey mouse’ helped save many people throughout the film
and called to warn when something bad was going to
happen. He also saved Ellen Roark after she was kidnapped.
This shows courage that even though he was part of the KKK
this might have only been a ploy to find out information and
help people.
Jake Brigance’s final speech when he
describes in violent detail, Tonya’s rape
and attempted murder. His final
sentence ‘Now imagine she’s white’
was a very brave thing to say however I
think it won him the case, as it made
people really imagine the situation. The
speech was a very brave thing to do, it
really shows that Jake isn’t afraid of
saying what he believes.

5. Atticus makes it clear to Bob
Ewell that he intends to defend
Tom Robinson. He doesn't seem
to have the time for Bob and
there is instantly a divide
between the two. This is moral
courage because Atticus could
have just agreed with Bob for the
sake of not having an argument
but he wanted to make his
opinion clear, showing he isn't
Scout fights with Walter at afraid of what others think.
school, Jem breaks it up and
then invites Walter to dinner.
This is an example of moral
courage/bravery on a smaller
scale as Jem breaks up the fight
showing that he is sensible and
the more mature sibling. Inviting
Walter over shows that he is
polite and perhaps helping his
sister to get over her anger at
Walter and get to know him

6. Scout asks her father why he 'defends niggers'. Atticus explains to her
that she shouldn't say that word and also says that he wouldn't be able to
hold his head up in town if he didn't. He lives his life with high moral
standards and wants to be a good example to his children, so they grow
up believing the same things. This is an example of moral courage as
Atticus knows that defending Tom is the right thing to do as he was
inoccent and by defending him, he can convey his feelings across. He
wants his children to also grow up having high morals similar to Atticus.
The children visit the prison where their
Father is guarding it. When Atticus tells
them to go home, Jem says no and one
of the men pick him up and says that
he'll send him home. Scout defends Jem
by kicking the man. This shows moral
courage as it shows the children aren't
afraid to say what they feel. Also their
sibling relationship is good as Scout
attacks the man even though he is twice
the size of her.

7. Tom Robinson reveals in the
courtroom that Mayella kissed him.
'She reached up and kissed me on the
face...' This shows moral courage
because Tom knows that even though
people may not believe him he has to
tell the truth about what happened as
it's the right thing to do.
It is revealed close to the end of the
film that it was Boo Radley who saved
the children from Bob Ewell, but he
was also the one that murdered him.
This shows moral courage as he
actually came out from always staying
inside to help the children and save
them. This was the morally right thing
to do. However, even though he killed
Bob, it could be said as moral courage
as Bob was attacking the children, had
told many lies and was all round a
horrible person, it was the right thing
to do in his mind.