TKaM part I writing

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Shriya yenugu

English 9

Ms. Kade

11/07/18

Mrs. Dubose vs. Francis Hancock

Francis has a worse moral character compared to Mrs. Dubose. They are both similar in a way that scout and jem react when their father is being called names or being talked about behind Atticus’s back. Francis Hancock insults Atticus by calling him a nigger lover and scout punches him. Francis is manipulative and makes others think that Scout is in the wrong which earns scout a spanking. Francis makes several derogatory comments about Atticus. Francis tells Scout that Alexandra said that it was bad enough that Atticus let his children run wild, but now that he has turned out to be a "nigger-lover," their family will not be able to walk the streets of Maycomb anymore. Scout immediately takes offense to Francis' comments and punches him in the face when she gets her chance. Mrs. Dubose talks about Atticus behind his back and Jem destroys her camillas. Mrs. Dubose follows the chapter in which Atticus demonstrate courage by facing down a rabid dog in the middle of the street. While this is one kind of courage, Atticus wants his children, and Jem in particular, to understand about other kinds of courage. He pushes Jem to go to Mrs.Dubose for one more week even when his punishment had been over. Atticus says, "I wanted you to see something about her—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. Mrs. Dubose won, all ninety-eight pounds of her. According to her views, she died beholden to nothing and nobody. She was the bravest person I ever knew.” In chapter three, he tells Scout, "you never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view-” “Sir?” ”- until you climb into his skin and walk around in it." Jem's encounter with Mrs. Dubose is designed to teach him this same lesson.

Some readers may argue that Mrs. Dubose has worse moral character than Francis. Mrs. dubose acts differently in front of Atticus and then talks behind his back. It is different that having insulted Atticus in front of his children, she is more quiet and listens to what he asks or says when he had come to her house. It would be more sensible if she had lashed out on him about how he raised his children wrong and being a nigger-lover wasn’t respectful. She didn't like to confront atticus directly and as a result she prefers to talk about him in his absence. This shows that she lacked courage to tell Atticus what she thought about him. Francis on the other hand, he is straightforward and tells Scout whatever Aunt Alexandra had told him. He isn’t afraid to hide anything from anyone neither is he scared to face confrontation form Scout.

In conclusion, she wanted "to leave this world beholden to nothing," and so decided to break her morphine addict. He said that she demonstrated true courage, which was "when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what." And that is exactly what Mrs. Dubose did; she undertook the fight to break her habit even though the odds of really breaking it were very slim, but she did it anyway. She asked the children to read to her which was a form of “therapy” Therefore, even the fact that she had no courage to open up to Atticus to tell him what she thought of him, this proves she was a great woman.