that courage is a man with a gun in his hand is that you know you are licked before you begin and you guinea way and you see it through no matter what. you rarely win, but you do. that idea that sort of doing what s right, being strong is not always easy, but worth doing that is such a great lesson for all of us to be taught and to remember. yeah. i think that was a scene where atticus was taking to him about their neighbor who had been trying to quit her morphine addiction and he was explaining to him sort of what had happened. what i is really instructive about the novel is it doesn t preach. it tells a good story with unforgettable characters. an a total absence of piety and preaching. i think that s one of the reasons so many respond to it the way they do. reading this book as a father, i have a new perspective on it.