... asks Jem to come and read to her everyday for a couple of hours. Scout goes too. They read to her until the alarm clock goes off and it's time for her medication as Mrs Dubose is unfortunately ill. However, the alarm goes off later and later each day and she is always having a fit by this time. She dies on the day that ... ...
... longer each time so that she could go longer and longer without the morphine. Jem's reading was a distraction so that her whole mind and body could be concentrated on the alarm clock. This was the way in which Mrs Dubose showed moral courage. She broke her addiction before she died. To Atticus, Mrs Dubose had what mattered the most. Moral courage. Despite ... ...
"Brrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinng! An alarm clock clanged in the dark and silent room. A bedspring creaked. A womans' voice sang out impatiently: "Bigger, shut that thing off!"" (Wright 1) On July 4th, 1776, our nation, the United States of ... ...
