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Reading Journal 13

Ms Dubose showed much courageous through out chapter 11 because she knew that she has a flaw and she was not trying to conceal it, but to face it.. Ms Dubose took Morphine as a pain killer for years and she was addicted to it. “Something had happened to her. She lay on her back with the quilts up to her chin. Only her head and shoulder were visible. Her head moved slowly from side to side. From time to time she would open her mouth wide, and I could see her tongue undulate faintly. Cords of saliva would collect on her lips; she would draw them in, then open her mouth again. Her mouth seemed to have a private existence of its own. It worked separate and apart from the rest of her, out and in, like a clam hole at low tide.” (Harper Lee, Chapter 11). It is very hard for a morphine addict to resist taking drug. Ms Dubose tried her best to resist it before she died. She asked Jem to read for her, so as to distrat her. She knew it was wrong to take Morphine as Morphine is a illegal drug. Once in china, a man tried to stop the tram with his bare hands promptly to save people on it as it was about to crash with another coming tram. He lost his arm at last. Everybody was obliged to him. In my point of view, I think both of them is a hero. They faced difficulties with confidence, resolution and a firm control of oneself. Even though Ms Dubose was not a femine lady, she attributes courageous. She made a great amount of self-confidence to controll herself from resisting Morphine.