One important occurrence in this section of the book was the introduction and death of Mrs. Dubose. Mrs. Dubose appears to be an unusually nasty old lady who is very rude to Jem and Scout as they walk past her house on their way to town but later turns out to be a morphine addict who is trying to get off of the drug before she dies. She takes on a large role in the story when Jem looses his temper with her and destroys her flowers. Jem is punished by being forced to read to Mrs. Dubose everyday for over a month. During that time many questions are raised about Mrs. Dubose but they are all answered when Atticuz explains that she was a morphine addict. After the explanation, Atticus says to the children “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”. This quote also provoked quite a bit of thought because it really made me think about what “courage” is and how many people in today’s society seem to think “courage” is a man with a gun. A question that came to mind was “why did Mrs. Dubose feel the need to get off morphine when she knew that her death was imminent?