Essay title: Everyday Heroes Thesis: Heroes must be courage, pacifism and the ability to avoid judgment. Topic Sentence: A quality of a hero is courage and never backing down even against over whelming odds. Points | Proof/direct examples | Explain how this proof or examples proves the thesis is true | Atticus ,Boo and terry fox are humble | Atticus shows courage because he defends Tom even though he whole city is against him Boo protects the children from being killed | “just because we are licked one hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try” Boo is courageous because he saved Jem and Scout | | Terry Fox was courageous because he ran across Canada | “even if I don’t finish we need others to continue its got to keep going” |

Concluding sentence Boo, Atticus and Terry all have the traits of heroes which makes them determined as well.

Topic sentence: Another quality is pacifism Atticus and Mahatma Gandhi heroic quality the most Point | Proof/direct examples | Explain how this proof or examples proves the thesis is true | Atticus and Gandhi are Pacifists | Atticus does not fight Mr. Ewell even though he is very capable | Mr. Ewell spat on Atticus and threated to kill him in front of the whole the whole town and Atticus didn’t do anything because he didn’t want Mr. Ewell to beat Mayella | | . Gandhi uses peaceful protests instead of war | Gandhi got India’s independence through peaceful protests instead of war | Concluding Sentence They are both non-violent and noble. Topic Sentence: Finally, Atticus, Mother Teresa, and scout are nonjudgmental. Point | Proof/Direct Examples | Explain how this proof or examples proves the thesis is true | Atticus, Scout and Mother Teresa an nonjudgmental | Atticus always tell his children to never judge Also Scout was the first one to accept Boo | “you never really understand someone until you look at things from there point of view” “Boo was our neighbor. He gave us two soap dolls, a broken watch and chain, a pair of good luck pennies, and our lives” | | Mother Teresa also told her people you can never judge too soon | “if one judge’s people by first appearance they truly cannot give a chance to explain who they are” | Conclusion Sentence: Atticus, Mother Teresa, and Scout are heroes because of their ability to not judge a book its cover.