William Blake's Mrs Dubose Paragraph

Atticus believes that Mrs Dubose is a great lady because she because she had the courage and strength to never give up. Most of Maycomb knew that Mrs Dubose was a morpheme addict and was diagnosed with cancer. Even before she died, she was trying to subdue her addiction. An example of her trying to subdue her addiction is shown on page 145

" It suddenly came to me that each day we had been staying a little longer at Mrs Dubose's, that the alarm clock went off a few minutes later every day, and that she was well into one of her fits by the time it sounded."

These words show the agony that Mrs Dubose had to go through in order to in by inch get rid of her addiction. These words also show her endless determination to win her battle. In addition, this quote shows that deep down inside Mrs Dubose like Atticus said, is a good lady and is a winner.