Atticus Finch Morality

Throughout the Novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Atticus Finch’s courage and morality allows him to overcome social prejudices and defend a convicted African American in court. Atticus Finch is a lawyer who lives in Maycomb, Alabama with his two children Scout and Jem Finch. He is a modest man who makes almost every decision based on his heart and ethics. In the novel, Atticus is faced with an incredibly uncomfortable situation. He is a white male living in the early 1900s, and is asked to defend an African American named Tom Robinson in his trial where he was convicted of rape. In school, his daughter Scout is faced with comments from other children such as “Scout Finch’s daddy defended niggers” (pg 20). However, when Scout asks her