Atticus Finch Significant Growth
If your daughter or son demonstrated a lesson learned how would you react? Jem and Scout, in the book To Kill A Mockingbird, are the children of Atticus Finch. The gradual but significant growth helps Scout understand the meaning of mockingbirds, Jem learn to empathize with the harmless beings in life and together show that no matter what they experience they will hold to what they know is right.
Scout believes Boo Radley to be a “six-and-a-half feet tall [man],[who had blood-stained hands and drooled]” (1.65). Later, Scout meets Boo and is surprised that he’s not this giant zombie but was a kind, gentle, and curious man. When Atticus sees that Arthur killed Bob Ewell he wants to announce him as hero. But Heck Tate sees the harm: “Taking the one man who's done you and this town a great service an' draggin' him with his shy ways into the limelight, that's a sin." (30.369) Scout understands Heck Tate’s reasoning: "Well, it'd be sort of like shootin' a mockingbird, wouldn't it?" (30. 370) At that moment we see the big change in Scout. She has learned what her dad has taught her how “... it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." (10.119) Scout realizes the whole point of Boo Radley’s life, just like a mockingbird is harmless, all he ever did was bring presents and guard them from harm. He didn't ruin anyone's property, or act …show more content…
mean. He was the guardian angel of the Finch’s.
First, Jean Louise Finch absolutely hated her Aunt Alexandra all she ever did was did complain about Scout’s tomboyish behavior. During their tea time with the Maycomb County ladies, Aunt Alexandra shook by the news of Tom’s death, goes out to cry but then toughens back up. When Alexandra and Scout has pulled themselves together, Aunt Alexandra resumes her chat with the ladies. Scout learns that day that Aunt Alexandra was really strong to hold her will at such a difficult time and that women are strong-hearted, tough and caring. Scout thinks, “After all, if Aunty could be a lady at a time like this, so could I.”(24.296) This demonstrates that Scout has changed her thought on women. Before she didn't even want to associate herself with women but now seeing their rigidness, Scout wants to be a women like her Aunt Alexandra.
Jem Finch realizes that the trial will forever change his mindset. Atticus tells Jem the ugly truth behind the jury’s decision. The jury didn’t acquit Tom because that would’ve “broken a rigid and time-honored code of [their] society, a code so severe that whoever [broke would be] unfit to live with.” (20.243-245). When Scout wants to smash a roly-poly, Jem says not to kill it : “Because they don’t bother you,” (25.300)Jem is referencing to the Tom Robinson case. Tom Robinson was accused guilty although he was innocent and died innocently. Jem is struggling with the circumstances that he was in and the fact that he was not able to change the verdict. It’s as if he was trying to change the roly-poly’s fate. Jem in this confused state at least can save this roly-poly from death. He learns to sympathize with this millipede a harmless insect after the Tom Robinson case.
Angered by Mrs.Dubose’s opinion on Atticus, Jem destroys her camellias. After Jem made amends with her, Jem was forced to read to Mrs.Dubose. When Mrs.Dubose is dead, Jem reveals no sorrow towards her. Even though Jem knew that Mrs.Dubose was very ill, Jem still hated her for making him read after school. Spending a month with the fitful lady Mrs.Dubose hadn’t changed a thing about how he thought about her. The only thing Mrs.Dubose made Jem remember was never to mess with a lady’s camellias ever again.
Scout and Jem stick to what is right even if that goes against their culture. Scout’s teacher lectures on how wrong Hitler is to persecute the Jews. She points that in a democracy there is equality, peace and that the US has those virtues. Scout overhears her teacher say that the trial will teach the negroes to not mess with white folk. Scout questions her teacher’s truthfulness about equality. “Jem, how can you hate Hitler so bad an’ then turn around and be ugly about folks right at home.” (26. 331). This shows that Scout understands that you can’t go around saying that persecuting others is bad when you yourself are persecuting others in your own town. Jem can’t wrap his head around how rigged the justice department is.
Atticus tells Jem in courts, when it’s a white man’s word against a black man’s, the white man always wins. Jem tells him that just because they think that way doesn't make it moral or correct. Atticus tells him he’ll see white men cheat black men daily, and that whenever that happens no matter who they are or what their social status is, that white man is trash. Jem unearthed the prejudiced reality when the jury named Tom the felon. The Finch kids hold to what is true even though their town disagrees.
The Finch children held to what was virtuous in the midst of chaos, Jeremy understood how to put himself in another shoes, and Jean Louise discovered the significance of the mockingbirds.
Just as the faithful Finch family believed that everyone deserved to be seen without preconceived ideas, Jesus sees us through our rags of sins, loves us and hopes that we can put our trust in Christ Jesus as our personal Savior. As Atticus tucks Scout in bed, the book ends with this conversation between them: Atticus, when they finally saw, why he hadn’t done any of those things... Atticus, he was real nice… Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.
(31.385)
Scout believes Boo Radley to be a “six-and-a-half feet tall [man],[who had blood-stained hands and drooled]” (1.65). Later, Scout meets Boo and is surprised that he’s not this giant zombie but was a kind, gentle, and curious man. When Atticus sees that Arthur killed Bob Ewell he wants to announce him as hero. But Heck Tate sees the harm: “Taking the one man who's done you and this town a great service an' draggin' him with his shy ways into the limelight, that's a sin." (30.369) Scout understands Heck Tate’s reasoning: "Well, it'd be sort of like shootin' a mockingbird, wouldn't it?" (30. 370) At that moment we see the big change in Scout. She has learned what her dad has taught her how “... it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." (10.119) Scout realizes the whole point of Boo Radley’s life, just like a mockingbird is harmless, all he ever did was bring presents and guard them from harm. He didn't ruin anyone's property, or act …show more content…
mean. He was the guardian angel of the Finch’s.
First, Jean Louise Finch absolutely hated her Aunt Alexandra all she ever did was did complain about Scout’s tomboyish behavior. During their tea time with the Maycomb County ladies, Aunt Alexandra shook by the news of Tom’s death, goes out to cry but then toughens back up. When Alexandra and Scout has pulled themselves together, Aunt Alexandra resumes her chat with the ladies. Scout learns that day that Aunt Alexandra was really strong to hold her will at such a difficult time and that women are strong-hearted, tough and caring. Scout thinks, “After all, if Aunty could be a lady at a time like this, so could I.”(24.296) This demonstrates that Scout has changed her thought on women. Before she didn't even want to associate herself with women but now seeing their rigidness, Scout wants to be a women like her Aunt Alexandra.
Jem Finch realizes that the trial will forever change his mindset. Atticus tells Jem the ugly truth behind the jury’s decision. The jury didn’t acquit Tom because that would’ve “broken a rigid and time-honored code of [their] society, a code so severe that whoever [broke would be] unfit to live with.” (20.243-245). When Scout wants to smash a roly-poly, Jem says not to kill it : “Because they don’t bother you,” (25.300)Jem is referencing to the Tom Robinson case. Tom Robinson was accused guilty although he was innocent and died innocently. Jem is struggling with the circumstances that he was in and the fact that he was not able to change the verdict. It’s as if he was trying to change the roly-poly’s fate. Jem in this confused state at least can save this roly-poly from death. He learns to sympathize with this millipede a harmless insect after the Tom Robinson case.
Angered by Mrs.Dubose’s opinion on Atticus, Jem destroys her camellias. After Jem made amends with her, Jem was forced to read to Mrs.Dubose. When Mrs.Dubose is dead, Jem reveals no sorrow towards her. Even though Jem knew that Mrs.Dubose was very ill, Jem still hated her for making him read after school. Spending a month with the fitful lady Mrs.Dubose hadn’t changed a thing about how he thought about her. The only thing Mrs.Dubose made Jem remember was never to mess with a lady’s camellias ever again.
Scout and Jem stick to what is right even if that goes against their culture. Scout’s teacher lectures on how wrong Hitler is to persecute the Jews. She points that in a democracy there is equality, peace and that the US has those virtues. Scout overhears her teacher say that the trial will teach the negroes to not mess with white folk. Scout questions her teacher’s truthfulness about equality. “Jem, how can you hate Hitler so bad an’ then turn around and be ugly about folks right at home.” (26. 331). This shows that Scout understands that you can’t go around saying that persecuting others is bad when you yourself are persecuting others in your own town. Jem can’t wrap his head around how rigged the justice department is.
Atticus tells Jem in courts, when it’s a white man’s word against a black man’s, the white man always wins. Jem tells him that just because they think that way doesn't make it moral or correct. Atticus tells him he’ll see white men cheat black men daily, and that whenever that happens no matter who they are or what their social status is, that white man is trash. Jem unearthed the prejudiced reality when the jury named Tom the felon. The Finch kids hold to what is true even though their town disagrees.
The Finch children held to what was virtuous in the midst of chaos, Jeremy understood how to put himself in another shoes, and Jean Louise discovered the significance of the mockingbirds.
Just as the faithful Finch family believed that everyone deserved to be seen without preconceived ideas, Jesus sees us through our rags of sins, loves us and hopes that we can put our trust in Christ Jesus as our personal Savior. As Atticus tucks Scout in bed, the book ends with this conversation between them: Atticus, when they finally saw, why he hadn’t done any of those things... Atticus, he was real nice… Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.
(31.385)