To Kill a Mockingbird
How does Harper Lee bring out different aspects of Atticus?
The main theme of “To Kill a Mockingbird” is racial prejudice. It is a story told by Scout later on in her life when she is an adult telling the story of her childhood in Maycombe and the conviction of a Negro (Tom Robinson) accused of raping a white girl. He was defended by her father who is a Lawyer, Atticus, and he is one of the central characters in the novel. Atticus is a decent character, not only is he a knowledgeable lawyer, he is a good citizen, trusting, non-racist, courageous, stands up for what he believes in and is against violence. He was very empathetic and set a good example to his children about being moral.
Harper Lee was able to bring out different character aspects of Atticus in her novel by the use of a variety of ways. The story starts off by Atticus being asked to defend Tom Robinson. Atticus takes the case as he is not racist and believes in standing up for what you believe in even though he probably knows that he won’t win the case as it may help people see how wrong it is to be racist. This shows that he has courage and commitment by agreeing to do this even though he has to stand up to the townspeople of Maycombe who are very racist and then by following through and giving Tom the best defence possible. He has set a good example to his children by being courageous and this shows towards the end of the story when Jem (his son) shows courage when Bob Ewell attacks him and his sister, Jem keeps his sister safe while he jumps in to defend them both. Even though this is physical he was showing courage but in the end because Ewell got killed it was the wrong type of courage.
Not only is Atticus a kind and loving dad, reading to his children and giving them comfort when they need it, he also is responsible by being strict at times and teaching them hard lessons, as when he allows Jem to come with him to tell Tom’s wife about his death. At the end of the novel, when Atticus believes
The main theme of “To Kill a Mockingbird” is racial prejudice. It is a story told by Scout later on in her life when she is an adult telling the story of her childhood in Maycombe and the conviction of a Negro (Tom Robinson) accused of raping a white girl. He was defended by her father who is a Lawyer, Atticus, and he is one of the central characters in the novel. Atticus is a decent character, not only is he a knowledgeable lawyer, he is a good citizen, trusting, non-racist, courageous, stands up for what he believes in and is against violence. He was very empathetic and set a good example to his children about being moral.
Harper Lee was able to bring out different character aspects of Atticus in her novel by the use of a variety of ways. The story starts off by Atticus being asked to defend Tom Robinson. Atticus takes the case as he is not racist and believes in standing up for what you believe in even though he probably knows that he won’t win the case as it may help people see how wrong it is to be racist. This shows that he has courage and commitment by agreeing to do this even though he has to stand up to the townspeople of Maycombe who are very racist and then by following through and giving Tom the best defence possible. He has set a good example to his children by being courageous and this shows towards the end of the story when Jem (his son) shows courage when Bob Ewell attacks him and his sister, Jem keeps his sister safe while he jumps in to defend them both. Even though this is physical he was showing courage but in the end because Ewell got killed it was the wrong type of courage.
Not only is Atticus a kind and loving dad, reading to his children and giving them comfort when they need it, he also is responsible by being strict at times and teaching them hard lessons, as when he allows Jem to come with him to tell Tom’s wife about his death. At the end of the novel, when Atticus believes