during the Great Depression. Atticus in To Kill A Mockingbird‚ it’s the town lawyer of Maycomb. He is also the father of Scout and Jem Finch. The story is about a family who lives in Maycomb County that faces difficulties throughout the story. Atticus is a good teacher‚ stays solid‚ and is a respectful person when he is raising his children in Maycomb County which effects the story positively because his characteristics made who his children became. According to Atticus‚ “When a child asks you something
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Atticus Finch is a lawyer in a small town called maycomb county. He is a very gentle and kind character. Atticus has two kid named Jem and Scout‚ they don’t call him dad yet they have a very close relationship together. Atticus never is a rude or hateful person he is always characterized as nice‚ if he was ever rude he was most likely just doing his job. By Atticus being kind hearted‚ loving‚ and gentle he is able to create a good name for himself and for people to look up to him. Atticus is very
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back in the 1930s were very different from parents today. But Atticus Finch is on a whole different level of parenting. Atticus does not act like a normal father. His parenting style is much more different than the other parents in the 1930s. If you misbehaved back in the 1930s your parents might beat you but Atticus never beat his children. Atticus almost treated his children like adults which was very unique for that time period. Atticus intellectually challenges his children‚ shows them how to be
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The Real Atticus Finch “How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young‚ compassionate with the aged‚ sympathetic with the striving‚ and tolerant of the weak and the strong -- because someday you will have been all of these‚” George Washington Carver once stated. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Atticus Finch‚ a father of Jem and Scout and a lawyer in Maycomb County‚ is tender‚ compassionate‚ sympathetic and tolerant with everyone he comes in contact with. He does
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not to get things done. Atticus Finch isn’t that kind of person‚ he is the opposite in the fictional novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee. In the novel Atticus is the father of two main characters Scout and Jem. Scout and Jem are young and don’t know much‚ this is noticed when Scout fights anyone that insults or makes fun of her and Atticus teaches her about life. Atticus is also a lawyer and is a good one at that and he is determined to do his job effectively. Atticus Finch is a determined
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Atticus finch is almost as unpredictable as super bowl LI. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ you will find there to be two astonishing children named Jean Louise “Scout” Finch and Jeremiah “Jem” Finch. They live during a very segregated time in the south and are being corrupted into the racism by this small community Maycomb County. Atticus is a very unpredictable man and you will see that through his hidden talents‚ his part in the court‚ and his tranquility. Atticus has quite the
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Atticus is the father figure for his kids‚ Jem and Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird. The Finch family lives in Maycomb‚ Alabama during the Great Depression. The kids spend much of their time playing with their gregarious neighbor‚ Dill‚ and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor Boo Radley. When their father‚ Atticus‚ who is a widowed man and a respected lawyer‚ defends a black man named Tom Robinson against fabricated rape charges against a white girl‚ he is in/at a detriment. The trial
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First of all‚ I will be characterizing Atticus as an outsider and a riskful person. To begin‚ Atticus can be characterized as an outsider. Firstly‚ Atticus does not hunt‚ fish‚ gamble‚ drink‚ or smoke like a majority of the fathers and men in Maycomb do. As stated in the novel‚ “He did not do the things our schoolmates’ fathers did: he never went hunting‚ he did not play poker or fish or drink or smoke. He sat in the livingroom and read” (Lee 118). Not doing one or two of those activities to the
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Atticus Finch is a heroic character in to kill a mockingbird. A heroic character would be somebody who is admired for great and brave acts or fine qualities. This applies to Atticus because he defended a black man in court at a time of great racial segregation in the south. He did this because he cares for everybody equally and values everybody’s life. Different people looked at Atticus as a hero‚ such as much of the black community in Maycomb. They believe that Atticus is a hero because he defended
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courage is when they are fighting for what is right. This is evident in the book when Atticus decides to take the case for Tom Robinson when no one else would. He is able to show true courage by being brave and standing against Maycomb’s prejudicial views on other races. In the book Atticus is portrayed as a caring man who is willing to stand up for equality. After Jem incident with Mrs Dubose and her passing away Atticus had a conversation with Jem on what true courage was. He said‚ “Courage is when you
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