Understanding Atticus In the old movie The Breakfast Club‚ Bender is dangerous and this makes him memorable. He does things people normally wouldn’t do. For example do drugs or yell at a teacher. In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ one of the most interesting characters is Atticus Finch. Atticus is smart‚ brave‚ and wise. Atticus Finch is a smart man. First of all he is a lawyer. To be a lawyer you have to solve puzzles and fight for someone’s innocence. The quote “Mr. Ewell can you
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Alabama during the 1930’s in Harper Lee’s book “To Kill A Mockingbird”. In this book‚ which is based on a white family and told through the eyes of the youngest child‚ “Scout Finch”‚ you learn about her residential city Maycomb‚ and its many issues with racism and social discrimination. You also learn about Scout’s father ‚ Atticus Finch‚ who is an attorney for a hopeless black man striving for innocence due to being falsely accused of rape. Throughout this essay‚ you will read about the characters of “To
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Reflection journal #1: Scout and Atticus Scout and her father Atticus have the strongest relationship of all the characters in “To Kill a Mockingbird‚” from the novel’s outset‚ and that relationship is tested when her world is flipped upside down after Cecil Jacobs declares that Scout’s dad is a “nigger lover.” Inquisitively‚ Scout pesters Atticus as to what a “nigger lover” is. “Scout‚” said Atticus‚ “nigger lover is just one of those terms that don’t mean anything – like snot-nose. It’s hard
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“Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win‚” (30). Atticus is a firm believer in doing what is right no matter what. A hero is someone who is brave enough to stand up for their beliefs. The hero in To Kill a Mockingbird is Atticus Finch because he stood up and took the Tom Robinson despite the odds stacked up against him. Atticus has a lot of courage and bravery. Former president Lyndon B. Johnson led the Civil Rights Act of 1964 during
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possess weapons of far greater power than ever before. This raises the question as to whether the consciences of human beings can have any influence on the serious chaos that is developing‚ also whether a lack of conscience is a significant cause. It must be recognised that human civilisations have largely failed to have any conscience in the past. Religion‚ of whatever kind‚ should be a source of “conscience” among human beings; surely we all have a responsibility in this area. Therefore this is the
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Conscience Conscience is “the practical judgment of reason upon an individual act as good and to be performed‚ or as evil and to be avoided” (Glenn‚ 1930). Hence‚ an individual must prefer to do the right thing over the wrong thing in accordance with his moral or ethical conduct. The judgment is practical because it leads to a course of action. On the other hand‚ it is a judgment of reason because it derives from our understanding of what ought to be done as good and what ought to be avoided
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their personalities that are only seen in certain places or around certain people. Atticus Finch is an example to his children‚ and to the rest of the town‚ of an honest man who never pretends to be anyone he isn’t. "Atticus Finch is the same in his house as he is on the public streets". Through these words Miss Maudie tells us a lot about Atticus’ character and his many qualities. Miss Maudie meant that Atticus didn’t ever put on faces or pretend that he was someone that he wasn’t while in different
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crazy‚ Atticus Finch does the best he can to act as a respectful man. Atticus Finch is a lawyer who defends the best he can‚ a gentleman who always keeps his composure‚ and a father who educates his children. Atticus defends his client Tom Robinson with all his heart‚ despite Tom being black. Although slavery has long since become abolished‚ in Maycomb‚ whites still discriminate against blacks‚ but Atticus has a different outlook on men. He defends Tom the way he should... fairly. Scout‚ Atticus’ daughter
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novel‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ written by Harper Lee‚ Atticus is a loving father to Jem and Scout. He is an outstanding father to his children because he is hardworking and caring yet he struggles with keeping his children proud of him. Atticus is a lawyer and single father trying his best to provide for his kids‚ and allow them to have a great life in this world of racism however it does get difficult along the way. Jem and Scout love Atticus however since he is almost fifty years old he cannot get
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Atticus Finch is a smart man worthy of being lawyer. In the fictional novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee that tells the story of a young girl Scout Finch‚ who is coming of age. Scout in the beginning of the novel did not have much tolerance and soon as the novel progressed she came to decide that not everyone will agree with her. Scout who is always around Atticus makes up a part of that impact in her life. The advice given for Scout help to build her to be good well being. To being told that
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