arises‚ from the fatherly figure of Atticus Finch. Atticus has many of the same characteristics as these more traditional heroes‚ such as wisdom‚ bravery and integrity. Atticus qualifies as a hero without any superpowers. His rare actions and attributes clearly meet the requirements for a superb hero in his time. Many times throughout Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mocking Bird” Atticus has wise words for his children and teaches them very valuable morals. Atticus gives the following advice to scout
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equality with court systems in her novel. Atticus Finch‚ father of the main character states that “our courts are great levelers‚ and in our courts all men are created equal” (274) Atticus is right by saying this. In Lee’s story scout defends her father’s thought by adding more evidence. To Kill a Mockingbird tells the story of life in the 1930’s from Scout Finch’s point of view. In any story there are problems and situations that nee to be dealt with. Atticus‚ being a defense attorney‚ shows Scout
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He didn’t speak up when she spoke about Scout or himself‚ but the minute Miss Dubose said something about Atticus that is when the tide had changed. The next time Jem passed by the older woman’s house‚ he destroyed her Camellia’s. Atticus had assigned Jem to clean up and work on the beautiful‚ white flowers‚ and he had to read to the old woman everyday for a month. Jem would suffer through the whole punishment without a
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It snowed for the first time in 45 years‚ so it was a brutally cold night in Maycomb‚ Alabama. I watched as Atticus Finch‚ my wise and kind neighbor‚ drove off with his cook to take her home. I hoped my children were staying warm‚ for I knew what it’s like to be cold on this lonely night. It was the dead of the night and something had to be wrong. It wasn’t silent and peaceful like normal. No! The night was bursting with commotion! What was that smell? Smoke? Lights started flippin’ on‚ all up
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Faquiryan 3/22/09 Period 3 Jeremy Atticus Finch’s Evolution A child learns so much from interacting with its surroundings. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ Jeremy Finch does a whole lot of learning. Jem and Scout witness some of the evils of man and learn important lessons from them. However‚ Jem understands most of the events going on around him than his younger sibling Scout. From roughly the age of 10 through 13 we see how much Jeremy (Jem) Finch has evolved from the point-of-view
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In part 1 of the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" there is a girl named Jean Finch‚ nicknamed Scout‚ and her brother Jem Finch live in Maycomb with their father Atticus Finch. Atticus is a lawyer who is loved by the whole city. Scout and Jem have a cook named Calpurnia who is like a mother figure in the house since the kid’s mom died when Scout was a young girl. Scout doesn’t remember her mother but Jem does. Jem gets sad when he thinks of their mother. A boy named Charles Harris‚ nicknamed Dill‚moves
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takes place in Maycomb‚ Alabama. Author Harper Lee uses memorable characters to explore civil rights and racism in the 1930s. The book is told through the eyes of a girl named Scout Finch. The Finch children and their friends are on an adventure to find out more about Boo Radley. In To Kill a Mockingbird Scout Finch is coming of age. Scout learns a lot from the people that star in her life. She learns how to respect people and courage. In Macomb‚ Alabama there is a girl named Scout. Scout is a pretty
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(Harper Lee 90). Throughout the story “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee‚ the symbolism of the mockingbird plays a tremendous role. In the story the narrator Jean Louise “Scout” Finch who is six at the time when the story begins‚ takes us on a journey with her father Atticus Finch‚ who is a lawyer and her brother Jem Finch who begins to mature. As Scout grows up‚ she doesn’t always understand what is going on‚ that’s when the symbolism of the mockingbird plays an immense role. Throughout the story
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"The main one is. If I didn’t [defend Tom Robinson in court] I couldn’t hold my head up in town" - Atticus Finch That’s what answered to the question what were the reasons for him to defend Tom Robinson in court. Tom Robinson is in this story the most obvious oppressed. But instead of talking about why he is oppressed‚ I’d like to show you in what way he is oppressed‚ by e.g. Bob Ewell. 1. [...] "I seen that black nigger yonder ruttin’ on my Mayella!" […] - Bob Ewell Mister Ewell is barely
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of integrity. Atticus is seen as a well-mannered intellect‚ one that typically reads in his spare time and is opposed to violence and the like. What readers find out in the end of chapter ten challenges ones thoughts and assumptions about his personality. To be specific‚ the event that twists the plot is Atticus Finch taking a rifle and killing a mad dog in a single shot. Had Atticus been ’like other residents of Maycomb’ it would not have been so shocking but in Scout’s eyes‚ Atticus was a wimp who
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