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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To Kill A Mockingbird Quotes “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view” – Atticus Finch “Shoot all the blue jays you want‚ if you can hit ‘em‚ but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird” – Atticus Finch “What are you doing in overalls‚ you should be in a dress young lady” – Mrs. Dubose “Do you defend niggers‚ Atticus?” – Scout “Boo Radley is a malevolent phantom” – the children “I dropped my fists and walked away” – Scout “He wouldn’t
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Louise “Scout” Finch‚ learns that the majority of people in Maycomb County‚ Alabama have the same beliefs. They believe that black people are inferior‚ dishonest‚ and unimportant in society. Luckily‚ Scout and her brother‚ Jem‚ have their father‚ Atticus‚ to look up to as a role model. Atticus does not follow the common stereotypes of Maycomb. He believes all men are created equal. The one moment in the novel that really distinguishes the Finch family’s beliefs from others is when Atticus agrees to represent
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“ There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have their altars and their religion.”---William Hazlitt. William Hazlitt was considered one of the greatest critics and essayists in the history of the English language. In his opinion‚ the nature of heroism is not confirmed. This idea was explained in the tragic play Macbeth by William Shakespeare‚ Shakespeare portrayed vivid characters with contrasting properties and characteristics. And many of their behaviors could represent
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Character Portrait – Scout Jean Louise Finch‚ also known as Scout‚ is one of the main characters in the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird”‚ this story is seen through her perspective. Scout is an innocent‚ ignorant‚ young girl who lives with her father‚ Atticus and brother Jem in Alabama‚ Maycomb County. Scout is quite special amongst her town; from her personal qualities; tomboyish behaviour due to the parenting style of Atticus‚ and her social position from her being the daughter of a respected lawyer
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The theme of the Civil War stories is adversity. All of the stories show examples of suffering. In A Mystery of Heroism‚ Collins was suffering from thirst and risked his own life because of it. In A Diary from Dixie‚ it shows how the South is suffering from loss of the battles. In Letter to Sarah Ballou‚ it shows how both Sullivan Ballou and Sarah Ballou are suffering from not being able to see each other and the fear Sullivan could die. In War is Kind‚ it talks about how different families are suffering
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wondered what Atticus was actually like? Atticus Finch is the father of the main character Jean Louise “Scout” Finch and Jeremy Atticus “Jem” Finch in the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Atticus is a very honest character who teaches Scout‚ Jem‚ and Dill a lot of lessons about life and one of them is who people think that Blacks are lesser people‚ which is not true at all. Throughout To Kill A Mockingbird Atticus is courageous‚ wise‚ and accepting. Throughout TKAM‚ Atticus is very courageous
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person who stands by their beliefs‚ such as Galileo‚ even characters found in book characters‚ such as Atticus in the book To Kill A Mockingbird‚ who stood for what his belief and not others‚ but in every one who will fight for what is right. The first kind of people who can be
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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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Hester Prynne’s Heroism Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter focuses on seven years in the lives of four people living in a puritan community in seventeenth century Boston. Hester Prynne‚ the wife of Roger Chillingworth‚ falls in love with the Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale and the two have a child‚ Pearl. The novel explores the effects of adultery on these four characters. Ralph Waldo Emerson once said‚ "It is the surmounting of difficulties that makes heroes." A hero has the qualities of loyalty and
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