many themes of the book is showing courage to protect the innocent‚ which is basically protecting a mockingbird from death. Some of the characters in Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird show courage by acting as the protectors of the mockingbirds‚ or the innocent people. Jean Louise Finch (Scout)‚ Atticus‚ and Boo Radley all portray courage in some way in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. Scout shows courage when she continues to write and read with Atticus even though her teacher told her not
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Moral Objectivism and Moral Relativism Today there are many people that stand by moral relativism‚ which claims that moral values are not objective. The liberal mindset of accepting other cultures and values leads some people to select moral relativism over moral objectivism‚ which claims that moral values are objective. Moral relativism is problematic in that it allows one to validly select any moral argument‚ and ultimately subverts the primary goal of ethics. Moral values are objective‚ and
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respected man so I told them to keep it down because he is asleep and we don’t want to wake him. They kept trying to get me to leave but i wouldn’t budge‚ I need to keep my client safe. All of a sudden I heard a shriek and a voice call out‚ “hey‚ Atticus!”. Scout‚ Jem‚ and Dill came out of the darkness and stepped into the light. Fear and panic passed through me. Why were they here? Does Calpurnia know they are gone? I got up and moved towards them.
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Americans weren’t respected by many white people‚ but her father is someone who goes against that. Atticus Finch is a very well liked lawyer‚ until he takes up the case of Tom Robinson‚ a black man accused of assaulting Mayella Ewell. The Ewell’s claims of Tom Robinson assaulting her all seemed a little fishy‚ but Robinson was wrongly accused of the crime and was sent to jail. During the trial‚ Atticus tells Jem‚ “In our courts‚ when it’s a white man’s word against a black man’s‚ the white man always
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Atticus Finch is a widower or 50 and the father or two children. His character can best be summed up as a man whose character is nearly the complete opposite of the general population of the town and indeed‚ many white people who lived in the southern states of America. He is a man without prejudice and racial hatred and is a good-hearted man of strong morals. He brings up his children the way he sees right‚ and defends the innocent represented by Tom Robinson in the novel. Atticus is a man
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I see the character of Atticus Finch as a courageous‚ smart‚ and a great father to Scout and Jem. Atticus had a lot of success as a parent despite the fact that he was a single parent trying to take care of his children on his own. As with any parent though there is always room for improvement. He would give his kids too much freedom. I admire his character and how he handled certain situations. Atticus showed his children that you have to fight for what you believe the example he made was fighting
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According to Aristotle‚ we get moral virtue as a result of habit and none of the moral virtues arise in us by nature‚ because nothing that exists by nature can form a habit contrary to its nature. Nature has no effect on how moral virtues arise in us. Instead‚ we receive nature when we adapt‚ and therefore are made perfect by habit. A good example Aristotle uses is that we have senses before we even know how to use them. Eventually we learn how to use them by exercising them everyday. Another good
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Lee’s To Kill a Mocking Bird‚ Atticus Finch does not fit into the majority. Throughout the novel he is mocked and constantly challenged due to his strong morals. In fact‚ Atticus Finch’s morals are the complete opposite of the majority of Maycomb because Harper uses his character to raise the awareness of those around him. Atticus Finch represents many of the qualities of a good person in today’s society. Unfortunately‚ he is unique in this way because the morals of many of the other characters
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are all revealed during the trial. Atticus a well-educated man‚ with integrity was chosen to defend Tom Robinson the Black man accused of the crime. Even though Atticus knew he was not going to win and that Tom was innocent. He still wanted to try and show the people of Maycomb county that they let race decide your “fate” and that court system should be one of the places where everyone is equal. Even though all of these signs of inequality existed happened courage was shown by many of the townspeople
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How successful is Atticus as a father? In the novel ‘To kill a mocking bird’ there are two main characters Jem and Scout‚ the book is all about their experiences as they grow up. A big impact in this story is there father Atticus Finch; he has an impact to their lives as he is there father so the way he treats them‚ and acts is going to have an effect on Jem and Scout. Jem and Scout can show how successful Atticus is as a father; this is what I am going to be talking about‚ ‘how successful of a
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