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    Successful Daughter. (New York: Ballantine Books‚ 1982)‚ 22 - 24. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ Atticus Finch is portrayed as an excellent father because he acts as an educator‚ treats people equally and allows hischildren to develop their own personalities by giving them more freedom. Atticus is considered to be a pal parent‚ who shows his children lots of love. Besides being a lawyer‚ Atticus also acts as and educator

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    differences between Atticus Finch and Bob Ewell. Atticus is the most moral person in this novel‚ meanwhile Bob Ewell is the complete opposite of Atticus. Mr. Ewell uses‚ abuses‚ and manipulates to get his way. Although Atticus and Mr. Ewell have some similarities‚ but not many. Mr. Ewell and Atticus seem to represent the sides of good and evil in this bestseller. In addition to‚ the imbalance between Atticus and Mr. Ewell can be seen through their physical appearance. Atticus is a tall‚ scrawny

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    Courage takes physical and mental strength to face your fear and do what you feel is right. “In To Kill A Mocking Bird” by Harper Lee many characters showed courage all through the story‚ but the ones that stood out the most were Calpurnia and Jem Finch. Calpurnia made several acts of bravery during the story one of the being taking white children to a black church. Jem also was brave and stood up to his father when he knew he was in danger. They both were very brave in frightening times. Calpurnia

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    The Theme of Courage in “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Harper Lee’s novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" explores how courage can be shown in several important characters in the novel. They are Mrs. Dubose‚ Atticus‚ Jem and Maycomb County itself. Also Cal‚ Miss Maudie and Scout show moral and physical courage during the novel. Courage exists in several forms as cleverly depicted in the novel‚ such as childish couragemoral courage. I believe that courage definitely plays a major role as a theme in scenes

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    If your daughter or son demonstrated a lesson learned how would you react? Jem and Scout‚ in the book To Kill A Mockingbird‚ are the children of Atticus Finch. The gradual but significant growth helps Scout understand the meaning of mockingbirds‚ Jem learn to empathize with the harmless beings in life and together show that no matter what they experience they will hold to what they know is right. Scout believes Boo Radley to be a “six-and-a-half feet tall [man]‚[who had blood-stained hands and drooled]”

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    Father of Jem and Scout‚ Atticus Finch acts as Maycomb Alabama’s leading attorney . The essence of moral character‚ Atticus teaches his children and his community how to stand up for one’s beliefs in the face of prejudice and ignorance by defending a black man‚ Tom Robinson‚ who was wrongfully accused of raping a white woman. Atticus is the voice of reason in Maycomb. He is a man that goes beyond the word tolerance. Atticus looks at everyone and tries to see himself in his or her shoes. Quietly but

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    Being a hero involves not only courage‚ noble deeds‚ and outstanding achievements‚ but also the bravery to make a difference and a heart full of love. Atticus Finch‚ one of the main characters in the book “To Kill A Mockingbird” displayed acts of heroism when trying to defend Tom Robinson‚ who was wrongly convicted of rape just because he was African-American. Another excellent example of heroism is found with General Romeo Dallaire‚ who defended the Tutsi people with his life when the Hutu people

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    Courage is an important theme in to kill a mockingbird In To Kill Mockingbird courage is presented to us as a desirable quality. Harper Lee suggests that there is some misunderstanding as to what real courage in the community of Maycomb actually is. Many aspects of courage are shown in To Kill a Mockingbird. There are examples of physical courage‚ such as Atticus facing the rabid dog. There is also moral courage‚ an example of this would be when Atticus takes on Tom Robinson’s case and he sticks

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    Atticus Finch Character Sketch Harper lee has chosen great characters in ‘‘To Kill a Mockingbird’’. Atticus Finch is one of the main characters with a fair charisma. Atticus have a vigorous personality which influences the whole story thus his views are based on justice‚ wisdom and humanism. He grew up in a town named Maycomb where prevasive poverty was omnipresent therefore he is very respected by all his surroundings‚ and he is especially admired by his family. In case of any troubles or doubts

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    Leaving everything and everyone that ever loved you and disappearing into the wilderness with little asks for a lot of courage. Throughout Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild novel‚ the main figure Christopher McCandless takes a wild expedition into the heart of Alaska. In McCandless’s case surviving in the woods did not go into his favor‚ but becoming a hero did. Writing a 200 page novel is not something that an author would do for an ordinary person‚ It is done to acknowledge somebody that has been outstanding

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