A Comparison between Atticus Finch and Jack Finch Atticus Finch plays a very prominent role in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. This novel occurs during a time of great depression where money is scarce. Atticus is a lawyer who lives with his two children‚ Jeremy and Jean Louise‚ and his cook‚ Calpurnia‚ in a small‚ rural town called Maycomb. He is a very optimistic man who has high morals and believes everyone is equal‚ although many seem to disagree. Atticus also shares many intriguing similar
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In Harper Lee’s award-winning novel‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ the character of Atticus Finch is an archetypal hero. He possesses all the major character traits of a true hero‚ among which the following three are most impressive and dominant: the instinct and ability to protect the weak‚ kindness and courage. Firstly‚ Atticus consistently exhibits an important quality of a hero: protecting the weaker and the disadvantaged. This character trait is evident when Atticus is told that there was a mad
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Older brothers are typically the ones who annoy and bully the younger siblings with love. They are the ones who the parents rely on to help around the house. Jem Finch is a little bit different than the typical older brother to a little girl‚ but then again his little sister isn’t that ordinary either. Jem Finch displays many character traits. In the first few chapters he displays a little kid who gets in trouble along side of his friends and younger sister‚ but further into the novel Jem demonstrates
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Lee. The main character‚ Atticus Finch illustrates moral courage‚ where it has taught me to do the right thing despite the risk of hostile consequences. To Kill a Mocking bird showed me potential of moral courage. I was assigned to read To Kill a Mockingbird. It took me two hours to finish it because it was so intriguing with suspense. It takes place in a racist white community of Maycomb‚ Alabama. Atticus Finch‚ a wealthy lawyer and a father of Jem and Scout Finch. Atticus agrees to
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An All-around Good Guy Atticus Finch‚ the father of Scout in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ would easily be considered a hero. He was a white lawyer for a black man in Alabama during a time of great racial tension. Unlike several of the townspeople in Maycomb County‚ Atticus did not care what race Tom Robinson was. He only cared that he was an innocent man. Alas‚ no matter how much incriminating evidence he had to show Robinson’s innocence‚ the racial prejudice of the jurymen sent a black
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Atticus Finch: The Definition of Courage Atticus states that "courage is...when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what" (112). It takes a courageous man to face negative pressures of a society. In the novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ a courageous father and lawyer‚ Atticus Finch‚ lives in Maycomb‚ Alabama during the great depression. Atticus demonstrates courage in multiple ways‚ some apparent and some subtle. Atticus first
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In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill A Mockingbird the reader can see the protagonist of the story‚ Scout Finch‚ mature from her child like mentality and thoughts to become a strong feminine character with high morals. This is achieved through the characters and situations in her life that influence her to see reality‚ past her childhood mirage‚ for what it really is. The roles of people such as Atticus Finch‚ and other minor characters‚ greatly influences how she views the topics of racism‚ prejudice‚ and
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Atticus Finch is a single father of two children‚ Scout and Jem. Although he is openly criticized because he defended a black man in court‚ he is still greatly respected. Here are the reasons why. Atticus Finch is very smart‚ and brave. When Tom Robinson was moved to the Maycomb jail‚ Atticus knew people would try to kill Tom. Thus being said Atticus went to the jail and waited. When a group of men arrived Atticus stood his ground‚ and without raising a finger‚ he made the men leave. This shows
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The characters in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird are courageous. The novel tells the story of how the Finch family overcame a predicament that emerged from racial discrimination. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Atticus Finch is disgraced for defending a black man who is accused of raping a white woman. This causes his children‚ Jem and Scout‚ to also face hostility. Despite this animosity‚ the Finch family bravely confronted any crisis that arose. Courage is necessary when facing adversity because it
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Atticus People are judgmental everywhere you go. In every society people view themselves either about or below others. In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Atticus Finch experiences being the center of gossip in Maycomb‚ and also the center of threat to Bob Ewell. Atticus Finch is a respectable person in Maycomb‚ Alabama. He has such a wise and sensible view on life. He learns from his mistakes and tries to be fair and tolerant. Not only is he a good citizen but a good parent to his children
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