fight the glaring injustice. Atticus Finch is a man of integrity‚ intelligence‚ and a strong moral code‚ but more importantly‚ recognizes the importance of teaching this to others. Lee portrays him as a hero in many different ways‚ his strong mentality serving as a basic threshold for his courageous actions. Atticus Finch is a heroic individual by defending those he sees are helpless‚ and always staying true to his morals and values while simultaneously raising
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English I Mr. Johnson Atticus Finch In the novel To Kill a Mocking Bird‚ by Harper Lee‚ is a story about innocence‚ knowledge‚ prejudice and courage. The main characters‚ Scout and Jem‚ starts out to be very immature children not knowing the prejudice around them. As the story goes on they gain knowledge of these times by fellow friends around them. Atticus Finch is respectable‚ honorable‚ and wise man who plays a very important role in this novel. Atticus Finch is a very respectable gentleman
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Whilst researching Atticus Finch I presumed I would find various articles revering him as a great man of principle‚ but quite contradictory‚ I mostly found articles criticising Atticus. I found this stance curious and it proved rather propitious for me‚ inspiring the idea of this essay. I shall endeavour to explore the faults of the two characters Sherlock Holmes and Atticus Finch and explain how this makes them interesting and complex characters. I will only refer to the Sherlock Holmes from the
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what honor looks like through Atticus Finch. Atticus is an honorable character due to his determination to stand up for what is right; additionally‚ he is honorable because of how he reacted to the communities actions. Atticus treats and views everyone as the same‚ which influences others around him and makes an impact. Some of the people that he has the largest impact on are his children‚ Scout and Jem; because of this‚ the lessons learned do not go unforgotten. Atticus shares his wisdom many times
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obliterated and officers storm inside. The resident is being accused of murder‚ a crime they didn’t commit. In order to avoid jail time‚ the accused is going to need an exceptional lawyer. An excellent example of an exceptional lawyer would be Atticus Finch. He has many strong traits that show what an ample lawyer he can be. Whether it be his courage‚ which he shows when he takes the Tom Robinson case and defends Tom Robinson from the lynch mob. Or his intelligence‚ which he shows when he proves that
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Atticus Finch always stood up for what he believed in‚ no matter the consequences. He lost friendships and attracted trouble from defending Tom Robinson‚ but by staying so defiant he subtly passes on wisdom to his children Jem and Scout about taboo subjects such as racism. Atticus always appeared to be a friendly man‚ who showed compassion to people regardless of their social class or skin colour. An example of this is when Walter Cunningham was invited to dinner‚ and straight away Atticus spoke
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of birds are hunted. Pheasant is caught for food and Bluejays are shot because they are pests‚ but there is one bird that should not be harmed. In the words of Atticus Finch‚ “it is a sin to kill a mockingbird.” In the small town of Maycomb‚ Alabama‚ Atticus Finch and his children‚ Scout and Jem‚ see the full force of racism when Atticus defends a black man‚ Tom Robinson‚ in court when he is accused of rape. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird author Harper Lee illustrates the idea that having empathy
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1) Kind and understanding‚ strict but fair‚ Atticus Finch embodies everything that a father should be‚ evidence of this is in Scouts description of her and her brother views of their father‚“Jem and I found our father satisfactory: he played with us‚ read to us and treated us with courteous detachment.” showing he does what a father is obliged to do but treats them as he would treat anyone else and that they are on the same level as him. A man of great strength and courage‚ he is Scout and Jem’s
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walked around in them. From that day forward‚ I vowed that I would one day teach my children the wise words that Atticus Finch had taught me when I was a child. Seventeen years have passed since that day. I grew up‚ married my highschool sweetheart‚ Stephan Carters‚ and had two children with him. We had a girl named Eliza Marie Carters who is now 6 years old and a boy named James Atticus Carters who is now 4 years old. Unfortunately‚ two years after the birth of James‚ Stephan had died
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everyone gone think me trash after that gosh darn Atticus embarrassed me like that‚ how dare he. That man need be taught a lesson‚ who the hell does he think he is treating me like that I ain’t no Negro I am white and equal to him in every way‚ I may be the poorest man in Macomb but I am not nearly as bad as those coloured folk. I expected to be a hero after saving all those women from that rapist‚ But instead I lost all of my dignity to Atticus Finch. I still don’t understand what a rich white man
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