Atticus as a Role-Model Atticus is one of the best citizens of Maycomb‚ mainly because he is such a big role-model towards everyone. While Atticus sets a great example for everybody in Maycomb‚ he appears to have the biggest influence on Scout‚ Jem‚ and the rest of the Maycomb community. First‚ Scout is a young impressionable girl without a mother and needs as much guidance as possible with everyday lessons in life. Second‚ Atticus teaches Jem important morals and values. Lastly‚ Atticus looks
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The story is about a nine year old girl named Scout‚ her brother Jem‚ and their father Atticus‚who is a lawyer. Atticus is given a very controversial case where he has to defend a black man accused of raping a white woman. TKAM reflects its time period in many different ways. First‚ it shows Mr. Cunningham paying Atticus with hickory nuts and other vegetables. On page 21 Scout says to Atticus “why does he pay you like that?” Atticus the replies with “Because that’s the only way he can pay me. He
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Every individual has a perspective on things in life and their personal idea of the truth. These are universal concepts and are widely seen in ted Hughes poems “birthday Letters”. Birthday letters is a set of poems‚ said to have been written by Hughes for six years prior to his death‚ on his ex wife’s birthday each year this the selection of poems being called birthday letters. The selection on poems surrounds his problematic marital issues between himself and his wife Sylvia Plath. It is also
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Atticus is considerate and wise. He is considerate for three reasons; the first is because he always makes sure his kids are safe. When Uncle Jack gave the kids their air- rifles‚ Atticus would not teach them how to use it. When the rabid dog was on their street‚ Atticus made sure his kids were safe‚ and he killed the dog to keep everyone safe. Another reason he is considerate is because he makes sure his kids grow up having manners. When Mrs. Dubose wanted Jem to come read to her‚ Atticus made him
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Treat Others How You Want to Be Treated Do learning life lessons as a person grows up make them more mature? In the book‚ there is a family that lives in a little town called Maycomb. Atticus is Scout and Jem’s father‚ they do not have a mother‚ but they do have a nanny/housekeeper named Calpurnia who keeps them out of trouble. They are growing up during the depression‚ but are two of the happiest kids in Maycomb. They see many different things going on around town‚ some things they do and don’t
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A Divergent View Similar to walking around in someone else’s shoes‚ this is what changes Jem and Scout’s viewpoint of understanding. In this simile‚ Atticus tries to teach an important lesson about truly accepting one’s situation to alter Jem and Scout’s outlook with people. Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird reveals that a change of perspective can lead to a different way of understanding through a similar metaphor‚ idiom‚ and the plot twist of finding out that Boo Radley is not akin to Jem’s absurd
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Jem’s actions. The two that stood out boldly to me‚ however‚ were Atticus and Calpurnia. Atticus‚ being the children’s father‚ tought his kids many moral lessons. Calpurnia acted as a mother to Jem and Scout. Throughout every chapter these two characters were making connections that only parents can do. They both inflicted fundamental influence on the children. Atticus and Calpurnia were both essential characters in supporting Jem and Scouts actions because they represented parental values needed
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Calpurnia’s Perspective of Understanding Others To Kill a Mocking Bird is a classic novel about a young lady growing up in the south during the 1930’s. Calpurnia is a character in this novel that represents the theme of “understanding people who are different”. Throughout the novel‚ Calpurnia teaches Jem and Scout that being different isn’t all that bad. Cal’s lifestyle outside of the Finch family represents how people are different from others. She also helps break the barrier between blacks
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fighting and Atticus telling her its childish. It is also demonstrated by the children wanting to go into town more often and not worry about what is going on at home. The characteristics of Jem and demonstrates that coming of age means to become more mature and wanting to be more like their parents instead of still being childish. Scout even though she is becoming older she is still being childish in the sense that she is still fighting at school. Atticus tells her that she is
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Be Coming Free Ebony or Ivory we should all live together in harmony. Whether somebody is black or white everybody should be held equally accountable in the court of law. Harper Lee‚ the author of To Kill A Mockingbird‚ has a character named Atticus Finch who is representing a guy that goes by the name of Tom Robinson. Tom Robinson is a black defendant who was accused of rape by Mayella Ewell. In the town of Maycomb County‚ being racist is nothing new. There is suspicion that since Tom is an African
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