The Real Atticus Finch “How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young‚ compassionate with the aged‚ sympathetic with the striving‚ and tolerant of the weak and the strong -- because someday you will have been all of these‚” George Washington Carver once stated. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Atticus Finch‚ a father of Jem and Scout and a lawyer in Maycomb County‚ is tender‚ compassionate‚ sympathetic and tolerant with everyone he comes in contact with. He does
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11/7/14 Atticus Finch: An Honest Man & Lawyer In the 1930’s in southern Alabama‚ rape and attempted rape was considered a capital offense. This was just one of the measures taken to ensure the safety of Southern women‚ who in the eyes of men‚ were fragile and innocent. As a result of the Ladies Law‚ men could even be sentenced to jail time for using profane language around a lady. This conservative culture‚ combined with prejudices leftover from the civil war‚ spelled trouble
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they are fighting for what is right. This is evident in the book when Atticus decides to take the case for Tom Robinson when no one else would. He is able to show true courage by being brave and standing against Maycomb’s prejudicial views on other races. In the book Atticus is portrayed as a caring man who is willing to stand up for equality. After Jem incident with Mrs Dubose and her passing away Atticus had a conversation with Jem on what true courage was. He said‚ “Courage is when you know you’re
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feminine influence!’ (I. ch. 13) In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ the protagonist is Atticus Finch‚ a father of two children named Jem and Jean Louis “Scout” Finch. His wife died when his children were very young. Atticus is quite an old‚ wise‚ white man. The book was set in the early 1930’s and it was very common for white men and women to be very racist towards others who aren’t the same race as them. But‚ Atticus was not like most of the white men and women. He was very kind to everyone not matter
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In the book “ To Kill a Mockingbird” Jem has changed the most out of the characters. Jem is always showing characteristics of a mature person. Jem has develop in a mature way ‚ some examples are when Jem called Atticus when Dill ran away from‚ another example would be when Jem stops scout from killing a bug‚ lastly in the end of the trail of Tom Robinson. To illustrate‚ Jem calls Atticus when Dill runs away from home . The first thing that jem does when Dill come out under the bed was he “...went
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tr A Letter From Trevor Gold. My name is Trevor Gold and I am writing in this because I want to make a difference to this society. I am aware that I could be severely punished for the crime that I am committing and shall commit further‚ but everything is black‚ dark. Smoke fills the air everywhere making it hard to see. Our world has been corrupted. Penalties for crime is death‚ technology has turned humans into robots and left civilians absent minded‚ but the worst of all are the government
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minorities. Atticus Finch‚ a widowed father of two‚ trying to raise his children well‚ teaches them to see things from another’s perspective. Lee incorporates the crucial quality of empathy in the feelings of the characters and expresses the empathetic theme with the influence of racism and prejudice in Maycomb society within the main characters Scout‚ Jem‚ and Atticus. Scout Finch‚ an inquisitive young girl‚ learns to be empathetic for those around her‚ and‚ through the empathy‚ she sees
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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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ENG-1D-09 May 14‚ 2013 Atticus Finch: An Ideal Role Model in Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird No matter which conditions they grow up in‚ almost all children and adolescents have someone that they want to be like. They have someone that inspires them and pushes them to do their best all the time so that one day; those children can achieve their dreams about becoming like their role model. In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Atticus Finch is an ideal role model to his children‚ Jem and Scout Finch
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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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