As a father Atticus is affectionate with his children‚ Jem and Scout‚ ready with a hug whenever he can and is available to spend time reading to them during the night. Although he allows his children the freedom to perform many risky tasks and get into dangerous situations‚ he is also a firm disciplinarian‚ always teaching his children to think of how their actions affect others and devising punishments to teach his children valuable lessons. He makes sure that they get a proper punishment for what
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Atticus Finch‚ respected man‚ lawyer‚ and also the loving father of 2 children. Atticus is one of the most respected men and lawyers in Maycomb‚ he is widely known for defending Tom Robinson in the case of the rape of Mayella Ewell. He and his children often received ridicule for this‚ because he was a white man defending a black man convicted of an unexcusable crime. Even Atticus’s family resented him for taking the case‚ believing he was disgracing their name. Although he’s most popular for his
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I am just about to arrive at the Finch house. Atticus seemed very distressed over the phone when he had rang me up. I was weary of what to expect upon my arrival. When I had pulled up in the driveway‚ I had seen Dr. Reynolds explaining to the family about Jem’s conditions. It has seem that he had been attacked. Scout was involved as well. Jem had a bump on his head and a broken arm. Scout seemed to be in good condition disregarding her own bump. Upon my investigation‚ I had found different pieces
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Helal Ahmed Professor Smith English 125 October 6‚ 2010 Summary of M.L.K.’s Letters from Bringham Jail Martin Luther King Jr’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” was written during his 8 day sentence in jail in 1963. He chose to travel and protest in Birmingham due to the fact that it was widely known as one of the most segregated city in the U.S. The letter not only addresses the issues of unjustly being arrested for being an "extremist" of his approach to the protest‚ and of the
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I see the character of Atticus Finch as a courageous‚ smart‚ and a great father to Scout and Jem. Atticus had a lot of success as a parent despite the fact that he was a single parent trying to take care of his children on his own. As with any parent though there is always room for improvement. He would give his kids too much freedom. I admire his character and how he handled certain situations. Atticus showed his children that you have to fight for what you believe the example he made was fighting
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In this essay i will be talking atticus and what he had to deal with without though the story. And conflix that Jem And Scout had get by and was some death in the novel. Throughout the novel Atticus works to develop Scout and Jem and and had to use his wisdom to teach them along the way. Atticus is a kind and loving father‚ reading to his children and offering them help if they needed it. But at the End Atticus thought Jem killed Bob Ewell but he didn’t. Atticus was showing bravery he took on
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"Letter from a Birmingham Jail [King‚ Jr.]" This letter is very powerful. He makes very good points about our rights. One part that stood out to me was when he spoke on just and unjust laws. He talked a lot about morality and what is really morally right and wrong pertaining to our laws. When he was speaking about unjust laws‚ I tried to imagine living in such a time like that. Seeing amusement parks on TV but not being able to go‚ being abused and taunted at school it all seems so farfetched
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essay‚ “Letter From Birmingham Jail‚” displays how the laws of segregation have affected African-American’s. In this essay‚ King also brings up why he is justified in his preaching about the separation of African-Americans and white people. He uses the rhetorical appeals to ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos numerous times throughout his essay to relay his argument about the laws of segregation and the African-Americans that are being cruelly treated. Martin Luther King Jr.’s essay‚ “Letter From Birmingham
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situations. 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
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Atticus Finch‚ the best lawyer in Maycomb‚ was sitting nervously in his chair as he waited for the town Judge to arrive in court. Tom Robinson‚ Atticus client‚was sweating and taking huge breaths at a time. Tom Robinson‚ was shaking his head‚ almost in tries because he knew it was going to be a racist thing. Atticus children Jem and Scout were there as well. They had high hope of there father winning his case but Atticus knew there would be a disapointed in the end but he knew in his heart he would
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