Atticus Finch portrays self-control‚ bravery‚ and difference in Harper Lee’s‚ To Kill A Mockingbird. Atticus is a very amazing character in the book. He teaches his children life lessons in an unique way‚ compared to the rest of Maycomb. There is a lot to learn about him‚ ranging from understanding the shortcomings of people to courage. Atticus is one of the few characters in To Kill A Mockingbird that is even-handed about African Americans throughout the entire story. Atticus stands up for what
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what they believe in‚ because once you get heard‚ you’ll be heard. You can make a difference by standing up and having a voice. Not just by having a voice but putting it out there and let everyone know the importance of being a good person. Atticus Finch from To Kill A Mockingbird is a person who will stand up for and to anybody. He is a lawyer who stood up for a black man in the time where there was a lot of segregation. The black man’s name was Tom Robinson. He was said that he had raped a white
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Throughout To Kill a Mockingbird‚ the author Harper Lee publicized courage as a theme‚ allowing the reader to unquestionably see Atticus‚ Scout and Jem’s father‚ as the hero and moral voice in the book. Living in a quaint‚ small‚ and prejudice town Atticus faced many challenges that permitted him to show his courage and heroism. Atticus strived to understand people before he judged them‚ he stood up for Tom Robinson‚ and he taught his kids to fight the evil with their smarts rather than physical
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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‚ with his fancy clothin and that stupid soundin English from where every the hell hes from‚ has to get out of depraving a poorer ‘white’ man such as myself‚ ATTICUS. He’s just as bad as Tom Robinson‚
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Jean Louise Finch is an incredible young lady who has experienced events that no other elementary child should experience. From being mistreated by her first grade teacher to getting attacked by an old trashy man‚ Jean Louise‚ or Scout‚ has been through it all. There was a time frame in the beginning of the novel where Scout was entering first grade. Miss. Caroline‚ her first grade teacher‚ had assessed Scout in her ability to read. Miss. Caroline had seen that Scout had the ability to read beyond
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Living in the pages of a classic novel‚ there is a girl named Jean Louise Finch‚ or rather‚ Scout. She is young and untainted by the world’s prejudices‚ and she possesses a mind full of curiosity. Scout wondered about many things. She wondered why Mrs. Dubose is such a mean old hag‚ about why Arthur‚ Boo‚ Radley never leaves his house‚ and why must a girl become a lady? The question that Scout pondered most about‚ however‚ was what it means to kill a mockingbird. The character Scout and the book
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would be impossible. The ability to do the right thing takes courage and Harper Lee illustrates this idea in her novel. In To Kill A Mockingbird we see that courage is important because without courage it is impossible to do the right thing. Atticus Finch has integrity because of his tremendous courage. People who are not courageous often follow the ideas of others‚ but those who are courageous also have integrity because they are able to stand up for what is right even when the odds are against them
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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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Everybody changes. It is an almost universal fact. The protagonist in a very famous Southern literary novel‚ “To Kill A Mockingbird”‚ Jean Louise “Scout” Finch‚ has changed very much in a span of just three years‚ certainly a short time to mature. The book starts out with an innocent Scout‚ 6 years old‚ and progresses through the common and controversial acts of the Great Depression to 9 year old Jean‚ very mature in her perception of discrimination and progressing faster than most kids. So‚ what
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Atticus Finch is one of the major characters in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird written in 1960. Atticus is a lawyer in Maycomb‚ the representative of Alabama in the State Legislator and the father of Scout and Jeremy Finch. The major themes and ideas Lee emphasizes in the novel are social inequality and intolerance‚ education‚ legal justice and bravery are represented in one way or another through this character. Atticus Finch is a man of principles who is consistent in his views and deeds throughout
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