Kezia Jose January 7‚ 2013 English 9/4 Doyle Atticus: The Father In Harper Lee’s litereay work‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Atticus Finch models the perfect parent. Atticus lives in Maycomb County‚ Alabama alone with his two children‚ Jeremy (Jem) and Jean-Louise (Scout). Atticus is an only parent since his wife passed away‚ when Scout was little. Atticus Finch is a good father because he shares a truthful relationship with his kids that will always be treasured. He’s also a man of patience
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the United States. It’s about the growth and maturing process of the narrator of the book‚ Jean Louise Finch or “Scout” and her family. Scout is a bright and curious child whose name is quite appropriate for her observation skills. Her father‚ Atticus Finch‚ is a lawyer but does not make much money because his clients are poor. She lives with her brother‚ Jem‚ her father‚ and their cook Calpurnia‚ their mother passed away when she was two years of age. During summers‚ Jem and Scout’s friend‚ Dill
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To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in Maycomb‚ Alabama. Atticus Finch is a lawyer and has two kids‚ Scout and Jem‚ who he raises alone because his wife died. Scout is a young girl that acts like a tomboy. Her brother Jem is the oldest and is a boy‚ who is in love with football. Tom Robinson a person of color was accused of raping a white woman‚ Mayella. Even though the evidence leads to Mayella’s father‚ Bob Ewell. Bob was forcing Mayella to say things to convict Tom. Most people in the courtroom
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Harper Lee’s "To Kill a Mockingbird" Atticus Finch was portrayed as the ideal man. This presentation of Atticus Finch is far too idealistic. Atticus never waivers from behaving perfectly‚ so perfectly that he exhibits no human foibles. The portrait painted of him is far too idealistic; he always acts courageously and morally‚ he is a model father and he has no prejudices despite that fact he lives in a time and an environment that is consumed by racism. Atticus Finch lived in a time in Southern Alabama
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“Jem and I found our father satisfactory: he played with us‚ read to us‚ and treated us with courteous detachment.” (pg 4). The book “To Kill A Mockingbird” takes place in Alabama in a small town called Maycomb. The story is in a girl named (Scout)Jean Lewis’s point of view. Atticus is a good parent because he is protective‚ not racist‚ and does what is best for his children. One example of why Atticus is a good parent is that he is protective because he would shoot a dog that was acting mad to
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To Kill a Mockingbird In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ Atticus Finch was a well-respected man and known for sticking with his beliefs. In the novel‚ Atticus agreed to defend a black man named Tom Robinson‚ who has been accused of raping Mayella Ewell‚ a white woman. Tom’s trial began in the summer during the early 1930s‚ of Maycomb‚ Alabama. At the trial itself‚ Atticus provided clear evidence that the victim‚ Mayella Ewell and her father‚ Bob‚ are lying. Despite the evidence proving Tom’s
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is much‚ much more important than that.” Shankly’s quote is the general feeling throughout the world about the game of soccer. Saying soccer is a game in most parts of the world is incorrect…it is a lifestyle and undoubtedly the one number sport. On Americas list of most popular sports there’s football‚ baseball‚ basketball‚ and even hockey‚ before finally at the fifth spot soccer will show up. Why
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11/13/11 ALC W6 Atticus Finch: Father‚ Leader‚ Man A deeply prejudiced society needs a person willing to fight against the norm to begin to exact fairness. In the transition to a more equal society following the Civil War‚ white people in the South resisted the end of the hierarchy that had existed between the whites and the blacks. The novel To Kill A Mockingbird takes place in the town of Maycomb‚ Alabama where racism features prominently in daily lifestyle. Atticus Finch‚ a lawyer
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Atticus Finch is a heroic character in to kill a mockingbird. A heroic character would be somebody who is admired for great and brave acts or fine qualities. This applies to Atticus because he defended a black man in court at a time of great racial segregation in the south. He did this because he cares for everybody equally and values everybody’s life. Different people looked at Atticus as a hero‚ such as much of the black community in Maycomb. They believe that Atticus is a hero because he defended
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Atticus is a very wise‚ yet feeble man; he is almost 50 years old‚ and wears glasses. He is greatly respected by almost everyone around him; Jem and Scout respect him and treat him not only as a father‚ but as a friend. However‚ Bob Ewell is not respectable of Atticus; he blames Atticus for his problems and abhors him for revealing how he abuses Mayella at the trial. Atticus‚ being the wise‚ kind‚ and patient man he is isn’t bothered by other people’s opinions of him; he only cares of the opinions
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