Atticus Outline I. Introduction A. I believe Atticus is a good parent for Jem and Scout. B. Atticus is a lawyer for the town of Maycomb and has two children‚ Jem‚ a boy‚ and Scout‚ a girl. Scout acts like a tomboy. Everyone who lives in the town has lived there for a very long time and because the town is little‚ everyone is in each otherʼs business and knows everything about one another. Every summer a little boy named Dill comes down to play with Jem and Scout. They are all really curious
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Orourke English 9 17 Dec 2012 Mockingbirds and Scout Mocking birds in real life what they do is basically nothing but to sing for us. They do not harm any crops‚ corns etc. They do not hurt anything or anyone. In other words Mockingbirds are innocent. That is why in Harper Lee “To Kill a Mockingbird” Mockingbirds symbolizing scout. Scout and Mockingbirds are both similar. They are both innocent. A mockingbird does not harm anything or anyone. Scout wants well for ever one. She is not racist. She
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‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee‚ you read about the Finch family. The story is told from the perspective of the youngest Finch child‚ Scout Finch. This story revolves around Atticus Finch and the case he takes on as a lawyer‚ defending a black man. Scout and Jem Finch‚ Atticus’ children‚ grow as people and you read about them develop into individuals‚ and have their own individual thoughts on the reality of the issues in their society. Atticus wants to teach his children how to be sympathetic
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The Godly Father Atticus‚ a single dad trying to raise two kids‚ stands as a great example of a Christ-like figure. Through the novel‚ readers get a glimpse of how they should treat others from Atticus’s actions. Atticus represents some of the godly standards of living in this novel. Atticus represents his Christ-like figure to the citizens. He also sets some high standards as a father as well. He shows his likeness to Christ through his love for his kids‚ his willingness to help those in need
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Atticus Finch is Jem and Scout’s father. He is full of great morals and values. His wife died when he Scout was 2 and he was 15 years older than the wife. Atticus was a lawyer and studied law at Montogomery. Some of Atticus’s values and morals consist of: Respect‚ racial equality‚ courage and confidence. Respect: “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view — until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” --Atticus (pg. 30) Atticus is showing
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failure as a parent". Although he is not the perfect role model parent‚ he is very responsible and easily gained the trust of Jem and Scout‚ something essential in every parent-child relationship. Also‚ even though he is a single parent‚ he tries his best to raise Jem and Scout to be moral and respectable people. Atticus incorporated good moral values into Jem and Scout by acting as a good role model to them and strongly upholding justice and not taking favourites‚ even to his own children. He
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“Happiness isn’t about getting what you want all the time. It’s about loving what you have and being grateful for it.” Being thankful means expressing gratitude. Love what you get‚ don’t be greedy‚ and don’t complain. An important law of life that I have learned to live by is to be thankful for what you have. Two years ago I was lucky to get many gift cards‚ money‚ and a new wallet from friends and family for Christmas. My siblings didn’t get as much so they were a little jealous and I made the
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A dream is defined as: a fanciful vision of the conscious mind; a fond hope or aspiration; anything so lovely‚ transitory‚ etc. as to seem dreamlike. In the beginning pages of Fitzgerald’s "The Great Gatsby"‚ Nick Carraway‚ the narrator of the story gives the audience a glimpse into Gatsby’s idealistic dream which is later disintegrated. "No- Gatsby turned out all right at the end; it is what preyed on Gatsby‚ what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams that temporarily closed out my interest
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most about life from? Is it your father‚ mother‚ siblings or other significant figure in your life? In “To Kill a Mockingbird” (TKM) by Harper Lee‚ Atticus Finch was one of the most influential characters mentioned in the book. Atticus teaches his two children‚ Scout and Jem‚ then at the end of the book learns a valuable lesson himself. This essay will identify and explain key scenes that shows Atticus has helped others in coming of age. First ‚ Atticus helps Scout mature by teaching her about the
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Lee‚ is about a white lawyer who is defending a black man being accused of raping a white female. The Finch family has to deal with the verbal abuse for the society. Atticus Finch‚ a lawyer and devoted father‚ has the ability to see past the ill in people and teaches his children the same qualities. He provides his children with an education and allows them to develop their own personalities by giving them more freedom than the average child. Atticus Finch shows his love for Jem and Scout‚ his children
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