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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The first example of him being a mockingbird was his disability. His crippled arm prevents him from doing things which make him weaker just like a small mocking bird is. Atticus said in the trail‚ “how”. The reason Atticus said that is because how could someone choke you with only one working hand. “His left arm was a full 12 inches shorter then his right”(248). This is just one point that proves that he did not rape Mayella. The second example of him being a mockingbird was his overall good character
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Mrs Dubose was an elderly bitter woman and like many in Maycomb‚ was a racist. Author‚ Harper Lee has used the symbol of camellias to embody the racism and prejudice that lies within Maycomb. Camellias are a white and black flower which displays the divide between the two races at the time. I showed this through my symbol by using the black and white newspaper articles for the flower. This displays how Maycomb see their community as white and black‚ not as a whole. With a society discriminating against
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Atticus Many books have characters that demonstrate courage‚ have patience ‚ and show wisdom. In To Kill A Mockingbird there are many characters display this qualities. There’s one particular character that have all of this objectives ‚ Atticus. Harper Lee’s‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Atticus is a courageous‚ patient‚ and wise character. Atticus is courages. He is courageous when he decided to defend Tom Robinson even though he thinks he is going to lose (100). He is defending
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Have you ever tried to be so perfect at something and it ended up going all wrong? I have. In the essay “So What’s So Bad About Being So-So?” by Lisa Wilson Strick (205-207) she makes the point that being perfect doesn’t always turn out the way you hope. I completely concur with her. Perfection can often be a wonderful thing‚ but for me‚ perfection caused me to have a very low confidence and so it became a vice in my life. Rather then being myself‚ I was too concerned about trying to be like everyone
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Potter). Courage was used in the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. For example‚ Scout Finch and Jem Finch had to stand up to their friends and say what they thought was right even when people didn’t want to listen to what they had to say. Atticus had to stand up to the whole town and defend a black man even when he knew that there was no hope for Tom Robinson to be proven not guilty. As sick as Mrs. Dubose was‚ it would have made sense for her to continue taking morphine to dull the pain‚ but
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based around the Finch family it consists of Atticus‚ Jem‚ Scout‚ Aunt Rachel and Calpernia. Atticus the father is put into a hard pressed situation when the judge appoints Atticus to defend Tom Robinson‚ the black man accused of raping a white girl. The whole town is against Atticus defending Tom and their whole family Is taking a verbal beating from members of the town that don’t like blacks people. The following paragraphs are going to be aimed at Jem Finch the oldest son who is starting to mature
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Reflection journal #1: Scout and Atticus Scout and her father Atticus have the strongest relationship of all the characters in “To Kill a Mockingbird‚” from the novel’s outset‚ and that relationship is tested when her world is flipped upside down after Cecil Jacobs declares that Scout’s dad is a “nigger lover.” Inquisitively‚ Scout pesters Atticus as to what a “nigger lover” is. “Scout‚” said Atticus‚ “nigger lover is just one of those terms that don’t mean anything – like snot-nose. It’s hard
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To Begin with‚ Jem seemed to mature a lot over the story.”Overnight‚ it seemed‚ Jem had acquired an alien set of values and was trying to impose them on me several times he went so far as to tell me what to do"(Page 131). In the beginning of the story‚ Jem loved to play childhood games which were fun for all children in the area. The children especially Scout enjoyed the games they created about Boo Radley. When Dill begins to come and visit‚ the children become overly obsessive about getting Boo to
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To Kill a Mocking Bird Revision Atticus Atticus teaches important lessons to children- ‘You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view . . . until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it’ – ideas on empathy‚ looking past peoples negatives‚ not judging Represents morality‚ see as Harper lee’s spokesman embodying themes of justice‚ tolerance‚ goodness and courage and her personal beliefs on them. Shoots the mad dog to protect community- only
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