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Atticus is a strong willed man who has been faced with a tough situation. Atticus is a character in Harper Lee’s prize winning novel To Kill A Mockingbird. To Kill A Mockingbird is about the Finches, Scout, Jem, and Atticus. Scout and Jem are Atticus’s children. They all live in the small town Maycomb. There lives were pretty quiet until Tom Robinson’s case. Tom Robinson is a good black man who was accused of repeing Mayella Ewell a white women. Many might say that Atticus should not have taken this case. Atticus is a fair man who sticks to his believes so it does make sense for Atticus to take this stand. The first reason it makes sense for Atticus to take this stand is that he is a fair man who understands that Tom is innocent. Miss Maudie, the Finches neighbor, knows that Atticus is a fair man, but not just her the whole county knows. “Atticus Finch is the same in his house as he is on the public streets” (Lee, 61). This shows that Atticus treats everybody the same no mater where he is. Even when Atticus is faced with a problem he still the same. “Miss Jean Louise, …show more content…

It is true that Atticus will receive some backlash for defending Tom Robinson. Even though Atticus lost he made the jury thank for about 4 hours which was a surprise the whole county and made Mr. Bob Ewell upset because he thought that it would be smooth selling for him. “This morning Mr. Bob Ewell stopped Atticus on the post office corner, spat in his face, and told him he’d get him if it tock rest of his life” (Lee, 290). This shows that Atticus was receiving backlash for defending Tom even though he did in fact lose to Mr. Bob Ewell. However, Atticus simply just shook it off and did what he could to help Tom further without regretting anything. Atticus was determined to help Tom and that is what he did, making a big beal about that would have the opposite effect. Therefore, it does make sense for Atticus to take this

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I couldn’t hold up my head in town, I couldn’t represent this county in the legislature, I couldn’t even tell you or Jem not to do something again.” (p. 83). Furthermore, he states that this case is one he is affected personally by, and that even though he knew that they were not going to win, he agreed because, “Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win.” (p. 84). This example reveals that even though Atticus knows he is going to lose, he wants to do everything in his power to give Tom the best chance in case justice prevails.

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All of his problems coming from him being a black man’s lawyer and wanting to help him. Everyone agrees that racism is bad, however some believe that Atticus should defend Tom Robinson while others believe that Atticus should not defend Tom Robinson. Atticus should defend Tom Robinson for three reasons: no one else would do it, he is a good person, and it would also help

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Our whole lives growing up we are told to follow the “Golden Rule”. This rule is defined as to treat someone the way you want to be treated. In the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Atticus Finch a lawyer in a town called Maycomb in Alabama tries his best to be a role model for his two children. In the quiet town of Maycomb Atticus is given the job to defend a black man named Tom Robinson. Atticus wants to teach his kids Jem and Scout life lessons at an early age so they grow up as respectable people.

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Though people are fond of Atticus himself, his decision to aim for Tom Robinson’s justice causes discomfort, “ ‘Lemme tell you somethin’ now, Billy’ a third said, ‘you know the court appointed him to defend this nigger.’ ‘Yeah, but Atticus aims to defend him. That’s what I don’t like about it” (186). The quote exposes that everyone understand the fact that he is assigned to the case but do not understand as to why he is so intent on proving a black man’s innocence. Since Atticus exceedingly expresses his thought on Tim’s innocence and involves so much of himself in the case with a black person, he obtains negative feedback and gets called a nigger-lover.

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As Atticus gives his closing statements he stated, “And so a quiet, respectable, humble black who had the unmitigated temerity to ‘feel sorry’ for a white woman who put his words against two white people’s” (Lee 232). He said this to the Jury for the sake of Tom Robinson. Atticus knows the thoughts and discrimination the community has against Tom, which is why he was aware he had a slight chance of winning his case. Why did Tom have to feel this way?

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Even if Atticus can’t win the trial he fights hard because he wants to be a role model to Jem and Scout. Atticus believes Tom is a mockingbird, meaning his innocent and a victim of racism. For him to take the case makes sense.

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Atticus was a great man. He was kind, caring, respectful, well thought of, level headed, and anything and everything that a good lawyer and father should be. He is one too just wants what 's right, which is why he did his best to defend Tom, when the case shouldn 't have been given to him but a low man who just finished the bar Judge taylor gave him the case because he knew he would give it his all to bring out the truth. He also sees everyone as equals and does not believe that the whites are any better than the blacks. Attics makes points toward the jury that in any other place or time would have been ruled in Toms being not guilty but because of the segregation in the deep south of maycomb the jury had their mind made up before tom even

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Tom believed that he deserved to be free because and he didn’t deserve to be treated with such indecency. If he had gotten away and they captured him again, he would have gotten worse punishment because him escaping meant that he was guilty, in the white man's eye. Tom was a scapegoat because he was blamed for a crime that he didn’t commit which was beating and raping Mayella Ewell. It was actually Mayella’s father, Bob, that beat her up after he caught her trying to get intimate with Tom. Atticus is not only standing up for what he believes in when he takes Tom Robinson’s case, but he is also standing up for his family.

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Miss maudie replies, “Atticus Finch is the same in his house as he is on the public streets”(Lee 61). This means that he is not someone who he is not. Also at the trial,

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He was appointed to defend a black man named Tom Robinson for raping Mayella Ewell. Most townsfolk caught news of this and instantly began to give Atticus dirty looks and began calling him vulgar names. Atticus, is a very nice person who wants to do the right thing, and he has an opinion about people who disagree with him defending Tom Robinson. “They’re certainly entitled to think they, and they’re entitled to full respect for their opinions.” (120).

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I truly believe Atticus chose the right decision to stand by Tom Robinson and defend his innocence. Even though so many disagreed with the decision he didn’t let their opinions affect his own thoughts. He was very committed to racial equality and wasn’t afraid to show it. This shows that Atticus is a good person and won't let anybody take that characteristic of his

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