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Atticus Finch Code Of Conscience

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He chose the rugged path even though he knew he wouldn't be able to overcome it. It could ruin him and drive his family to the ground and under. He defends Mr.Robinson with a point to prove,when he’s committed a crime with no victim with or without conscience. Harper Lees “To kill a Mockingbird '' stars two siblings, Jeremiah and Jean and their father Atticus Finch from the small town of Maycomb Alabama in the 1930’s . A man with honor,integrity and a stalwart heart. The reason for Atticus to take this case has to do with his morals and how his children would perceive him. Not taking this case is akin to throwing away his worth for his children and Calpurni. “The main one is, if I didn't I couldn’t hold up my head in town, I couldn’t represent this country in the legislature, I couldn’t even tell you or Jem not to do something again.” (75 Lee). Atticus feels that if he doesn't defend Tom Robinson a black man, in trial he wouldn't feel right telling Jem and Scout what to do. Mr.Finch is the type of person to know what he’s getting into when he talks to someone. Scout doesn’t understand why Ms. Caroline doesn’t want her to read and Atticus tells her “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view…until you climb in his skin and walk around in it.” (30 …show more content…

There isn’t a doubt in any Maycomb's citizens mind that Tom Robinson is a dead man. There is nothing Atticus could do to stop that from happening, so why take it at all. “She won’t let him be alone with Tom Robinson. She almost said Atticus was disgracin’ the family.” (147 Lee) His reputation, the Finch reputation, the loss of clients and maybe someone would come after him and beat him or worse he could end up dead. There are so many possible variables to taking this case that even if they had no racial prejudice, some people wouldn't take the case because of all the risk associated with

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He is a wise man to his community and its people, especially Jem and Scout. Atticus Finch, a lawyer, is put into a case, defending a black man, Tom Robinson, who is accused of raping a white woman, Mayella Ewell. Atticus’ insightful, caring, and thoughtful personality

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“Mayella Ewell was beaten savagely by someone who led almost exclusively with his left…he swore a warrant, no doubt signing with his left hand, and Tom Robinson now sits before you, having taken the oath with the only good hand he possesses, his right hand.” This dialogue shows beyond a doubt that Tom is innocent by using factual evidence. Atticus takes advantage of the absence of factual evidence to support

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In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus Finch has many influences on his daughter, resulting in a change of her understandings, personal traits, and more. The story is narrated by Jean Louise "Scout" Finch, a young girl who lives with her older brother Jem and their widowed father, Atticus Finch. Racial injustice and social inequality are themes that are explored in the book. Tom Robinson, a black man accused of raping a white lady, is given legal representation by Atticus. The Finches encounter hostility and threats because of their friendship with Tom as the trial goes on, exposing the town's racial prejudices.

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AND THEORY Ladies and gentlemen, this case is about a man who poorly defended an innocent black man because he was afraid. If Atticus Finch actually defended Tom Robinson, Atticus was afraid the whole town would start to hate him. Parties

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until you climb into his skin and walk around in it” (39). This quote is one of the most impactful ones throughout the story. Atticus displays that instead of automatically feeling rage towards the person, you should consider the other person’s point of view and understand their emotions. Atticus teaches another lesson about empathy, but this time, it was to Scout's brother, Jem. Mr. Finch was defending, Tom Robinson, the defendant, who was accused of raping a white woman by Bob Ewell and his daughter Mayella.

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Members of the jury, this case is about a man that let his dereliction of duty get to him. This happened because Mr. Finch didn’t think he would win the case from the start so he didn’t put full effort into it and just did the case so his reputation would stay good. These events led to Tom Robinson losing his case

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Atticus being familiar to the kind of people in Maycomb, he had a good feeling that he was going to lose the trial. “Despite the danger of a mob of men coming to lynch Tom, Atticus sits outside the jailhouse with nothing but a lamp” (Text 2). Atticus put himself in serious danger by standing up to these angry men wanting to hurt Tom. Later Scout and Jem arrive and this puts them in danger as well.

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When Atticus was asked why he was defending him he said “ If I didn’t I could hold my head up in town, I couldn’t represent this country in the legislature, I couldn’t even tell you or Jem not to do something again.” (Lee, Page 78). The people of Maycomb tried to storm the county jail to attack Tom Robinson but Atticus waited overnight and stopped the angry townsfolk from hurting Tom and got in a verbal confrontation with them. In court he tried everything he could to convince the jury Tom was not guilty but they had made up their mind before the trial started which resulted in him being

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“I’m simply defending a Negro- his name id Tom Robinson…there’s been some high talk around town to the effect that I shouldn’t do much about defending this man.”(100). Also Atticus shows courage by teaching Scout to read after Miss Caroline told him to stop. “ If you’ll concede the necessity of going to school, we’ll go on reading

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“I want you to understand that courage isn’t a man with a gun in his hand,” (Lee 112). This is a quote spoken from a courageous man who put himself in other people’s positions and did not believe he was superior to African Americans like many in that time period. Atticus Finch is a lawyer, and also the father of Jem and Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. The finches live in a small town called Maycomb during 1933, also known as the Great Depression era. Throughout the book, the town faces many racial discrimination issues, especially when an African American man named Tom Robinson is falsely accused of rape of a white female.

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During the early 1900s it was not a secret that the south was still incredibly racist. With this in mind, most black people accused of a crime would go to jail soley based on the fact that the judge and jury were racist. This is case for Tom Robinson. Atticus presented the judge and the jury ample evidence to prove Tom’s innocence, such as no medical evidence of rape, completely different statments from Mayella and Tom, and the fact that Tom Robinson is missing an arm making it questionable how he was able to hold down a fighting and screaming Mayella. According to the constitution every man has a right to a fair and public trial which is not something Tom receives due to the prejudice of Maycomb.

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