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Atticus Finch Essay

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In the novel “To Kill A Mockingbird” Atticus is one of the main characters. Atticus Finch grew up on the farm and became one of the most respected lawyers in Maycomb, and he has voice in Maycomb. He has 2 children Scout and Jem. Atticus is self-educated, and he tries to make children to enjoy and love of learning something new, as specially literature as he loves it, that’s why Scout and Jem knew how to read and write before school. He teaches them from his point of view and it is unique, his style of parenting is make children learn on their own experience, through levels of morality until they will can see situations from different(others) points of view and perspectives, and makes their own discoveries and decisions. This also showed that …show more content…

You rarely win, but sometimes you do.'" (Chapter 11) Jem does not understand why Atticus makes him do that. But we understand that he has reason, he has always reason for every action which he takes. He lets his children let see thing for themselves. We also see that Atticus understands that he won't win case about Tom Robinson, but he is trying as much as he can to show his children justice. It helps children understand that they must never give up, and special for Jem to be Manly. Atticus teaches them qualities as equality and empathy, in Maycomb just few people has this qualities, perhaps if people would have these qualities Tom Robinson would not be convicted by mistake. This quote shows special contact between Atticus and Scout, he gives her everything that she does not acquire in the school, basic skills about life and social skills “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” (pg. 30). Scout does not get it, until situation when the guy Boo Radley which Scout was thinking that she needs to fear him, and when he defended her by man with knife, she understood that she did not understood everything, that everything what people were saying that was just conjectures. Atticus proves that just with his little help that he is giving them freedom as much as they need to help them discover everything by they own

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