Atticus Finch In To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee

To kill a mockingbird by Harper Lee conveys that being different can lead to be brave. The story takes place in Alabama during the Depression, and is narrated by the main character, a little girl named Jean Louise "Scout" Finch. Her father, Atticus Finch, is a lawyer with high moral standards. Scout, her brother Jem, and their friend Dill are intrigued by the local rumors about a man named Boo Radley, who lives in their neighborhood but never leaves his house. Dill is from Mississippi but spends his summer in Maycomb at a house near the Finch's and stays at Miss Rachel’s, is aunt, house .

The children are curious to know more about Boo. Slowly, the children begin moving closer to the Radley house, which is said to be cursed. They constantly

She is proper, strict, and family oriented and tries to shape Scout into the model of the Southern feminine ideal, much to Scout's dismay. Dill runs away from his home again, where his mother and new father don't seem interested in him, and stays in Maycomb for the summer of Tom's trial. Jem is concerned about Atticus, and the three children sneak into town to find him. A group of men arrive ready to cause some violence to Tom, and threaten Atticus in the process. At first Jem, Scout and Dill stand aside, but when Scout senses true danger, she runs out and begins to speak to one of the men, the father of one of her classmates in school. Her innocence brings the crowd out of their mob mentality, and they

According to the Elwell’s, Mayella asked Tom to do some work for her while her father was out, and Tom came into their house and forcibly beat and raped Mayella until her father appeared and scared him away. Tom's version is that Mayella invited him inside, then threw her arms around him and began to kiss him. Tom tried to push her away. When Bob Ewell arrived, he flew into a rage and beat her, while Tom ran away in pure fright. According to the sheriff's testimony, Mayella's bruises were on the right side of her face, which means she was most likely punched with a left hand. Tom Robinson's left arm is useless due to an old accident, whereas Mr. Ewell uses with his left. Given the evidence of reasonable doubt, Tom should go free, but after hours of deliberation, the jury pronounces him guilty. Before all this, Scout, Jem and Dill sneak into the courthouse to see the trial and sit in the balcony with Maycomb's black residents. They are stunned at the verdict because to them, the evidence was so clearly in Tom's favor.

Though the verdict is unfortunate, Atticus feels some satisfaction that the jury took so long deciding. Usually, the decision would be made in minutes, because a black man's word would not be trusted. Atticus is hoping for an appeal, but unfortunately Tom tries to escape from his prison and is shot to death in the process. Jem has trouble handling the results of the trial, feeling