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Atticus Finch Research Paper

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Was Atticus a hero who practiced what he preached? Did he truly climb into Tom's Robinson's skin and get the jury to empathize with the black community, or did Atticus only defend Tom Robinson to protect his own honor?

Most people view Atticus Finch In To Kill a Mockingbird as an anti-racist hero because he defends a black man and as a result was vilified by his racist community. Not everybody agrees that Atticus is a hero.It is evident that Atticus is a heroic character in To Kill A Mockingbird. He cared for and defended a black man in court, he achieved nicknames for his talents, and he loved and treated everybody equally. His children were very proud of him. If Atticus Finch was simply a good man trying his best in difficult situations, …show more content…

57). She took his advice because she knew it would work. She knew that Atticus was always right. Again, if Atticus was trying trying his best in a hard situation, then he would have had a harder time explaining life's problems to his children. Jem and Scout looked up to Atticus, and in their eyes, he was a true hero.
Atticus' strong quality was his quality of caring. Almost every person in Maycomb knew of it, even when it didn’t seem he didn’t need to be caring. For Example despite her ugly face and hateful attitude, Atticus treated Mrs. Dubose like any ordinary person. He would even tell her, "Good evening, Mrs. Dubose! You look like a picture this evening," (pg. 100). Mrs. Dubose had an attitude toward the Finch family, but Atticus would ignore it and treat her kindly. Also, even though Calpurnia was maid to the Finches, Atticus treated her like part of the family. Even when Aunt Alexandra wanted her to leave, Atticus said, "Alexandra, Calpurnia's not leaving this house until she wants to. She's a faithful member of this family and you'll simply have to accept things the way they are," (pg. 137). Finally, Atticus wanted his children to understand that Arthur Radley was a human being and that they should stop troubling him. He said to his children, "I'm going to tell you something and tell you one time: stop tormenting that man,"

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Atticus was a white male lawyer who took the case of a African American man named Tom Robinson while today that would be normal but in the 1930’s it was not. Despite it not being normal in that time period Mr. Atticus Finch took the Tom Robinson case and tried his best to defend him. At the end of court the jury voted the defendant Tom Robinson guilty later Tom Robinson was shot 17 times because he tried to “run away”. The prosecutor Bob Ewell was mad at Atticus for defending an African American man and threatened him and his family, later he attacked Jem and scout, Atticus’s children, only to be saved by a mysterious Mr. Arthur Radley. The real question is was Atticus Finch wise to defend Tom Robinson even though the drawbacks for his children.

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