Atticus The Truth In To Kill A Mockingbird

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Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, was told from the first-person perspective of Scout Jean Louise Finch and was a unique blend of Scout’s younger and older self. The story takes place during the Great Depression. It was set in Maycomb County. The story has a small-town living style. The weather in Maycomb was frequently warm with the town having a religious background. With almost the whole town being religious in some form. Maudie Atkinson was a compassionate and humble person, who was friendly to everyone despite their looks. She demonstrated the theme of a role model that presented good human dignity.
The protagonist of the story was Atticus Finch. This was shown mostly during the second half of the novel when Jem, Scout, and Dill went to find …show more content…

Which illustrates Atticus as the hero of the truth. Atticus was a widower who had 2 kids named Jem and Scout. He was also a lawyer despite never having gone to school before. The antagonist of the story was depicted as Bob Ewell during the second half of the novel. It was also hinted at during the first half of the novel “The only thing we’ve got is a black man’s word against the Ewells” (Lee 1116-117). This helped reveal that Bob Ewell was the future antagonist of the story and the future conflicts in the novel. Bob was an abusive father who cared little about his family. Bob was also a poor man who lived in a nasty place, just behind the Maycomb dump. The main conflict in part one was Arthur Boo Radley. Jem, Scout, and Dill were curious about Boo because he never went outside of the house. They try multiple attempts to make contact with Boo but they all fail. One day they went into the Radley's yard. Nathan Radley, Boo’s brother, saw them and fired a warning shot into the air. It scared the kids so bad that they