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Cause Fighters In To Kill A Mockingbird

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Devan Chigurupati Mr. Schmidt Honors English 9 03 April 2024 Youth: The Roots of a Cause Fighter Cause fighters are important characters in stories due to their devotion to fighting against the common problem in the story. Popular characters in fictional stories, such as Harry Potter and The Flash, can be viewed as cause fighters because of their will to avenge their parents and protect themselves and their friends against the people who ended their parents’ lives. Harry Potter, for example, had both of his parents killed by Lord Voldemort at a young age. He then becomes a wizard, and when Voldemort attacks him, he is ready to defend himself. He tries to limit and stop Voldemort’s power. Cause fighters can be some of the most important characters in stories due to their devotion to fighting for the main conflict in the story. …show more content…

The town is very racist, and most believe that African-Americans shouldn't be treated equally by themselves. However, Atticus is not one of those people. Instead, he defended African Americans' rights and did so using his powers in court by defending an African American in court. He and his family threatened to stop protecting the African-American man, Tom Robinson, but that didn't stop him from trying to preserve equal rights. Harper Lee writes, “Movin’ him to the county jail tomorrow,’ Mr. Tate was saying, ‘I don’t look for any trouble, but I can’t guarantee there won't be any”(Lee 194). In this portion of the text, Atticus is confronted by some of the other white people in the city. In the excerpt, “I don’t look for any trouble, but I can’t guarantee there won't be any,” Heck Tate and his acquaintances are frustrated that he is defending Tom Robinson, and they threaten that there will be danger brought upon him and his family. Despite this, Atticus does not back down from the challenge and decides to do what he thinks is right, even under peer

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Atticus is strongly affected by racism and due to the impacts of racism his reputation went down the drain and he also lost his case due to racist judgements but yet Atticus fought for Toms freedom and did not give up and ignored the names he was called. Atticus is affected by racism because he is fighting for a black man, therefore it is hard for him to win the case due to racist judgements such as, “To begin with this case should never have come to trial. This case is simple as black and white.” (Lee271) This quote is said by the jury and is a racial judgment since they are saying that the whites are always above the blacks and blacks will always commit the crimes which puts Atticus in a rough situation because the jury will believe Tom Robinson

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Additionally, Atticus receives a multitude of threats to his well being for defending Tom. For instance, directly following the case, Atticus has an encounter in town with defendant Bob Ewell, who “[stops] [him] on the post office corner, [spits] in his face, and [tells] him [he’ll] get him if it [takes] the rest of his life” (291). This comment is clear representation of the resentment Atticus must face from some people for defending a black man. Simply because he is rejecting regular customs in

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Atticus also takes on defending an African American. Not many people would do this back then people they were racist and rude. When Atticus took on this case he knew that they didn’t have a shot at winning, but he took it on anyway because he knew it was the right thing to do. The town was rude and disrespectful to Atticus, but Atticus never backed down. Atticus also did his best to defend Tom and overall with all the evidence Tom should not have been guilty.

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Atticus was ignoring the custom of African Americans not being equal, and fighting for equal names. In addition to Atticus not wanting racial slurs anymore, Atticus shows African Americans should be treated the same as whites. After the trial with Tom Robinson he is shot and killed trying to escape from prison. When Atticus hears about this, he says, “ Cal, I want you to go with me out to Helen Robinson’s house, Tom’s dead.” (Lee 314).

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