Atticus is a responsible character in to reasons. The first reason is a father figure for his kids. He’s protective by telling the kids why its a sin ti shoot a mockingbird. He gets scared when Scout and Jem show up at the lynch mob. He doesn’t want the kids to be in the courtroom when the trial happens.
Atticus from the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a character with a large list of traits. One that seems to stand out is his willingness to preserve life whenever he can. This is seen in chapter 10 when he shoots the sick dog. It is later emphasized that the dog is dangerous on pg. 128, “…he’s just as dangerous dead as alive”.
In To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, Atticus believes Maycomb is unjust because the town is inconsiderate of other people’s view, which is shown when Atticus gets targeted for defending a black man, worries that his kids will become bitter and catch Maycomb’s disease, and Aunt Alexandra advising Atticus that he is raising his kids wrong. To begin with, Mrs Dubose addresses to Scout and her family about how Atticus is disgracing his race and his color by defending Tom Robinson on the alleged rape case. Mrs Dubose says, “Your father’s no better than the ni**ers and trash he works for” (135). Atticus views Maycomb as an injustice town because during this time period black people were seen as a lower class. Atticus is mark as an overall victim because in the trial the county is shocked that Atticus is
At breakfast, Scout, (Atticus’s daughter), feels confused and torn about her feelings regarding Mr Cunningham. Her mixed feelings are due to the fact that he partook in last night’s encounter. So she decides to ask for clarification from Atticus, “I thought Mr. Cunningham was a friend of ours. You told me along time ago he was”, Atticus then proceeded to elucidate that, “He still is” and that Mr. Cunningham is still a righteous and noble man however, “He just has his blind spots…” (210). The fact that Atticus’s approving opinion of Mr. Cunningham hasn't faltered even after enduring the previous night’s event, portrays to the reader that Atticus is practically the personified version of “Empathy.”
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD CHARACTER ESSAY - ATTICUS FINCH A good neighbour is someone who says hello every morning, who asks how one is doing, is meaningful and is a memorable person in life. In Harper Lee’s American classic; To Kill A Mockingbird, Atticus Finch is the good neighbour. Atticus clearly displays his acts of bravery, intelligence, and fairness throughout the novel, Firstly, Atticus is a very brave person. To start, Atticus is brave because he took the case that no other lawyer in Maycomb could want.
He tries to teach the trait of not judging people by their social class to Scout and Jem, his young children.. This is shown when Scout is told not to criticize the cunningham boy for not eating the way she does. It can also be seen in atticus volunteering to defend people outside of his social class even if they may have trouble paying him. He accepts payment from the cunninghams in the form of hickory nuts. He defends Tom Robinson despite the fact that he knows that the odds of him winning the case are extremely slim because he is trying to defend a black man against a white woman.
Peer pressure heavily influences Maycomb citizens throughout the novel, often pertaining to racism. One night, Jem and Scout go out late in the evening to find Atticus after he leaves the house for an unexplained reason. They find him in front of the jailhouse facing a mob angry about his defense of a Negro named Tom Robinson. In this mob, Scout sees Mr. William Cunningham Sr., the father of a friend at school. She is later upset about the fact that Mr. Cunningham almost hurt Atticus in his hurry to join in with other men in their potentially harmful activities.
He is considered to be white trash but he still hangs out with the Finch family. The down side to Mr. Cunningham is that his big weakness is how he acts in a mob. His actions change drastically with the people he is around. For example, in chapter 15, Atticus goes to protect Tom Robinson from the local drunks trying to hurt him.
In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, bluejays, mockingbirds, and finches are all mentioned. As Atticus says, each bird has its own unique purpose or song, just like people do. As the title suggests, mockingbirds are innocent creatures and it is a sin to kill them for a personal gain. People can be compared to mockingbird because people can be killed spiritually, physically or emotionally. Three people from the book that come to my mind as mockingbirds that sing their own unique song are Atticus Finch, Boo Radley, and Scout Finch.
“Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy . . . but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird. ”(Lee, 119) Miss Maudie says this towards the middle of the book, when she and Atticus are talking to Scout about killing mockingbirds. This is how mockingbirds are represented in the book To Kill A Mockingbird.
He believes that even with the controversy of others in Maycomb, Atticus describes that others are “entitled to full respect of their own opinions”, but “before I can live with other folks I’ve go to live with myself.” (chapter. 11)
"It 's a sin to kill a mockingbird. " These words echo through the course of the book 's development. When these words were written, the idea raises that character in the story can be defined as mockingbirds. Looking through the narrative, one could find out the best candidates: Atticus Finch, Tom Robinson, and Arthur "Boo" Radley. The human activity of being a Mockingbird is being pure of spirit, kindness, and reliability; this based off the actual actions of a mockingbird.
The protagonist of a story is the main focal point and the leader. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Atticus is the protagonist. Atticus is the main focal point, he has complex personalities and helps the other characters find their way through the story. In the beginning the reader knows so little about Atticus and as the novel goes on the reader learns more and more about Atticus as a person. Furthermore, during the trial you see a different part of Atticus and when Jem and Scout found out about Atticus being one shot finch.
To Begin with, Atticus in To Kill a Mockingbird shows his care and compassion for Tom as he defends Tom against an entire jury who believes he is guilty because of the color of his skin. Atticus while talking to his children makes the statement, “Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win” (Mockingbird 76). Atticus is saying that just because many people have been made to believe that blacks do not have the same legal rights as whites do that they cannot win the case, yet Atticus states that he will try his hardest to try and win the case. In addition, he believes everyone’s mind is set on Tom being guilty because of the color of his skin, but he will try everything to change the minds
Have you ever imagined going to a baseball game and while you are there you eat a funnel cake and drink a coke to cool you off on a hot sunny summer day? Or you get excited to go on your favorite ride at a theme park and see the 9th longest suspension bridge in the world? I know I have and that's the reason if i could travel anywhere in the world, it would be to California! Here's a few reasons why.
