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Equal Place In To Kill A Mockingbird

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Head: Atticus's dreams are to have a equal world where everyone is equal and is not judge by their appearances or their decisions. This dream is express when during his final statement to the jury at the end of the case. Another one of his dreams is to teach his kids lessons in their life to help accomplish his second dream. He has a very interesting parenting style in which treats his kids like adults. He uses treating them like adults to pass on his values.
Miss Maudie says "'Atticus Finch is the same in his house as he is on the public streets.”
Another one of atticus’s beliefs is the court system. He believes the court system is the only true equal place.

Hands: In the story Atticus deals with many conflicts. The biggest conflict he deals with is him vs. society. This conflict appears when he chooses to defend Tom Robertson. When he chooses to defend Tom Robertson the towns people becomes very angry because in Maycomb black people are second class citizens, so when Atticus chooses to defend the black person most people become very angry with him. …show more content…

This is shown many times throughout the book. In the beginning of the book Atticus tells Scout about how he defended Mr.Cunningham even though he didn’t have enough money to pay for a lawyer. Atticus then goes on to say that he knew that Mr.Cunningham will pay him back other ways such as products and foods. Another example is when Atticus defends Tom Robertson, who is a black man. The reason he does this is because he wants to make sure Tom is given a fair trial, Because he believes the court is the only truly equal

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