Examples Of Atticus Finch In To Kill A Mockingbird

The protagonist of a literary work is often viewed as a remarkable person with distinctive qualities. These Qualities make the character admirable in the novel. The novel to kill a mockingbird by Harper Lee, illustrate the protagonist as a role model. Atticus has many values, morals and set examples for his children. Atticus Finch is portrayed to be a good father, not racist, and courageous. Atticus finch has showed to be a good parent to his two kids Jem and scout throughout the novel. He shows the children life lesson and important values. ”you just hold your head high and keep those fists down no matter what anybody says to you don’t you let em get your goat” (lee 101). He tells them to not fight with their fist, yet rather with their head. When Jem ruined Mrs. Dudose flowers, he made Jem go back and apologize. Scout didn’t want to attend school because her teacher didn’t want her to read, Atticus comprised with scout to

Atticus is portrayed without prejudice or racial hatred. “Calpurnia not leaving this house until she wants to you may think otherwise, but I couldn’t have got along without her all these years. She’s a faithful member of this family and you’ll have to accept things the way they are” (lee 182). He stood up for Calpurnia against his sister Alexandra as a part of their family. Atticus is not racist considering he has Calpurnia as a mother figure to Jem and scout. He has high esteem, she disciplines them and insists that the children completely listen and respect her. Calpurnia is treated like a part of the family than a servant. Atticus also shows that he not biased when he defended Tom Robinson. He willingly tries to prove Tom innocent. He took the case and went through with it. He is not just fighting for Tom although for the whole black community. He takes a step for ending racism by defeating Tom at