The Character Of Scout Finch In To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee

In Harper Lee’s nonfiction best-seller “To Kill A Mockingbird” the main character Scout Finch tells the story of everything that goes on in her “tired old town” (6) Maycomb, Alabama. Maycomb is a very tight knit community where everyone knows everything about everyone, so when Atticus takes on a black man, “Thomas Robinson” (190), as his client to fight against a family that are “members of an exclusive society “ (30) the accusation of “[Tom [taking] advantage of [her]” (188 ) the news spread quickly. Just like the news when a rabid dog “Tim Johnson” (92) starts wandering the town and threatens to get everyone sick. Once again Lee uses Atticus to help stop this from spreading. As Atticus also goes on we see that he is morally almost perfect

Henry Lafayette Dubose” (99), Harper immediately leaves Mrs. Dubose with a lot of mystery. All that gets told about her is that she is quite mean to the kids, and talks bad about Atticus. Even after knowing this, Atticus is always nice to her. Everytime he sees her, there is a script that he follows, he always says she “look[s] like a picture” (100), and goes on about all of the court news. Atticus is very aware Mrs. Dubose says some very hurtful things behind his back but he lets it be as she is “an old lady and” “sick” (100). Just like Atticus, colored people in that time knew that people were talking bad about them, and would say some very mean things to others in that community. And just like Atticus, they would have to just hold their head high and let them talk, while also still being sweet to them. Because just like Mrs. Dubose is a sick old lady, a lot of people in Maycomb are sick. But not the same as Mrs. Dubose, they are sick with

It all starts with a rabid dog that the kids spot while walking. They immediately rush home to tell Calpurnia. To which when she alerts everyone about it “every wood door” “was closed tight” (124) , Atticus comes home from work with Mr. Heck Tate, the county sheriff. Together they watch as the dog slowly turns toward the neighborhood. Originally, Mr. Tate was the one who had decided he was going to kill it, but as it approaches them, he chickens out and has Atticus do it. Just as before, Atticus helped represent racism, but in this short part of the story, he is representing stopping it. Just as everyone shuts their doors when they hear of the mad dog, they all shut their minds to racism. Their first reaction to the news of the dog is to lock up and stay behind a closed door, but still look through the curtain. Just like when the topic of racism is brought up, they all turn the other cheek when it is happening, but make sure that they are still in ear shot or hear the story from their friends, because they need to stay up to date on all of the drama in Maycomb. As Atticus is one of the only people that is obviously trying to stop racism, he is the only person trying to stop Tim’s disease from spreading. Everyone else is locked in their house, while Atticus is outside, knowing that there is danger, and trying to protect his neighborhood from what is coming their way. Lee utilizes Tim and Atticus as a metaphor on the