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To Kill A Mockingbird Atticus Life Lessons Analysis

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In the book "To Kill A Mockingbird" Atticus Scouts father teaches us and his kids many life lessons. My favorite life lesson Atticus teaches is "the one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in the courtroom, be any color of the rainbow, but people have a way of carrying their resentments right into a jury box. As you grow older, you'll see white men cheat black men everyday of your life, but let me tell you something and don't forget it whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he came from, that white man is trash." (chapter 23 page 252) This is my favorite quote because during the time in the book theirs a lot of racism going on and for Atticus a white man to say this is big. This is what makes Atticus …show more content…

The reason I think this is because Tom is an innocent man who was trying to help Mayella Ewell with her chores, when he was accused of raping her. Tom was a hard working man who never gave up until he was shot by police men trying to escape prison for a crime he didn't commit. Another life lesson I found interesting to me was "your ever really understand a person until you climb into his skin and work around in it." (chapter 3 page 33). U find this lesson interesting because today people say until you walk around in there shoes, but Atticus says "until you walk around in there skin." To walk around in someone else skin in this quote means to look through things from a colored persons point of view and how they see life. This lesson "The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a persons conscience." (chapter 11 page 120) teaches us the importance of making decisions as an individual based upon you own morals and values instead of following thw group and being influenced by what others do. The book "To Kill A Mockingbird" has many life lessons that Atticus teaches us and his children throughout the

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To illustrate, Scout was being asked at school why her father was defending a black man and Atticus responds “Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win” (Lee 101). Furthermore, when Scout was being questioned and verbally attacked Atticus steps up and reassures Scout that everything will be okay. Atticus knows he will lose the trial, but he wants to at least try to make a case for Tom Robinson. Another example, of Atticus being a hero is when Scout is not understanding why Burris Ewell was treating Miss Caroline Fisher like he did until Atticus says “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view…until you climb into his skin and walk around in it” (Lee 39). Thus, Atticus makes sure to teach his children that everyone should be treated equally.

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Which just shows us Atticus character and just how he knew that Tom wasn’t going to win but knew he was right and wanted to help

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This quote is really deep in thought and is hard to understand for a younger person like Atticus's

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