Atticus Finch Discrimination Quotes

After childhood, people come to realise that the world is a cruel place. People misjudge others; thus, over time, people grow to accept the amount of brutality in the world. Parents often tell their children that first impressions count, mainly because others are quick to judge. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie, first impressions of people are never correct, as we judge people after mere seconds, and we are often incorrect in our assumptions of people.

Harper Lee’s book, “To Kill A Mockingbird” portrays Scout (Jean Louis) Finch as a tomboy who prefers attacking opponents, over using her mental acumen. However, several instances in the book show her gradually flourishing into a mature young lady. Scout displays acts of courage and empathy as will be delineated in this essay.

In this novel, there are some parts that show racism. Atticus is the best lawyer in Maycomb. In chapter 9, he started to defends Tom Robinson. All the people in Maycomb disagree about defending Tom, Negro men. However, he believes Tom Robinson and Atticus work hard to defend him. Therefore, some people pissed to Atticus.

Every day we go about our lives. We make choices, make decisions but do we ever really think about if the choice we make is the right thing to do? Atticus is the answer to what we should do. Atticus shows the importance of making the right choice no matter what. This is shown through the actions of Atticus both in and outside of the trial.

Discrimination is a societal issue which has been prevalent for a long time and still brings people down in today’s society. Discrimination can be defined by the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex (www.dictionary.com) Lee’s book To Kill a Mockingbird is based in a small town in Alabama called Maycomb where a man named Atticus Finch is appointed to defend a man named Tom Robinson who was accused of raping a teenage girl. As well the adventures of Jem and scout Atticus’s children. This book conveys Harper Lee's message in To Kill a Mockingbird that discrimination can affect

In the story Boo Radley plays the role of Scout and Jem’s guardian angel. He watches over them and helps them when they get into trouble. In the first chapters, the kids make fun of Boo, they taunt him. All they know about him is what they have heard, that he is a crazy man. Throughout the story though, Boo proves them wrong. It all starts when the kids are sneaking in his yard trying to get a look at the so called, “crazy man”. Jem is forced to leave his pants after they get stuck on the fence, when he is making his escape. Boo, finds the pants and fixes the rips caused by the fence. Later, during the house fire, Scout mysteriously has a blanket draped over her shoulders. They soon find out that the blanket came from Boo. Lastly is when the children were attacked, Boo protected them. These are all examples of how Boo helped the kids. Towards the end of the novel, after the kids realize all the nice things Boo has been doing for them, they start to change their opinions. They realize he is not a crazy man, he is just a person. A person that has helped them. This shows that Boo helped teach the kids you should never listen to rumors. You do not truly know someone until you have been in their shoes.

Throughout the novel To Kill a MockingBird Atticus proves his greatness as a father by teaching his children life lessons through everyday actions. In the novel, Scout and Jem go through many rocky bumps in their life, and with Atticus they receive a stable role model to lead them through harder times. Atticus being a lawyer could have made him into a very serious busy man who could have paid little to no attention to his young children. But being a lawyer helped mold Atticus and his children into well rounded and educated people. By the end of the novel Atticus has changed his children into disciplined and reasonable human beings.

To Kill a Mockingbird is a coming of age story, through the eyes of Scout, a young girl living in Maycomb County, Alabama. Scout is raised in an odd time in American history when racism and prejudice were routine. Scout was surrounded by people that forced to learn many crucial life lessons and help her mature into a respectable lady. List points

Within the story of To Kill A Mockingbird, Scout walks in a couple of different people’s shoes. In this journal I will be evaluating the theme of walking in someone’s shoes. The first person that I will be evaluating is Scout, and what it would be like for her to walk in Boo Radley’s shoes. The first thing Scout would learn from walking in Boo Radley’s shoes is what it would be like to be convicted of a crime. A quote in the beginning of the novel states: “The sheriff hadn’t the heart to put him in jail alongside Negroes, so Boo was locked in the courthouse basement. Boo’s transition from the basement to back home was nebulous in Jem’s memory” (Lee 14). This quote is a great example of what it would be like for Scout to walk in Boo Radley’s shoes because it shows how Scout first found out where Boo was, and where he had to go because he was convicted of committing a crime.

Some may think education is not important, but it can lead someone do doing the right thing, even if they are in a bad situation. When people are uneducated, they can lack empathy and integrity, which can have a big impact on the society around them. In situations where empathy or integrity is needed, it can be hard for people to express their thoughts or feelings to another person.

Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, explores concepts such as social inequality, racism, morals and values, coming of age, and perspective. The story follows two children, Jem and Scout, as they experience being raised in Maycomb County, Alabama. So why did Lee choose the title: To Kill a Mockingbird?

He “[does Atticus] and [Maycomb] a great service [and] it’s a sin [to drag] him with his shy ways into the limelight” (276) and punish him. Mr. Radley is a very reserved and hesitant man, which causes the townspeople to assume that he is a malicious being with bad intentions. Contrary to the common belief of Maycomb folks, Boo Radley does not mean harm to anyone. This is shown when all he does is protect Atticus’s children. He commits a crime for the well being of Jem and Scout because he cares for them. If Mr. Ewell had not been killed, the Finch children would be dead instead. Boo is a timid individual who prefers to stay in the dark than to be brought to negative or positive attention. He does not want praise or retribution for preventing murders with a murder. Even though he does not have the courage to defend himself, Heck Tate understands the situation and bends the rules minutely to ensure the safety of others. Arresting Boo Radley is “sort of like [shooting] a mockingbird” (276). He is a moral person who saves two innocent lives by ending a guilty one. Out of the good of his heart, he defends Jem and Scout, killing Bob Ewell as he does so. Boo means well and has the safety of Atticus’s children in his highest regard. He does nothing with bad intentions. Like a mockingbird, Boo does not do anything wrong. He performs exceptionally to save the lives of the innocent, and should not receive punishment in return. It is wrong to castigate and take advantage of Boo Radley for being ethical and for contributing to the greater

In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird Atticus finch is displayed as a father of two. Atticus is a lawyer who lives in the town of Maycomb with his two children Scout and Jem. In the setting the novel takes place in, Maycomb is a town broken by the great depression and society. The Great Depression caused many people to lose their jobs and several people around the town are struggling to keep a roof above their heads. Society has created segregation causing minorities to be discriminated. People of color are being lynched and assaulted because of something that they cannot even control. The court case of Tom Robinson is a significant example of the discrimination going on in Maycomb. Tom Robinson was an black man who was accused of rape by Mayella Ewell. Mayella is a part of the Ewell family, a family which has been destroyed by the Great Depression and her family are struggling so much to get to a sustainable financial level. Tom used to help Mayella because he was from a

Atticus Finch is the father of Jem and Scout Finch. He is a civilized lawyer, meaning that he treats every person fairly without considering their social status or ethnicity. He was Tom Robinson's lawyer; he fought for him even though he knew that the jury will end up deciding that Tom Robinson is guilty of allegedly raping Mayella Ewell, even if Tom Robinson was innocent. He is a respected man in Maycomb, considering that he respects people who have a different ethnicity and social class than him. Atticus Finch is one of the Mockingbirds in the novel because he is fighting injustice in the world and teaches his children to become respectful of everyone no matter who they are. Some people in the higher class think low of him because Atticus Finch respects black people.

In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the racist people of the town are the antagonists. In part one of the novel, Scout and her family get ridiculed for Atticus taking on a case to defend a man of another race. Scout hears from many townspeople, both children and adults, that Atticus is unethical for defending a black person as well has he defends a white person. The prejudice townspeople are opposing Scout by ridiculing her father and the beliefs of Scout's family. Cecil Jones, a girl that attends school with Scout, offends the narrator by telling her, "My folks said your daddy was a disgrace an' that [Tom Robinson] oughta hang from the water tank." (78) Comments such as these prove to the reader that Cecil Jones is opposing the morals