Atticus Finch To Kill A Mockingbird

Sometimes people don’t realize how much their decisions and choices can effect others around them. Parenting is one of these such cases. The thought of having to raise children is loved by many people, but it is often a feared reality. Many people don’t see themselves as being capable of being a parent, even though they are very capable of being a good parent. Some of the best examples of good parenting fall into the book To Kill a Mockingbird. In this book, Atticus Finch is a loving father who is raising two children, Jem and Scout. He is often a misunderstood individual and is frowned upon by many in his town. By looking at the examples of Atticus Finch’s parenting style, it can be seen how he is a good, loving father to his children who teaches them the proper way in which they should go.

Would you defend a black man in the 1930’s in the south? Atticus Finch’s decision to defend Tom Robinson is questionable as Atticus had endangered the lives of family and friends, but on the other had Atticus was best fit for the job and the only lawyer who had a chance to help Tom. Atticus from to To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee in 1960, was the father of Jem and Scout; the main protagonists. They had lived in an imaginary town called Maycomb set in Southern Alabama in 1930 in the years of the great depression when poverty was great in much of the country. Atticus had a court case for Tom Robinson, who had been filed for rape by Bob Ewell. Atticus was best fit for the job for the following reasons: first

Harper Lee, the author of To Kill A Mockingbird (TKAMB), describes her novel as, “a love story, plain and simple.” This statement shocked most readers, due to them misinterpreting one form of love with another. There are numerous meanings to the word love, the most common being, “an intense feeling of deep affection.” The novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, represents one specific type of love; agape, the fifth basic philosophy of nonviolence resistance. Agape is not a type of affectionate and romantic love, it is the spontaneous and unmotivated kind. Agape is the kind of love that influences us to help our neighbors or give back to our community. It is the kind of love that prevents us from hating our enemies or disrespecting another person. Maria Popova analyzes Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1958 essay in her paper, An Experiment In Love, and connects it to the basic philosophy of agape. To Kill a Mockingbird, one of the best novels of all time, is filled with examples of this unique type of unmotivated love throughout the story.

Being fortunate enough to afford education, Atticus not only possess the “necessary intellect and unwavering morality” (20), but he is a renowned lawyer who understands that his skills should be put to better use than to encourage the exploitation of Negroes from the “negligence of unscrupulous racists” (3). In doing so, he understands the extra precaution needed to avoid “the storm of persecution” (4), and this personification manifests the growing hatred directed towards Atticus as the Maycomb community divides greatly enough to distinguish two groups of people that are for or against the actions of Atticus. Despite the incoming threats, Atticus ignores their efforts to stop him because he personally knows what it’s like to “be licked by low grade men” (16), and knowing what it’s like, he doesn’t favor the opinions of the majority over his own conscience which can be quite daunting. But unlike Hamlet who just prates about how he should just commit suicide, Atticus sees “through it no matter what” (27) because he already has a preconceived notion that he would fail so that he doesn’t go into grief if he

Heroes are all over the world, often overlooked and taken for granted. In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, there are handfuls of important characters, but the main hero is Atticus Finch. Atticus is a lawyer who lives in Maycomb, Alabama during the 1930’s. Atticus has two unique children that are nothing like their classmates: Scout and Jem. Maycomb is a small, quiet town full of racism and judgement. The citizens of Maycomb are represented by their ancestors. The Finch family was a well know, well liked, average family in Maycomb; however, the day Atticus Finch took the case of an African American man, that all changed. Atticus had to deal with many struggles because of his work and it took tons of humility to do so. Humility is not being

In a racist town during a desolate time period that epitomized hypocrisy, Atticus, an influential white citizen, proves to be an outstanding role model for people both inside and outside the book. He exemplifies empathy and moral and physical courage, giving his kids the sense of what is right and what is wrong, as well as teaching them several essential traits that will mold their lives in a positive direction. His principles indicate that several problems in society, such as racism, can be overcome, resulting in positive outcomes. Harper Lee’s highly lionized novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, illustrates Atticus as a respectful, heroic figure who is idolized by several people, especially his children, Jem and Scout Finch.

Most people do not like moving away from their homes. To many people, moving means unknown experiences, unknown places, and unknown people. Jesus Christ temporarily moved down to earth for the forgiveness of our sins, and mankind cannot imagine the pain that such a transition must hold. Yet during his time on earth, Jesus displayed his heart in every move he made, always bringing glory to God. Jesus cared for the people around him, loved those people, and finally, he forgave those people. In Harper Lee's novel To Kill A Mockingbird, Atticus Finch acts calm, patient, and exculpatory, hereby displaying his Christ-like character.

As prominent as before, racism is still an issue albeit less of a problem than before. A convicted Tom Robinson may ring a few bells to the minds of some classical readers. He was an innocent felon, similarly innocent as Atticus and Scout Finch. The base of this entire novel, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, on the topics of sheer racism and pure innocence. Innocence is a motif that’s important to the meaning of To Kill A Mockingbird. Tom, Scout, and Atticus, as mentioned before represent innocence in the form of a mockingbird, an innocent creature that does no harm to others but helps others only.

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."This comes from a wise man by the name of Atticus. He teaches his kids lessons to get through life’s challenges. His kids, Scout and Jem, learned his lessons through many examples such as the Tom Robinson trial and seeing the innocence of Boo Radley. In this essay, we will talk about the theme on To Kill a Mockingbird which is “It is a sin to kill the innocent,” and we’ll show this by identifying the character development of Scout, motivation of Atticus, and how we can apply this to real life.

In the novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Atticus Finch is a well reserved, honored, and honest man ;by contrast, Bob Ewell is a racist, cantankerous, and evil man. Atticus Finch once said, “I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand.”

At the start of To Kill A Mockingbird, the story unfolds through Scout’s eyes, a young girl living with her father, brother, and family friend. She resides in a sluggish town called Maycomb where most people knew each other and lived with a simple daily schedule. One afternoon, she and her brother Jem pair off, finding a peculiar friend named Dill, which leads to the trio pulling acts of mischief and childlike playfulness in their town. Despite their spirited behavior, Scout and Jem take after their lawyer father, with all of them possessing a trait of acuteness. Their father, Atticus, being a known lawyer in their town raises his two children with integrity, as well as the salient practice to think of their situations in different ways and

Admirability is a quality that many strive to acquire, yet, most fail to achieve. Admirability is the ability to be admired or respected by others, even if they don’t necessarily agree with one’s point of view. In the classic novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, a loving father named Atticus, earns respect from his children, Jem and Scout, and almost his entire community. Wisdom, compassion, and responsibility are just a few things that make Atticus an easily likable character.

Atticus Finch is one of the major characters in Harper Lee 's To Kill a Mockingbird written in 1960. Atticus is a lawyer in Maycomb, the representative of Alabama in the State Legislator and the father of Scout and Jem Finch. The major themes and ideas tackled in Lee 's novel such as social inequality and intolerance, education, legal justice and bravery are represented in one way or another through this character. Atticus Finch is a man of principles who is consistent in his views and deeds throughout the novel. Although he is criticized and mocked by many characters in the novel for his tolerant attitude towards the ‘Negros’, people of Maycomb still respect him and keep re-electing him to be their representative in the State Legislator. According to Miss Maudie Atkinson words to Scout, Atticus is a man who does for other people the unpleasant things they have to do. He is a defender of justice and he fights for it even if

In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, wisdom is a very common theme. The theme of wisdom is portrayed in different ways, and I’ll be telling you how. Wisdom is illustrated in the novel by Atticus, Jem, and Heck Tate. There are many large events that take place in the book and they are times in need of wisdom. Atticus, Jem and Heck Tate all show wisdom in certain situations.

For a long time after the publishing of To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, Atticus Finch, the father of Jem and Scout, was championed and even deified in some cases. He was revered for his vigilant defence of a black man, Tom Robinson. This book came out in a time when racism was taught at home. For many whites in America, especially in the South, this was the first time their eyes had been opened to the injustice of racism. The reason so many people chose Atticus to be their champion of morality was because he represented strong morals and was believed to be one of the first of his people to stand up against the way things were. For a while, the pedestal Atticus was perched upon was up so high that he was of god-like status. But as time