He looks at everyone’s, and tries to be just in every way possible, even if it is just a small brawl between Jem and Scout. It proves that he is always strives to be unbiased in every way. Obviously, we can see that Atticus is a father who is honest and he is someone we should consider as a role model. Another one of Atticus’s character traits that Lee writes about is Atticus’s tolerance. Mrs. Dubose, a frail old lady, spreads invidious comments regarding Atticus, but he would still “sweep off his
I'd say he is hero, the examples you have of why he isn't are perfectly valid, and definitely include them in the essay, but I don't think they dismiss his heroism. He broke at the end and loved Big Brother but this was due to O'Brien's torture and mind control, he always knew this would be the outcome from his diary entries, conversations with Julia and his observations of Jones, Aaronsen and Rutherford at the Chestnut Tree Cafe. Breaking his only promise to Julia, not to betray her, was unavoidable, see his rantings after his visit to room 101, and the brief encounter with Julia when he is released, she betrayed him too, everyone betrays, this is the purpose of room 101, to remove anything you love more than the party and replace it/them with Big Brother. He sneaks around instead of engaging in open revolt because this is the only way any dissent and subversion can take place, the reactions of people during the ten minutes hate, telescreens, hidden microphones, a militarised society and scared/brainwashed spying neighbours giving you up at the first opportunity to save themselves make open revolt instantly futile rather than eventually futile, he took this approach not out of cowardice because it had the potential to subvert the cause of the party more effectively and because it was the only way. His rebellion does further his own desires, but his primary goal is to undermine the goverment, at first he is revolted by Julia, his initial act of sleeping with her was done not out of sexual desire, but out of a desire to rebel against and weaken the government, in his and Julia's opinion doing something for yourself and only yourself WAS the act of rebellion, it was central in their purpose to revolt as it went against the only reason for the party's existance, control and power (see Winston and Julia's conversations in the flat, and O'Brien's explanation of
Proctor’s action throughout Author Miller’s The Crucible show that people of integrity may in fact act immorally. For many reasons John Proctor is an honest man. By no means is Proctor afraid to tell a person what is on his mind. In the beginning of the play, John truthfully tells Parris why he has not recently been to church, “I have trouble enough without I come five mile to hear him preach only hell fire
Gene was always uptight, usually taking charge on the educational parts, as he stated,” If I need to study then so do you.”(Knowles Pg. 58) It helped as he went on to become the top of his class, and popular among the boys who did care about academics. Gene took the roll as the responsible one, at the morning on the beach he hurried Phineas to leave for a critical test they had that day. (Knowles Pg.51) Gene was portrayed as the underdog in A Separate Peace, even if he was the main character. He was very unpopular, clinging close to Phineas, who was Gene’s only source of social interaction.
Via Gregory Peck’s matchless acting in the movie variation of the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, Atticus Finch would undoubtedly be the figurehead who has most influenced me. As a man and a lawyer, Atticus envelopes everything that is good in society-he stands tall in what he believes, and he summons to contest the County’s racial spate while maintaining a home of morals and values for his two kids. After watching it, the one thing that impacted me the most was the relationship of Jem and Scout with their father Atticus. With them Atticus is nothing but honest, and never tries to lessen the acerbity of situations with promises –an ability that many parents today lack. He treats his kids as if they were adults, he gives them the respect all
Matt Alley Personal Law 11/4/08 Hour 7 12 Angry Men The Juror that thought the boy was not guilty was Juror #8 or indentified as David at the end of the film. I thought this juror was the best one of the group. I belief he was the best because he kept and open mind the whole time. He listened to what others had to say, and he didn’t let his emotions take over and was on time for the case. The only mistake I noticed that Juror #8 made was when he went an investigated the case on his own.
Chapter Questions: To Kill A Mocking Bird April 20, 2012 Chapter 23 After Tom Robinson's conviction, Jem finally started to realize why Boo Radley secluded him self for so long. It was simply because he wanted to. Throughout the book Boo makes very few appearances, but the dramatic irony is that Boo has been a help to the children countless times. For a better understanding, think of Tom Robinson, although Atticus defend him very well, the only reason why he lost the trail and was shot was because he was black. In other words, Jem drew out that if "everyone is alike, why do they go out of their way to despite each other?"
Folley, Smith, and Christensen developed the contracts for the executives of Rentall and other investors, and the sale was made. Being a perfectionist, it was only a matter of time until Bob was marching down to the Rentall headquarters, telling everyone the mistakes that Rentall was making and how to solve some of their problems. Pete Rosen, president of Rentall, became extremely angry about Bob’s constant interference, and in a brief 10-minute meeting, Pete told Bob never to enter the Rentall offices again. It was at this time that Bob and his lawyer discovered that there was no clause in the contracts that prevented Bob from competing directly with Rentall. The brief 10-minute meeting with Pete Rosen was the beginning of
Even when people are treating him bad, he still just keeps his head high and acts like a gentleman. I remember especially one point in the story, where Bob Ewell spits in Atticus’ face and actually threatens to kill him, but all Atticus does is to wipe his face clean. When Bob then threatens to fight him, Atticus just puts his hands in his pockets and says that he’s too old to fight. That part of the book kind of amazed me. To have the self-control and respect to just walk away from someone who just spit on you, is a skill that not many people have.
When David is first introduced into the story he is taking a stand against Mr. Neck, their biggated, small minded, American History teacher. “David Petrakis is never, ever in trouble. He is the kid who wins perfect attendance records, who helps the staff chase down bugs in the conputer files of report cards.” (Anderson 56) Going against the teacher is obviously out of the normal.