Atticus Finch Prejudice

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'To kill a mocking bird' is a novel written from the perspective of Jean louise Finch looking back on her childhood. Reflecting on the town and the people with in it, there are various themes one particularly, Prejudice. Plenty of characters are prejudice but one in particular charter Atticus Finch leads by example and teaches his kids not to be prejudice. This theme is explored through out different chapters of the novel. In chapter 3 the theme prejudice is being explored through empathy, teaching respect for other people and how he changes peoples prejudice. After scouts first day of school scout judges her teacher for doing something the way she was taught. This then leads scout to disaprove her. Atticus tells scout "you never…show more content…
The message depicts to treat everyone fairly and that if you do that its not ok. Aticus shows not to be prejudice by leading in example of his children. Atticus' morals and values are very high. He is not racist and treats everybody the same: He teaches his children to accept everyone for who they are, regardless of race or social standing. After the incident of Atticus being confronted by Mr Cunningham and a mob, His children see it differently and dont understand what actually has happened. Atticus tells the kids “i don't want either of you bearing a grudge about this thing. no matter what happens.” The quote is using the technique of meaning and un biest imagery. Which shows that Atticus knows he is going to loose and get a lot of people upset by him. The message of this chapter is to show that everyone has their faults, that mr Cunningham is only human and is a good man. That he is strayed by the rest of the town - peer pressure. Mr Cunningham is also just like everyone else he has his blind spots. In conclusion, Atticus against the odds teaches his children that people should be judged by their own merits and not my the social norms. Through the thematic theme of prejudice Attiucs is the role model to children, He is looked up to by his family and his friends who "trust him to do

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