In Harper Lee’s award winning novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus Finch is one of the most well known citizens in Maycomb. Because of his calm wisdom and his respectful manner, Atticus is respected by many, even the poor and black citizens of the county. Although, many peoples opinions change toward him when he agrees to defend Tom Robinson, a black man, in a very racial and prejudiced society. Throughout the novel, all aspects of Atticus’ personality are displayed as he and his children, Jeremy
Atticus Finch is “civilised in his heart.” Atticus stands for all Harper Lee admires in a father, citizen, a lawyer, a southern gentleman and a Christian. He is the ideal “reasonable” man. He is an intellectual and a book-lover, he “would be so deep in a book he wouldn’t hear the kingdom coming.” He is highly generous and kind, this can be shown by him investing in his brother’s education. He functions as the moral backbone of Maycomb, a person to whom others turn in times of doubt and trouble. He
Atticus is a very good example. He cares for others more than himself and doesn’t complain about anything, he just finds a way to get through it no matter the sacrifices. He tries his best to defend Tom Robinson but at the same time he tries to be a great father. He does a pretty good job with putting his priorities in place and I doubt I could do any better. Putting myself in Atticus’ position would be hard because I really don’t know all that is on his mind and he is a very wise man and has
ideas. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the protagonist, Atticus Finch, is a loving and just character who sees through the preconceived belief in his community that class and social position is very important by looking at everyone as an individual. He does this because of his own beliefs in equality and justice that he also tries to teach to his children. Atticus doesn’t act the way he does only for himself, but also for the people he cares most about. Atticus Finch is a loving, but
To Kill a Mockingbird: The Great White Mockingbird “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.” (Lee) P.39. To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, a story about a lonesome and quiet small town in Alabama. The story is based on flashbacks made by the narrator Jean- Louise Finch, who talks about her childhood and she talks about the time when Atticus defended an African American man
In Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus is a perfect example of the use of the Rhetorical Stance: pathos, ethos, and logos in a novel. He illustrates these three things not only in the courtroom but throughout the novel. In the novel, Harper Lee uses the three to describe his speech in persuading jurors of the innocence of Tom Robinson from the accusations that he molested Mayella by exploiting his real identity as a believer in god. In his context, Atticus uses ethos in his speech in an
To Kill A Mockingbird Literary Analysis Courage, as defined by Merriam-Webster, is mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear, or difficulty. Courage is one of the six themes in To Kill a Mockingbird, the story of two kids, Jem and Scout, growing up in a small prejudiced town in Alabama. Six-year-old Scout narrates the book, telling stories of her childhood in the 1930’s over the course of three years. There are many characters in this book that show courage. Three
To Kill a Mockingbird focuses on “Maycomb’s usual disease,” as a pivotal part of the book, but also shows that compassion and wisdom can exist in these most bleak areas. The prejudice and bigotry comes from the lack of knowledge of Maycomb, and their fear to change what they have grown up with. Pre-conceived ideas are the main reason that Maycomb is ignorant of black people as they are afraid what a change of those pre-conceived ideas will bring. Even so, compassion still exists, as Atticus is able
ghjklzxcvbnmqwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm To kill a mockingbird Atticus Finch Hafrún ósk Hafsteinsdóttir Kennari : Magnús Ingimundarson | Atticus Finch. To kill a mockingbird is a very dramatic and a very moving book, it really showed me a lot about the struggle between the blacks and whites and how people could be cruel against colored people and also how some people could be kind to everybody, no matter what color they were, like Atticus Finch, who is one of the characters i like the
To Kill a Mockingbird Have you ever spent a day in someone else's shoes? The way you see a person first hand is not always what they are perceived to be. Taking a look at the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, spending a day in someone's shoes to view life how they do is one of the bounteous lessons to be learned. After analyzing the title and a few characters of this bestseller, seeing through someone else's eyes will always be in the back of your mind before prejudging any human being. What about