Character Analysis Of Atticus In To Kill A Mockingbird, By Harper Lee

I view Atticus as a very interesting character. He is not my favorite, but he definitely in the top 3. Atticus is a very caring dad, and cares about his children a lot. He treats them like adults, and is aware about them being children and so he is patient whenever they make mistakes or ask too many questions. He also has his own moral codes, and he made sure to strictly follow them. This was because he didn’t want to seem like a hypocrite to his children and tell them to follow his moral codes if he himself never follows them. He is rooted to his beliefs and he is never affected by what others say. Atticus is also a very calm person. He never gets worked up about things, even when it becomes stressful.

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I do my best to love everybody... I'm hard put, sometimes—baby, it's never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesn't hurt you." - Pg. 124. What this quote snippet shows is how Atticus loves and accepts everyone. Unlike most other people in Maycomb, Atticus respects people of color and does not treat them badly. This quote also shows that Atticus is very strong minded and other people’s opinions don’t affect him. He understands that it shows how poor a person if they call people bad names and teaches this to Scout. This next example is an example of how Atticus uses his and Maycomb’s moral codes in the court. "She was white, and she tempted a Negro. She did something that in our society is unspeakable: she kissed a black man. Not an old Uncle, but a strong young Negro man. No code mattered to her before she broke it, but it came crashing down on her …show more content…
She mentioned that he wearied out the most credulous of readers and was similar to a human pez dispenser. What I took from this was that she believed that Atticus and his moral codes and honesty and loyalty was not believable and was sort of sugar coating the story. I disagree with this. I feel like Atticus was an amazing addition to the story and the majority of what was written about would change without Atticus. The way his children perceive the world and his impact on Maycomb itself was hugely affected by Atticus. Yes, I do agree that there are very few people in this world who have such strict codes and is so honest and loyal, but I feel like Atticus being this way helped show that there are also good people in this world. What I mean by good people is people who does not treat others badly and is respectful to everyone. He has used his kindness and patience to help bring up his children as well. For an example, this is a quote from chapter 9 where Atticus talks about how he knows that children are different from