"Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird," My father said these words to me and my brother, Jeremy, when we got our first guns. My name is Jean-Louise Finch some people call me Scout. Atticus was the kind of person who always said what he thought.
We're all here today to remember Atticus, how he was kind and honest to everyone he talked too, his feelings about people being equal and against racism, and how he taught me and Jem to 'walk a mile in someone else's skin, before you judge them,' Atticus was the best role model that anyone could ask for and I don't think anyone would change it for anything. When I was in my 3rd year of school Jem destroyed Ms. Dubose's flowers, and Atticus …show more content…
He wanted to defend the black man, better known as Tom Robinson, despite what the town and my Aunt Alexandra had to say on the matter. This never troubled Atticus he just kept going about his business like every other day. During the whole case Atticus was braver than anyone I've ever seen before. An example of this was when a lynch mob tried to get at Tom when he was sleeping in his jail cell. Atticus went to stop them with a lamp and a newspaper so that he could sit out there while talking to Mr. Cunningham. When the day of the trial arrived he was so polite to Miss. Mayella. I'd never seen Mr. Ewell as angry as he did when Atticus managed to poke those holes through his story. Even though Tom was charged with raping Mayella, Atticus did the best job any lawyer could have down and he still had the respect of the black community. I remember as he was leaving Reverend Sykes said to me "Jean Louise, stand up. Your father's passing," and the whole of the black community stood up as Atticus passed. When ever I got into trouble at school for judging the other kids, my father would say that "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." I never understood this until I met Mr. Radley. Jem, Dill and I had spent many years making assumptions about him, how he was a demon or a ghost and how he'd come get
We're all here today to remember Atticus, how he was kind and honest to everyone he talked too, his feelings about people being equal and against racism, and how he taught me and Jem to 'walk a mile in someone else's skin, before you judge them,' Atticus was the best role model that anyone could ask for and I don't think anyone would change it for anything. When I was in my 3rd year of school Jem destroyed Ms. Dubose's flowers, and Atticus …show more content…
He wanted to defend the black man, better known as Tom Robinson, despite what the town and my Aunt Alexandra had to say on the matter. This never troubled Atticus he just kept going about his business like every other day. During the whole case Atticus was braver than anyone I've ever seen before. An example of this was when a lynch mob tried to get at Tom when he was sleeping in his jail cell. Atticus went to stop them with a lamp and a newspaper so that he could sit out there while talking to Mr. Cunningham. When the day of the trial arrived he was so polite to Miss. Mayella. I'd never seen Mr. Ewell as angry as he did when Atticus managed to poke those holes through his story. Even though Tom was charged with raping Mayella, Atticus did the best job any lawyer could have down and he still had the respect of the black community. I remember as he was leaving Reverend Sykes said to me "Jean Louise, stand up. Your father's passing," and the whole of the black community stood up as Atticus passed. When ever I got into trouble at school for judging the other kids, my father would say that "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." I never understood this until I met Mr. Radley. Jem, Dill and I had spent many years making assumptions about him, how he was a demon or a ghost and how he'd come get