When someone thinks of a person who is brave they usually might think of a firefighter or a policeman, but no one ever thinks of a lawyer being brave. In the book To Kill A Mockingbird, Atticus Finch is a lawyer and demonstrates bravery throughout the whole story. He stands out in Maycomb for being different and brave towards the subject of segregation. Atticus Finch shows the themes of bravery, empathy, wisdom and racial segregation from the beginning of the book until the end. His word choices, actions and they way he treats people allows the readers to acknowledge all of these themes.
Atticus demonstrates the definition of bravery in To Kill A Mockingbird by waiting outside the courthouse to protect Tom Robinson right before the trials. …show more content…
The character Atticus feels that segregation in Maycomb isn’t necessary. You can see this especially when he chooses to take the Tom Robinson case. This case is about a black man that has been sentenced to jury for being accused of rapeing Mayella Edwards. “Scout, simply by the nature of the work, every lawyer gets at least one case in his lifetime that effects him personally, this one's mine”(100-101). This quote is said when Scout gets offended by his cousin bashing Atticus for defending Tom Robinson and his case. Mr. Finch wants Jem and Scout to learn that there should be no difference between black and white people. He believes that this case will be the one that changes his life completely. That this case will be the one that shows the town of Maycomb that a black person is just as important as a white person. Tom and Atticus create a strong bond through the trials even though they don’t win the case. Tom was extremely thankful for Atticus’ help, and that changed Atticus’ life because he knew that what he was doing was going to help change the way people view or think things about black people. In Maycomb, an extremely segregated town, Atticus is one of the few people that does not believe in racial segregation. You can tell that he wishes for other people to feel this way as
Atticus demonstrates the definition of bravery in To Kill A Mockingbird by waiting outside the courthouse to protect Tom Robinson right before the trials. …show more content…
The character Atticus feels that segregation in Maycomb isn’t necessary. You can see this especially when he chooses to take the Tom Robinson case. This case is about a black man that has been sentenced to jury for being accused of rapeing Mayella Edwards. “Scout, simply by the nature of the work, every lawyer gets at least one case in his lifetime that effects him personally, this one's mine”(100-101). This quote is said when Scout gets offended by his cousin bashing Atticus for defending Tom Robinson and his case. Mr. Finch wants Jem and Scout to learn that there should be no difference between black and white people. He believes that this case will be the one that changes his life completely. That this case will be the one that shows the town of Maycomb that a black person is just as important as a white person. Tom and Atticus create a strong bond through the trials even though they don’t win the case. Tom was extremely thankful for Atticus’ help, and that changed Atticus’ life because he knew that what he was doing was going to help change the way people view or think things about black people. In Maycomb, an extremely segregated town, Atticus is one of the few people that does not believe in racial segregation. You can tell that he wishes for other people to feel this way as