Atticus Relationship In To Kill A Mockingbird

In To Kill A Mockingbird many of the characters have multiple sides to them. It is exactly like when you are with a group of friends, or if you are with a group of family members. Your attitude usually changes; it is just like in this book. Atticus has two sides to him. One side of Atticus is mysterious, and he only tells you about half of his life and the other half he leads you down a path of guessing. Atticus is mysterious, because in chapter ten there is this crazy dog that happens to be walking down the street, and Atticus kills it. “ Mr. Finch! She shouted. This is Cal I swear to God there’s a mad dog down the street a piece- he’s comin’ this way” (Lee 123). Atticus came into town and BAM with one shot the dog was gone. I find this …show more content…
I think she has two sides to her because she is rude to Jem and Scout about Atticus or the way they were raised, but only when they were alone. One main reason I think Mrs. D is a rude person is because she judges Jem and Scout. Mrs. Dubose said, “What are you doing in those overalls? You should be in a dress and camisole, young lady! You’ll grow up waiting on tables if someone don’t change your ways” (Lee 135). By her saying that she is disregarding Atticus ways of raising his children. Mrs. Dubos is also a very careful woman. From the text “ Don’t you lie to me” (Lee 135) it just seems like she over powering Jem and Scout by being the old mean neighbor. I’m connecting this to careful because she is careful to push. She pushes Jem out of his comfort zone by saying disrespectful things about Atticus. Where Mrs. Dubose knows Atticus will keep his head up high, but saying the mean things to his kids she knows they will crack before Atticus does. Mrs. Dubose is not only careful by what message she is sending to the kids with her attitude, but also she is carful about how she talks around Jem and …show more content…
People have multiple sides because we all act different in different situations.I will be characterizing Atticus from how he acts in chapters 10-15. Jem and Scout think Atticus is boring, because he is too old to be tackled. “ Atticus was never to tired to play keep away, but when Jem wanted to tackle him Atticus would say I’m too old for that son” (Lee 118). When Atticus says he’s “too old” he dose not want to hurt him self because he is older for the time period. Jem and Scout also thin he’s boring because when Atticus is not doing lawyer work he is reading. As a fifty year old man who has been working most of his life I could understand reading in your free time, but if all someone does after they get home from work and eat all they do is read I would agree that they are boring too. Atticus is also boring because he cannot do fun activities because he is nearly blind in one eye. “He never went hunting did not play poker or fish or drink or smoke.” Atticus did not do most of these activities, because he had two kids at home, and he is a lawyer so most of his day is spent studying trials for upcoming cases. Atticus is also courageous; because he did not, not take the Tom Robinson case. If I were in the shoes of Atticus I would not have taken the case because it is a case that he knows will