How Is Atticus Finch Selfish

Every person on the world had his or her own unique quality. In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird, every character had defined and expressed different type of personality. One of the main characters called Atticus Finch had attracted and impressed many readers while reading the novel. Atticus Finch is a single father of two children, Jem and Scout. He also has another identity, which are the Maycomb attorney and the state legislative representative. Throughout the book, Atticus had expressed courageous, persistent and righteousness from different aspects. After reading the first half of the novel, one quickly draws to a conclusion that Atticus Finch is a representative for the word courageous. Atticus Finch had great faith in God, which prevents himself from having hard times. He wasn’t scared of anything including scandals, involve into difficult situations and getting hit from other horrific person. This idea can be perfectly express by the situation when Mr. Ewell hit Atticus after the court session. “Mr. Ewell was a veteran of an obscure war; that plus Atticus’s peaceful reaction probably prompted him to inquire, “Too proud to fight, you nigger-lovin’ bastard?” Miss Stephanie said Atticus said, “No, too old,” put his hands in his pockets and strolled on.” (23) This short passage …show more content…
This nature had perfectly revealed during Tom Robinson’s trail. Atticus Finch is a justice person because he did the things other whites wouldn’t want to do. “I simply want to tell you that there are some men in this world who were born to do our unpleasant jobs for us. Your father’s one of them.” (22) Atticus Finch trusts and believes in justice and justice system. In this racial society, he still holds on to his beliefs that this is his mission. Because of his righteous and honesty character trait, Atticus became a literary heroic character in the twentieth