Imagine loads of pressure on your body. As if you are trying to balance the world on your back. Would you still follow your values? In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, many characters face this feeling. For example, Atticus Finch decides to defend Tom Robinson, a Negro, through a racial court case. Throughout the trial, Atticus faces many rude comments from the racist people of the town, but he stays a firm believer and never loses faith. To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama. The town is made up of three groups of people: the white, the blacks, and the ‘white trash’. Each family comes with their own set reputation. These reputations are created by the decisions that they each make. Each character's decisions
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One character that values respect is Miss Maudie Atkinson. Miss Maudie spends a great amount of her time making her yard and garden pleasing to the eye. She also respects the privacy of those around her. She does not appreciate when other people get into her business, so she keeps to herself. Most of all, Miss Maudie respects Atticus. She really looks up to Atticus because he always tells the truth and is always the same person in the house and on the streets. When Miss Maudie is talking to Jean Louise Finch (Scout) and Jeremy Atticus Finch (Jem) about their father, she says, ‘“Atticus Finch is the same in his house as he is on the public streets”’ (Lee 61). Miss. Maudie is trying to inform Scout and Jem how honorable Atticus is. He always keeps his word and never changes his look on things, no matter the situation. This quote proves the value of respect because Miss. Maudie never doubts Atticus and always looks up to him in times of …show more content…
Respect became a big value by Miss Maudie and Calpurnia. Miss Maudie greatly respects Atticus because he is the same person on the streets and in the house. Calpurnia feels like people disrespect her, so when she sees this happen to someone else she gets upset. Honesty was seen through Jem and Atticus. Jem shows honesty when he starts to pour out all of the children’s secrets about what happened that summer. Atticus shows honesty when he tells Scout he dictionary definition of what rape is. Finally, Judge Taylor and Ms. Dubose most valued effort throughout the novel. Judge Taylor does his best to give Tom a fair trial. Ms. Dubose breaks her morphine addiction before she dies. Now that the trial is over, Atticus feels some sort of relief. All of the pressure that was pushed upon him is now, for the most part,
One character that values respect is Miss Maudie Atkinson. Miss Maudie spends a great amount of her time making her yard and garden pleasing to the eye. She also respects the privacy of those around her. She does not appreciate when other people get into her business, so she keeps to herself. Most of all, Miss Maudie respects Atticus. She really looks up to Atticus because he always tells the truth and is always the same person in the house and on the streets. When Miss Maudie is talking to Jean Louise Finch (Scout) and Jeremy Atticus Finch (Jem) about their father, she says, ‘“Atticus Finch is the same in his house as he is on the public streets”’ (Lee 61). Miss. Maudie is trying to inform Scout and Jem how honorable Atticus is. He always keeps his word and never changes his look on things, no matter the situation. This quote proves the value of respect because Miss. Maudie never doubts Atticus and always looks up to him in times of …show more content…
Respect became a big value by Miss Maudie and Calpurnia. Miss Maudie greatly respects Atticus because he is the same person on the streets and in the house. Calpurnia feels like people disrespect her, so when she sees this happen to someone else she gets upset. Honesty was seen through Jem and Atticus. Jem shows honesty when he starts to pour out all of the children’s secrets about what happened that summer. Atticus shows honesty when he tells Scout he dictionary definition of what rape is. Finally, Judge Taylor and Ms. Dubose most valued effort throughout the novel. Judge Taylor does his best to give Tom a fair trial. Ms. Dubose breaks her morphine addiction before she dies. Now that the trial is over, Atticus feels some sort of relief. All of the pressure that was pushed upon him is now, for the most part,