Atticus Idealism

In Harper Lee 's classic book To KIll a Mockingbird the main character, Scout, is told by her father Atticus that most people are nice "when you finally see them". This concept that Atticus presents couldn 't be more true. Throughout the book and real life experiences, people like Boo Radley, Tom Robinison, and Dolphus Raymond are able to see and have the niceness seen in them. Atticus is a good example of a person who always tries to see the good in people and he is more or less an idealist. Well, Atticus and I are riding in the same boat. I believe, as well, that most people are good when you finally seem them. The most obvious display of a person is nice, but most people don 't see him for that is Boo Radley. Boo was a character that in …show more content…
However, to the people who actually knew him and those that could see past his skin color he was a good man, father, and worker. Tom Robinson would continuously pass by the Ewell 's property to get to work. Bob Ewell 's eldest daughter, Maywell, would always ask for a hand doing small little tasks around the property. You would think that after doing this for quite sometime Tom, a father of 3 children, would receive some type of payment. Because after all Tom had a family whom he 'd probably rather be with. When asked if he was ever payed for his work in court, he replied "No suh, not after she offered me a nickel the first time. I was glad to do it, Mr. Ewell didn 't seem to help her none, and neither did the chillun, and I knowed she didn 't have no nickels to spare"(256). This shows that Tom Robinson was a good person. He was willing to take time out of his day just to help someone. The fault was not in him, but in the people who couldn 't see past the color of his skin and if they took the time to know him like other people did they could see the truly nice person that he