And for all of his treatment of Jem and Scout, he recognizes that they are still children and will act like children. He has Scout and her brother call him Atticus instead of Father to make it seem like they are peers. Atticus believes in what is right, even if it is not what is popular. He is faced with a very stressful case in which he has to defend an African-American man accused of raping a white girl. He knows this man is innocent and defends him because of it, not because he's black.…
Furthermore, Atticus also explains how a white man’s nobility is meaningless, if he mistreats black people. In the book Atticus tells Scout, "As you grow older, you'll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and don't you forget it—whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes from,…
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee focuses mainly on innocence throughout the novel, the mockingbird came to represent the idea of innocence. Killing a mockingbird means a loss of innocence I the eyes of the reader. Throughout the book many of the characters can be identified as mockingbirds. Jem, Scout, Dill, and Boo all lost their innocence as they grew up in a town such as Maycomb. Tom Robinson is another example of a mockingbird in this book because of the injustices he faces being a colored man in Maycomb.…
Individualism is a commonly sought after truth in this world. For it is when this sense of individuality is obtained that one becomes empowered. Greater concepts that could be drawn from this is that acting with such originality could give you the opportunity to have extensive views, learn new things and make a difference. In To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Atticus Finch is a lawyer who took on a very important case.…
Firstly, the residents of Maycomb County show racial prejudice. “You ain’t got no business brigin’ white chillum here they got their church, we got ourn’. It’s our church, ain’t it, Miss Cal,”(Lee, 158). Lula did not like white people coming to black church because of how they treat the black people and the stereotype about them that all the white people discriminate the black people and they are servants for them. Yes, the white people discriminate the black people, but this does not mean everyone in the city are the same.…
After Atticus is assigned to defend Tom Robinson, an African American, Scout asks him why is he doing something people say he shouldn’t be doing. In his own words, “The main one is, if I didn’t I couldn’t hold up my head in town…” (75). This shows that regardless if people think Atticus is doing the wrong thing, he still does it because it’s something a respectful man would do. He shows consideration for everybody.…
This is because Tom Robinson is black. Atticus does not conform to their ideas and does what he thinks is…
However Atticus was not successful. He tried to make the jury think…
For example, “Anything fit to say at the table’s fit to say in front of Calpurnia. She knows what she means to this family.” This shows that Atticus treats everyone, even Calpurnia, with the same respect. Atticus treats everyone with respect even if in return all he gets is rudeness or unkind actions. Just because Atticus is white, that gives no reason for him not to take Tom’s case into his own…
“Do unto others as you would have them do to you.” This ethical guideline is known as the Golden Rule. This same rule is the same in the Christian faith, Islamic faith, Buddhist faith, Hindu faith, and many others. The general idea is always the same. It’s the wording that changes, never the message.…
Atticus, in contrast to many other characters in the novel, does not accept the institutionalized racism that is entrenched into Maycombian society. Instead, he fights racial prejudice because he views it as fundamentally flawed and stemming from a lack of empathy and understanding for those outside one’s social group. Furthermore, Atticus’ emotional investment in Tom Robinson’s case shows the personal level on which racism affects him. When discussing with Scout why he was defending Tom Robinson, Atticus explained, “… every lawyer gets a case at least once in his life that affects him personally. This one’s mine, I guess.”…
Contrasting Views The views of Tom Robinson’s trial are viewed very differently between the people in Maycomb County. The trial itself shows the hatred between black and whites in the community. People see the trial in all different angles, most of which are thought to be considered right. The children’s view of the trial is what any innocent child would see, which is that they thought it was unfair and Tom Robinson was not guilty.…
As you can see Atticus is has his reasons to take the case. You may also think that Atticus shouldn’t of took the case because of what happened to Scout and Jem at the end of the book “Heck? Atticus Finch. Someones been after my children. Jem’s hurt.…
"Yeah, but Atticus aims to defend him. That 's what I don 't like about it." This exemplifies how the town resented Atticus for simply doing what he believe to be the right thing to do; which is why even though Atticus had no intention of influencing the town’s idea of justice for Tom Robinson, he influenced the white community, who just so happen to have been the ones to decide Tom’s fate. This once again proves that while unintentional a single individual how the power to alter or change what another person perceives as…
Atticus always tries to provide his kids with the correct answer and alway give them a wise answer for anything they need. Atticus does what right even when he knows the wrong is going to happen in the end. That 's why he takes Tom case and fights for his equal rights all the way to the end of his life. He thinks that each and every person should be seen equally that why when someone calls you a nigger lover, in his mind that person it just misguided. It does not hurt him he really just feels sorry for these kinds of people because that can 't realize the simple act of being equal and kind.…