To Kill A Mockingbird Atticus Morality Quotes

Atticus represents morality and reason. He never rethinks his position on an issue.
He parents in a quite unique way, he treats his children as adults, answering any question they have, never lying to them. Atticus uses this approach not only with his children, but with everything else in his life . 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. …show more content…
The reader see this several times throughout the book, Atticus is a man who doesn't falter, His beliefs are firm and unmoving. I believe Mark Twain said it best, “We stand up for what we believe in. No matter the odds or consequences. When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move. Your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the river of truth and tell the whole world: ‘No, you