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    parenting styles To Kill a Mockingbird showcases one of them. Atticus Finch has a very different but also intelligent way of guiding his children. The relationship between Atticus and his children has gained throughout the novel. He also pushes his children to do the right in the correct situation. Atticus pushed his children to have an inner feeling or voice to seek the rightfulness in a detrimental situation. Lawyer Atticus Finch has a very intelligent style of parenting. He tries to show…

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    The novel To Kill a Mockingbird reflects life values and lessons to a great extent through the character Atticus Finch. It is said of Atticus that ‘whether Maycomb knows it or not, we’re paying him the highest tribute we can pay a man. We trust him to do it right.’ And it is with Atticus’ moral integrity he teaches his children through the themes of good and evil, prejudice, and courage. A prevailing theme in the novel is racism, and within this, Jem and Scout learn a lot from their father.…

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    Courage can define someone. Atticus Finch, from Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird, explains courage as this: “... Instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand, it's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.” Atticus wanted his children to understand that courage is standing up for what they believe and still doing things even if there is little possibility of success. Civil rights leader, John Lewis,…

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    Atticus Finch is a perceptive character and an empathetic father whose morals help the people of Maycomb and the readers of the novel realize that being a pacifist is better that following the social norm. One such example if his benevolence is when Scout came into their house, being frustrated with the Maycomb rule that children shouldn’t learn to read at an early age. Listening to her trouble, Atticus only taught her a simple trick: “You never really understand a person until you consider…

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    Lee is told from the perspective of a little girl named “Scout” Finch. Throughout the story, you learn what the depression-era prejudice against colored people was like through the eyes of a child. Harper Lee uses many important characters to teach lessons in the book, including Atticus, Miss Maudie, Aunt Alexandra, Calpurnia, Tom Robinson, and Arthur “Boo” Radley. Jean Louise “Scout” Finch is the daughter of Atticus Finch. Atticus is a well known and honored lawyer of Maycomb County, Alabama.…

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    trying to uphold this view in a society that has the opposite opinion. One of the characters who displays courage is Atticus Finch, who defends Tom Robinson in a trial for his life. Another is Scout Finch who sticks to her morals about treating people fairly and not fighting people she disagrees with. They both show courage throughout TKM and oppose inequality in their town. Atticus Finch is a gentleman and a lawyer who doesn’t believe that people should be treated differently based on race…

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    you can have what you want in life or reach your goal. Atticus Finch and Boo Radley both were courageous enough to do what they wanted to do, even if they were scared or knew they wouldn't succeed. In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Lee uses Atticus Finch and Boo Radleys characterization to prove that you should have courage and stand up for what you believe in. In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Lee uses Atticus Finch’s characterization to prove that you should…

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    his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do.”(149) - Atticus Finch. We follow Scout Finch, a young six year old girl who is thrown into a world of racism, prejudism and many more unfair situations. Her father is Atticus Finch; a widowed lawyer man that changed his life and those around him forever by choosing to defend a young black man against untrue charges of rape. Throughout the…

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    good a person possesses rather than the evil locked away in the heart. More specifically, they are the correct adjectives to describe Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Inevitably, every character possesses another facet to their actions, one that can be clearly hidden or presented in a vast haze of evidence. Occupation wise, as a lawyer, Atticus would have to deal with differentiating between the good and the bad sides of a person, so certainly some of the hard cases and…

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    Atticus Finch is a good father, a good neighbor, and a good lawyer. Atticus Finch, a character in Harper Lee’s novel To kill A Mockingbird is one of the best hero . He power is not fighting crime and having a super power, but his power is simply being kind and fighting for what is and should be right. He listens to both side of the story and believes that everyone was created equally. Atticus…

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