Atticus Finch

In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird morals are structured around Atticus Finch, who is able to educate his two children Scout and Jem about life’s meaning and what is right and prudent. The aunt of Atticus’s children, Alexandra is a more isolated and biased character. She is a not a central character, but she is essential to the story, and is crucial in contrasting against Atticus’s morals. Along with contributing to the novel’s plot, Aunt Alexandra’s presence in the novel helps to…

Courage is a wanted characteristic but not everyone can acquire it. Scout’s father Atticus Finch is standing up for a innocent African American named Tom Robinson. The novel To Kill a Mockingbird, is based in the 1930’s in a very racist time. Which lead people to say rude and ignorant things too Scout. Scout has to learn to hold herself back and not let people get the best of her. Her brother Jem Finch is brave but sometimes it can get him in trouble. Scout is always there for her brother even…

Mockingbird takes readers to the roots of human behavior, to innocence and experience, kindness and cruelty, love and hatred, and the struggle between blacks and whites. Atticus Finch is a lawyer and single parent in a small southern town in the 1930's. Atticus stands up for those who are not able to stand up for themselves. Atticus stood up for Tom Robinson when they accused him of raping Mayla. He knew that he wasn't going to win the case, but he wanted to prove that Tom Robinson was innocent.…

which at first may just seem irrelevant but with further investigation they reflect upon the problems or messages that the author wants to display. Some major symbols that stick out are, the knothole that Scout and Jem encounter, the crazy dog that Atticus killed, and the mockingbird. Harper Lee uses symbolism in her novel, To Kill a Mockingbird…

Raymond, Atticus isn’t afraid to teach his children about the disease Maycomb has. In chapter 9, Atticus explains to his brother why his life is the way it is. Although he’s talking to his brother at the moment, he’s speaking to Scout almost anonymously as he doesn’t acknowledge her until after he’s done explaining…

Is showing compassion towards others before knowing their story the most important issue in today's society? Today, society is controlled by judging and comparing to others. But Atticus did not do this action. Instead, he understood their struggles first and what they might be going through, showing compassion. Atticus Finch displays his compassion for his family and others around him when he took up Tom Robinson's case, accepted Walter Cunningham's unique payment and did not immediately judge…

In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, Lee displays the noteworthy theme of empathy and understanding. One way in which Lee achieves this is through the character of Atticus Finch. In the novel, Atticus Finch is a lawyer who instills a strong sense of morality and justice in his children, Scout and Jem Finch. Due to the color of his skin, Crooks is separated from the rest of the workers, with books as his only company. By the fifth chapter, however, Steinbeck reveals more information…

population as they see the ideas as a means to change their traditions. The stories protagonist, Jean Louise Finch is flabbergasted to find that such resistance is in her home town of Maycomb, Alabama. Harper Lee expresses change through Jean Louise viewing her family and friends, Atticus, Hank, and Aunt Alexandra, and how they differ from her childhood memories.…

widely known and considered a classic in American literature, and has won the Pulitzer Prize. The story takes place during “the Great Depression” in the town of Maycomb, Alabama. The main characters are Atticus Finch and his two children, Jean Louise Finch also known as “Scout,” and Jeremy Finch, also known as “Jem.” A few other important characters are Charles Baker Harries also known as “Dill,” Calpurnia, Aunt Alexandra, Arthur Radley also known as “Boo,” Tom Robinson, Bob Ewell, and Mayella…

to an African American, Tom Robinson’s, injustice. It reminds us the valuable lessons from their father, Atticus and their housemaid Calpurnia, during the Great Depression. We are learning from it, To Kill a Mockingbird teaches us the lessons of morale, justice and equality. Harper Lee uses her novel to teach us important lessons from the characters presented in To Kill a Mockingbird. Atticus, a fair and moral character, whose parenting style is unique, lined with honest and example, teaches…