Atticus Finch

Tom Robinson was very kind and innocent black man who was falsely accused of a crime he didn’t commit and who paid badly for it. Tom was accused of raping Mayella Ewell, who is a young white woman, the night of November 21st. He went to trial, Atticus Finch was his lawyer and proved that he was innocent but the jury convicted him. The reason why he was convicted…

When Jem has to read to Mrs. Dubose in Chapter 11, Jem learns from the negativity of Mrs. Dubose that maturity involves rising above in difficult situations. As Mrs Dubose expresses derogative opinions about Atticus, Jem must remind himself not let her get in his head. Jem’s father, Atticus, tells Jem that he needs to hold his “head high and be a gentleman“ (100). There are always disrespectful and ignorant people in the world that try to tear others down, but it's up to us not to give in to…

the phenomenal novel To Kill a Mockingbird and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1961. Nelle Harper Lee was born in April 28, 1926 in Monroeville Alabama. Her mother was a homemaker and her father practice the law, in which played a role in the character Atticus in To Kill a Mockingbird. Before Lee’s father practiced law, he once defended two African American who were accused of murdering a white man. The two black african american, father and a son, was hanged. With that father figure, Lee let that…

found falsely, and that you are set free. I know that you are innocent and I hope the Atticus may find you innocent, I know he will. My father is a mighty good lawyer sir and I’d bet anything that he will prove that you are an innocent man. I know you didn’t rape the woman and I believe that with all my heart. I am sorry for all of your family and what they have gone through. Sincerely, Jeremy Atticus Finch To kill a mocking bird obituary Tom Robinson was a good man. He would help…

The novel, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ (1960), written by Harper Lee is told through the eyes of Scout Finch, whose father is defending a black man accused of raping a white girl in the town of Maycomb, Alabama. In a retrospective view, the narrator, Scout Finch further acquires knowledge from her childhood experiences, regarding the issues of prejudice and racial injustice explored, which allowed her to form a mature judgment of the society in the Southern United States during the 1930s. ‘To Kill a…

big town lawyers, Atticus, Scout and Jem’s father, is faced with a tough court case, a black man accused of rape. Scout and Jem go through the struggles of growing up and being the son and daughter of a man who believes all are to be treated equal. The novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee uses conflict and characterization to show extreme violation of God given rights and unethical treatment of black people to teach the importance of equality. To prove this, first, Atticus shows his…

color was too large. In this movie, every character was very important for every scene, especially fives main characters. Atticus Finch who was a gentle and highly moral lawyer in Maycomb defended a black man. Jean Louise “Scout” Finch was an adorable six years old daughter of Atticus, and she was the narrator. Jeremy Atticus “Jem” Finch was Scout’s older brother.…

There is a variety of characters in Harper Lee’s, To Kill a Mockingbird. Atticus Finch and his children, Scout and Jem are three of the main characters in the novel. One of the main plots revolve around the children’s quest to find out more about their odd neighbor, Boo Radley. The novel then transitions its focus towards the trial of a black man. The man, Tom Robinson, is being accused of raping a white woman and Atticus must defend him. Throughout the narrative, young Scout has many role…

kill a mockingbird was written by Harper Lee during the mid- 1950s with the setting time 1933-1935 and setting place the fictional town Maycomb, Alabama. The story is narrated by Scout Finch, who lives with her older brother Jem, their widowed father Atticus and their cook Calpurnia in Maycomb, Alabama. Atticus is a lawyer, leading to the family live well off compared to the rest of the society. Every summer, a boy named Dill comes to live in his aunt’s house in the neighborhood and is soon…

misunderstood, and seen as something they aren’t. In “To Kill a Mockingbird” written by Harper Lee, the characters Jem Finch and Scout Finch who are both children of Atticus Finch face many trials while growing up in a small town in the South named Maycomb. The novels tells a story where a black man is placed on trial and is found guilty when he couldn’t have committed the crime. The Finch family faces the trials defending the black man Tom Robinson who’s has already been decided guilty as a…