Atticus Finch

Impacts of Atticus’s Philosophy Atticus Finch lives by a very simple philosophy, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view-- until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.”. This is a great way that Atticus lives his life, because it is impossible to fully understand why a person is the way they are until one has been in their skin and has seen the things that they have seen and experienced. Atticus Finch is a very honorable person because…

However, film can convey things that novels can't, and vice versa. Likewise, film has limitations that a novel doesn't. In the novel, Scout Finch, 6,and her older brother, Jem, 10, live in colorless Maycomb, Alabama, spending majority of their time with Dill (their friend) and scrutinizing their secluded and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and revered lawyer, defends Tom Robinson, an black man against bogus rape charges, the nature of the trial and digressive…

Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Scout Finch faces many common difficulties from the 1930’s, both political and social. Jem and Scout are the children of Atticus Finch, a lawyer who abides by a strict set of personal philosophies, including the importance of honesty and doing what is the ‘right thing’ to do in different situations. Jem and Scout are both heavily influenced by Atticus, and both agree with his philosophies, but don’t understand when others disagree. Atticus, Jem, and Scout all live in…

Power has different meanings and stages in different places. To Kill A Mockingbird is an enticing tale, based in the 1930’s, of Jem and Scout Finch and their journeys through Maycomb County, Alabama. One of the biggest plots in this story is when their father, Atticus Finch, is called upon to defend a black man, Tom Robinson. He has been accused of raping a white woman, Mayella Ewell. Mayella is the oldest of the eight children of Bob Ewell. The Ewell family lives in an old “Negro cabin” by the…

problem choosing to ignore them. This statement is not true for Atticus Finch, who provides the moral compass of To Kill a Mockingbird. To Kill a Mockingbird focuses on the impact of morals and society on an innocent man’s life. When African American Tom Robinson is wrongly accused of raping caucasian Mayella Ewell, Atticus Finch is assigned to defend him. Institutionalized racial bias is still at large in the South in the 1930s, and Atticus knows that Robinson will not be acquitted, but he does…

road in life, which is what separates Atticus from the rest of the men in the 1930’s. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, one can learn about making the right choices in life compared to making the easy choices.The reader will learn a lot throughout the story thinks to Atticus, from life lessons to great decisions. Harper Lee included Atticus because he plays a big factor in the different outcomes of the problems throughout the novel. Atticus is a static character,…

in the north, because there are higher education rates. Atticus Finch, a father and mother to his children, was a lawyer in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama who wanted to teach his children right and wrong. When Atticus was given the case of defending a colored man who was falsely accused of rape he “becomes the target of the town's bigotry while trying to show his kids the difference between right and wrong by example” (Nashawaty). Atticus was a great example of what a father should be like…

look past the fact that Tom is black; he is found guilty and eventually is killed for it. Atticus, Tom's lawyer, does his best to defend Tom, but even with substantial evidence that Tom did not rape Mayella, he could not win the case. Along with Tom, Atticus receives prejudice for defending a black man. Instead of responding with violence, Atticus uses his situation to teach his children, Jem and Scout. Atticus and Tom Robinson experience prejudice during Tom’s trial, however, they overcome this…

Gianna 12/26/16Eng. comp. litJillian Price In the book TKAM by Harper Lee, Boo Radley and Tom Robinson had many similarities. Boo Radley's efforts were needed to look after himself and others such as Jem finch and his younger sister Scout. When Boo Radley was protecting himself it went to new outcomes such as Boo Radley being sentenced to a judge from the law, to the boys' school. Boo was sent because of attacking his father years before that made Boo get shut up in his home. Boo had no…

white man. However, with the evidence, combined with the closing speech that Atticus provide, it makes it hard for the jury to find Tom guilty. Also, this causes suspense to the plot . The reader has been waiting and reading for a while and Harper Lee makes them hold off even longer to make the verdict even more excited. This event occurs when everyone was waiting in the courthouse for hours. Waiting for the verdict after Atticus’ inspirational closing speech. Everyone is shocked at the amount…