Category: Atticus Finch

Atticus Finch is regarded by many as a hero and an ideal role model. Hes known to be a proponent for humanitys equal right to justice and his parenting was considered to be way ahead of his time. But no ones perfect, and Atticus is no exception. Even though Atticuss parenting is commendable, his idealism…

Who is Atticus Finch? Atticus is one of if not the best man in Maycomb, he is also a lawyer and a father who acts in a very gentleman way even in the most nerve-wracking situations a person could be in. And in the types of situations that he finds himself in during the novel…

Introduction to Atticus Finch’s Parenting and Role Model Qualities Referring to the classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird, readers will see Atticus Finch as no ordinary man. He acts as not only a role model to his children Scout and Jem Finch but to the Maycomb community itself. He is shown as a good father…

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving,(Dale Carnegie). The book To Kill a Mockingbird written by Harper Lee contains many strong and defining characters. One character who stands out from the rest is a lawyer who defends a black man accused of raping a…

In Harper Lees Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, the reader is introduced to an admirable father figure within the first chapter. Atticus Finch, a single father of two, lives in rural 1930s America working as a lawyer and state legislator. Being older than most parents in Maycomb, his children perceive him as not…

Harper Lees fictional bildungsroman novel, To Kill a Mockingbird (TKAM), published in 1960, depicts Americas discriminatory historical period of the 1900s. It entails the perspective from a reflection of the author’s childhood and it also includes the racial prejudicial ways of the past. The novel was positioned in the small old town of Maycomb, Alabama…

What does it mean to be an outsider? On a personal level, the thought of being excluded from a group to me, made being labelled as an ‘outsider’ seem negative. However, Harper Lee, through her thought-provoking yet engaging novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, places a whole new perspective on what an ‘outsider’ truly is. This…

Introduction to Discrimination in “To Kill a Mockingbird” Discrimination has been present throughout human history for centuries. In Harper Lees classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird, there is a narration of happenings during the Great Depression and how discrimination was evident between black and white communities. Due to its instant success, a film adaptation was…

Comparing Atticus Finch and Bob Ewell is like comparing God to the devil. No two characters have ever been so antithetical. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee does an acceptable job in showing the audience that they have opposite roles in their community, their actions and interactions with individuals are completely different, but the…

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