Faith In To Kill A Mockingbird

Galatians 6:9 and 10 says, “And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season you shall reap if we do not lose heart. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.”(The Bible, NKJV). In Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus Finch is a small town lawyer and father of two children. He defends people not only in court, but everywhere else, too. When Boo Radley kills someone to protect Atticus’ children, he defends him. When a black man, named Tom Robinson, is accused of the unthinkable, Atticus defends him. And Atticus had everything to lose and nothing to gain through all of this and more that he does for the people in the small

Not only did Atticus protect Tom in court, but he also kept him from being killed before the case appeared in the courtroom. While awaiting his trial, Tom Robinson lived in the county jail. Atticus feared that Tom would be killed before the trial started if he did not step in to protect him. And he was right. One night Atticus left home late to stand watch at Tom’s cell. Several men accosted Atticus at the jail trying to kill Tom. But Scout, Jem, and Dill (their friend), showed up, and Scout talked to one of the men, Mr. Cunningham, and got them to leave. “‘Entailments are bad,’ I [Scout] was advising him [Mr. Cunningham], when I slowly awoke to the fact that I was addressing the entire aggregation… ‘Well, Atticus, I was just sayin’ to Mr. Cunningham that entailments are bad an’ all that, but you said not to worry, it take a long time sometimes. . . that you all’d ride it out together. . .’ … ‘What’s the matter?’ I asked. Atticus said nothing. I looked around and up at Mr. Cunningham, whose face looked equally impassive. Then he did a peculiar thing. He squatted down and took me by both my shoulders. ‘I’ll tell him [his son, Walter] you said hey, little lady,’ he said. The[n] he straightened up and waved a big paw. ‘Let’s clear out,’ he called, ‘Let’s get going, boys.’”(Lee 174-175). Also, he protected the people of Maycomb from a rabid dog. Tim

This may not seem very important, but Atticus’ courageousness touched many lives and changed some of the ideas of the Maycomb county people. And though he grew weary, Atticus always found a way to get back up, and do good all over again, showing the courage of a