To Kill A Mockingbird Atticus Finch Character Traits

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In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee the character Atticus Finch really stood out to me as a very bold man. He always kept us on our toes during the book when the trial was happening. Atticus not only taught me many lessons, but he also was one of the very few characters who never had to rethink his position on an issue.
    Atticus is just an ordinary man with an extraordinary life. Atticus has two children; a daughter by the name Scout, and a son named Jem. Two years after Scout was born his wife died and became a widower (Lee 7). Atticus is educated very well, he is a defending attorney that is given most of the cases in which he has to defend the blacks. Most people who live in Maycomb say that “Atticus Finch is the same in …show more content…

We know that Atticus is a man of trust and honesty because he stands up for the outcast, always tells the truth, and keeps his promises. Now that we have gotten to know Atticus better I think it’s time we look further into him.
    My top two favorite parts in the story can be found in chapters twelve and seventeen. First, in chapter twelve Atticus receives word that he is going to have to defend another colored man. The last two black me he had defended were now lost in the memories of the hanging tree (Lee 5-6). Atticus was up for the challenge. So throughout chapters twelve and twenty one the whole trial happens, and Tom Robinson was accused of raping Mayella Ewell (Lee 100). Although, Atticus basically knew that they were going to loose because it was a white man facing up against a black man he kept the faith and …show more content…

As i noted earlier… Atticus is the father of the narrator, Scout (Lee 5). He is also the defending attorney for Mr. Tom Robinson, so if Atticus wasn’t a part of this book there wouldn’t have even been a trial, mobs, there wouldn’t have even been as many lessons. Attius basically holds this book in it’s place. Without him there would be no front porch talks with Scout (Lee 57). All in all, this book wouldn’t have near as much impact on me as it does

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