Victoria Verch Literature 5/10/15 Mrs. Tauchert Analysis of Atticus Finch from To Kill A Mockingbird Many people seem to underestimate the importance of honesty and what it can do for yourself, the people around you, and the community you live in. Atticus Finch is the epitome of perfectly balanced character when it comes to his morals and respect in his life. His character throughout the book remains static mostly in “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee. He begins the story as an outstanding citizen
Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird describes the life of its young narrator, Jean Louise "Scout" Finch, in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama, in the mid-1930s. Scout opens the novel as a grown woman reflecting back on key events in her childhood. The novel begins when Scout is six and ends when she is eight. She lives with her father, Atticus, a widowed lawyer, and her older brother, Jem and their black housekeeper, Calpurnia. Scout and Jem's summer playmate, Dill Harris, shares in the Finch children's
multiple running themes that would keep the reader tied onto the book To Kill A Mockingbird. Also, Harper Lee found a way to keep her character’s interesting and then have an underlying reason for a particular character to be stagnant. The way in which she was able to do this was through the characters that stayed racist and the characters who were beginning to leap over the racial divide towards equality. In the book To Kill A Mockingbird, there were several themes that stood out from amongst the rest in
2015 Atticus the Great Figure Father of Literature One of the most inspiring, fictional characters of the 20th century was Atticus Finch from the story To Kill A Mockingbird written by Harper Lee. The novel portrays a great father of principles that made a difference in a racist society. He claimed for justice no matter what race or color you are, and for equal rights. He regrouped all qualities a man needed at the time from courage to strength and commitment to his society and family. Atticus Finch
and morals of people around the world were and viewed much differently. In 1930’s Alabama, where Harper Lee made To Kill a Mockingbird take place, a set of events that happened gave us a view on how life was throughout that time period. In To Kill a Mockingbird, one of the main characters; Tom Robinson was accused of raping Mayella Ewell a white woman. Throughout the trial Atticus Finch defended him and proved Mayella’s as well as her father’s account of the events wrong. Tom was proven guilty due to
character Atticus Finch, from Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. Atticus is assigned the task of defending Tom Robinson, an African-American accused of raping Mayella Ewell, a white woman. Despite the overwhelming evidence (and truth) that Robinson is innocent, the jury, judge, and the rest of the population of Maycomb County, Alabama find him guilty. However, Atticus respects Tom Robinson as a human and understand that he has as much right to a proper and fair trial as anyone else. Atticus focuses
In which ways does prejudice affect the characters in Harper Lees’s To Kill a Mockingbird? The phenomenal author Harper Lee, who has written a unique novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” in July 11, 1960, tackles many global issues such as racism. Harper Lee demonstrates the theme of prejudice and injustice through the characters of Tom Robinson a black man, Boo Radley who has never step a foot out of his house and Atticus Finch, a father, a lawyer and a hero and Calpurnia the house maid. Lee highlights
Harper Lee explores racism in her novel To Kill a Mockingbird through several literary devices, including point of view. Readers learn the story of To Kill a Mockingbird through the point of view of Scout Finch, the six-year-old daughter of a lawyer who defends a black man. In a criticism titled Racism in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Dorothy Jewell Altman writes, “[Harper] Lee believes that children are born with an instinct for truth and justice. Their education, which is the result of observing
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a novel about two years of Scout’s childhood that is flashed back on by her older self. The setting of the story takes place in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama during The Great Depression. The Finches are a small family, with Jean Louise Finch, also known as “Scout,” as the younger sibling, and Jeremy Atticus Finch, nicknamed Jem, as her older brother. Their father, Atticus Finch, a lawyer, is their only parent and tries his best to educate them for adulthood
“To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee reveals an aspect of a small fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama set in the 1940’s during the years of the Great Depression. The novel reflects the ideas of conscience, courage and conviction through the story of two young children Jem and Scout growing up with their unconventional father Atticus, a small town lawyer. The novel is concerned with a series of events and experiences from which Scout and Jem observe and evaluate a series of situations and valuable