Lee uses Atticus’s search for justice to illustrate that justice is not fair and it is not served to those who were innocent. Atticus believes that justice is fairness and equality for all races, not only by law, but in everyday life. He believes that fairness is the foundation of justice and justice is the first step in creating equality for all. When talking to his brother, Atticus says, “Before I’m through, I intent to jar the jury a bit---I think we’ll have a reasonable chance on appeal, though
showcases two kids, Jem and Scout, maturing throughout inevitable events. Jem and Scout’s father, Atticus, just wants his children to grow up like other kids and be carefree. However, because of their family name and its reputation, many people in Maycomb and Atticus’s relatives do not approve of the way Atticus raises his children. Jem and Scout manage to stay playful and stay true to their nature just as Atticus raised them to be until their family faces hardship because of Atticus’s case as a lawyer.
Maudie explains to Scout “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy… but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” This is one of the first symbols that are shown to us. It is wrong to kill an innocent thing. The most obvious symbol is Boo Radley; he was accused of being an “evil being” throughout the book, but
Atticus Finch Atticus Finch, he lived in the small town of Maycomb in Alabama with his two children Jem and Scout. He was one of the two lawyers in Maycomb and was very good at what he did. His children were always proud of him and wanted to be just like him. Even though his kids looked up to him, other people of the town did as well. As Jem would say, Atticus wasn’t like every dad in the town, he didn’t have catches with Jem. All he really did wad read the newspaper. He was a good father, fair lawyer
used throughout the novel. The novel takes place in the 1930s in Alabama, in which racism was at its peak. Harper Lee uses her characters to symbolize justice, morality, and ethics: Tom Robinson symbolizes the mockingbird because of his innocence; Atticus Finch symbolizes morality because of his refusal to back down from his principles; and the blue jay symbolizes Bob Ewell. Miss Maudie explained, “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens,
may be hard on them at times, but he has their best interests at heart. Atticus loves and cares for his children. When Scout says she doesn’t want to go to school anymore because she thinks she will have to give up reading with Atticus, he made a compromise with her, saying that if she went to school, he would still read to her. He also still plays tackle football with Jem even though he is nearly 50.This shows that Atticus loves and cares for his children, as he is willing to spend time with them
and the entire town to be stirred up the fact a white male, Atticus Finch, is defending a black man. Tom Robinson is introduced to the reader in chapter 16 during the trial. He is described as a twenty-five year old man with a wife and three children. During the trial many racial slurs are thrown toward Tom. Several of the racial slurs came from Bob Ewell, the father of Mayella Ewell, and other towns’ folk. Throughout the trial Atticus puts up a good defense and it seems they could have a fighting
of this novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, notices how a slight amount of courage can turn things around in an instant. The 6-year old girl is introduced to numerous plights of which both courage and strength play an immense role. The influence these acts of courage are having on Scout is greater than one generally thinks about. The circumstances of which people are having to act with courage are positively affecting Scout to better her understanding of how to react in certain situations. Courage, Strength
Scout is too young to understand the social inequalities that exist in the world and how this social status prejudices one against the other. (2) Mrs. Dubose was a crabby old lady who always shouts at Jem and Scout as they passed by. They basically ignore her ravings because Atticus tells Jem to be a gentleman to her regardless of what she says. She is old and sick. Then one day she tells the children that Atticus is not any better than the “niggers and trash he works for,” and Jem loses it. He takes
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 lessons told through the innocent and intimate perspective of Scout looking back on her childhood and her journey to maturity through out the novel. The novel evolves around the ideas