...Atticus is the most honest, shows the most courage, and pacifistic throughout the novel To Kill A Mockingbird. Atticus plays a big part in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. He is one of the main characters and is a good guy. He supports African Americans. He seems like one of the only few guys that do in Maycomb. He hates violence and does not prefer to ever use it. Thesis Statement Throughout the novel of To Kill a Mockingbird Atticus determined honest, courage, and pacifistic. Body (paragraph 2,3,4) Atticus shows honestly throughout the book. If you wanted to trust someone Atticus was the guy. He was an honest man. Some examples of him being honest is that he never lied during the trial. He never lied about something for Tom Robinson. He told the jury the truth about everything. Another example is when he comes out and says he will defend Tom Robinson. He was being honest about it and did not try to cover it up before the trial to everyone just in case if the whites would get mad. The white people of Maycomb did get really mad at Atticus but he didn't care he still wanted to defend Tom. Another example of him being...
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...Maycomb County is an oxymoron. It is connected by racist views but divided because some people did not believe in racism. In the movie, “To Kill a Mockingbird’, the absence of important scenes, key characters and subtle details that were found in the book minimize the extreme views of the racists in Maycomb County Society. The missing elements minimize racism, conceal sexism, and suppress the importance of the Southern aristocracy. In “TKAM”, the absence of the Finch Landing Christmas scene eliminates a significant aspect to the racism displayed in Maycomb County. A moviegoer is shortchanged because “TKAM” does not show the intensity of the racism during that time. In TKAM, Aunt Alexandra, Atticus’s sister, is hosting everyone for Christmas including her grandson Francis. During the gathering, Francis shouts at Scout, “He’s nothin’ but a...
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...“Tom was a dead man the minute Mayella Ewell opened her mouth and screamed.” (Lee #323) In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird racism is an important theme in the book. The majority of Maycomb are racist by calling dark colored people “niggers” and even though Scout’s father is white, Atticus defends a African American named Tom Robinson. Scout doesn’t understand why people use the word “nigger” at first she says it because children at school use it, and its common. Throughout the story Scout starts to realize how wrong racism in Maycomb is and that it is used commonly by others. In the beginning, Scout was unsure why she shouldn’t say “nigger¨ but she hears it at school as a common word that everyone says. She asks “Do you defend niggers,...
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...To Kill A Mockingbird Life isn’t fair. Everyone has heard this phrase at least one time, and most absolutely agree. Our world is far from perfect, it always has and always will. Harper Lee’s, To Kill A Mockingbird, is a great example of this. This is an amazing story of a small-town girl named Scout Finch back in the 1930’s. She lives with her older brother (Jem), her father (Atticus), and her black maid (Calpurnia). Atticus is a well known and respected lawyer, who is appointed to a case he takes personally. A black man named Tom Robinson is accused of rape. A white racist man named Bob Ewell claims he raped his daughter. The case has gotten the whole town’s attention, and the Finch’s who are one of the most respected families...
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...They use create false stereotypes about everyone leading to prejudice. This is shown in chapter 4. “...but Jem told be I was being a girl, that girls always imagined things, that why other people hated them so, and if I started behaving like one I could go off and find some to play with,” (Lee 41). There is a stereotype around women and how they should act. Jem is pointing this out in this quote. He believes that girl things are bad and boy things are good. Scout also believes this same thing, thinking if she acts more like a boy and less like a girl she can avoid the stereotype. Despite this Mrs. Dubose says “What are you doing in those overalls? You should be in a dress and camisole, young lady!” (Lee 101). The prejudice of how woman should be follows scout around and causes negative comments towards her. Jem tell scout after Mrs. Dubose comment, "Don't pay any attention to her, just hold your head high and be a gentleman," (Lee 101). This almost sexis from Jem shows the stereotype around women, and girls at the time. He dislikes girls and wants his sister to act more like a boy/man. He has a prejudice about him that is shown...
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...step forward and show tremendous courage. Although Maycomb, Alabama in the 1930’s is a racist town, some characters such as Atticus...
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...To Kill a Mockingbird is packed with famous and helpful life quotes. On of the greater quotes is “It’s a sin to kill a mockingbird,” said by Atticus. The quote has a deep meaning and is a good moral to live by. Atticus and Miss Maudie say that it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird because they don’t do anything but sing for us. They don’t tear up gardens or nest in corncribs, they just sing(119), but there’s a deeper meaning than that. Atticus and Miss Maudie don’t mean just mockingbirds, they mean real people, too. Take Atticus for example: he could be considered a mockingbird because he’s nice, helpful, never done anything wrong. Just like a mockingbird, he doesn’t do anything but help people. Maycomb was a racist town, but Atticus was one of the few wholesome people. He didn’t care if someone was white or black, rich or poor, he saw everyone the same. Those qualities were very useful for his career as a lawyer, because he wasn’t biased. He even says “ but in this country our courts are the great levelers, and in our courts all men are created equal. (274) He’s saying that the court makes everyone equal and a black man has an equal chance of winning against a white man. Even though he has his...
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...Social values shined during the great depression. To Kill a Mockingbird and Go Set a Watchman take place in the great depression, which was a time in US History when the stock market failed and a lot of people lost a lot of money. With all of the money that was lost, companies couldn’t afford to hire people. Many people lost their jobs and had no income. Some people had to move out of their homes, and lived in poverty. The people who did still have jobs often didn’t have the money to live the lives that they used to. Harper Lee, in her novels, To Kill a Mockingbird and Go Set a Watchman relates to her readers the social values of racism, kindness and respect during the great depression. In To Kill a Mockingbird and Go Set a Watchman, they...
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...“Atticus, he was real nice….” His hands were under my chin, pulling up the cover, tucking it around me. ”Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.””(Lee 376). This passage ties the book together really nicely because for the whole book because Scout, Jem, and Dill try to get “Boo Radly”, a monster according to them, to come out. This curiosity about the mysterious “Boo Radly”, a main conflict in the story, builds up a suspenseful tone to the story. When Scout finally sees Arthur Radly, Scout’s superstitions disappear, and she finally comes to peace with her curiosity. Through this quote, the author reminds the reader of the main themes of the book, such as prejudice and the innocence of children. In current times, the world is full of prejudices and...
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...named Tom Robinson is convicted of raping a 19-year-old girl that is part of the Ewells family. As a black man in the 1930s, it was hard not to be guilty of a crime against white people like the Ewells. Siding with Tom Robinson as a white man is also looked down upon. This can be proven by the reaction of a lady named Mrs. Dubose when she hears one of the main characters named Atticus was defending a man when she said: “your father’s no better than the N-words…” (To Kill A Mockingbird, 102) The quote shows Mrs. Dubose’s hatred and discrimination to black people. The quote also shows how defending a black man is hated by the people. Mrs. Dubose’s act gives...
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...that we have against people of color. It takes the form of denial of rights in front of a judge, or casually residing in those on the streets, tempting them to change their opinions based on someone’s differences. The courts, juries and everyday people across the nation demonstrate this ideal of racial injustice everyday, shown from the writings of anti-racist Tim Wise and the life of Scout Finch in Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird, in which they highlight the difference in treatment between those of color and those who are white. Throughout the entirety...
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...In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Atticus teaches his children many lessons about life. Atticus teaches his children the importance of acceptance, how to avoid stereotyping, and lastly how racism shows the people of Maycomb’s true colours. To conclude Atticus makes it clear to his children that they should never judge a person before getting to know them. Firstly,stereotyping is the main thing in To Kill a Mockingbird.Scout and Jem learn from their mistakes or they learn from the people themselves. For example, Scout judged Mr.Dolphus Raymond because she thought he was a drunk and he had mulatto children from a black woman. She thought that it was wrong to speak to a drunkard and to even deal with someone that loves and lives with black people. But he confronts her and Dill, as a result he makes a simple point that he prefers blacks over his kind because they are uptight and are hypocrites. The white people have their views and judgemental ways against the black community. Mr.Dolphus Raymond tells them this so they can change their views on how they see people. "I try to give 'em a reason, you see. It helps folks if they can latch onto a reason... folks can say Dolphus Raymond's in the clutches of whiskeythat's why he won't change his ways... that's why he lives the way he does." (Chapter 20)... I shouldn't be here listening to this sinful man who had mixed children and didn't care who knew it, but he was fascinating. (Chapter 20). People stereotype ...
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...To Kill a Mockingbird “Well it’d Be Sort Of like Killing a Mockingbird Wouldn’t It”. The character motivation of Atticus, Scout, and Jem were Racism and stereotype. I personally like the movie better than the book because you can see the actions and hear the tone and witness the mood so we will know how to actually take it instead of jumping to conclusions. Beginning with Atticus Finch when he had to Face the actions of being called a “Nigger Lover”, is a form of hate and racism. Many people in those times looked down, and blamed Blacks (African-Americans) for everything, and they disliked anyone who associated/ became friends with a Negro. Because in their eyes we weren’t equal to them and we shouldn’t be able to do the things they do or learn the things they learn just because of our race. Atticus viewed it from a different perspective; he...
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...but instead standing up when someone is being discriminated by others. Anne Frank says, “I think a lot, but I don’t say much.” (A quote by Anne Frank, Web.) Many people are like Anne Frank they think about problems and things that are happening all around the world, but don’t say anything, or act on their thoughts. Racism is discriminating against someone or a group of people specifically because of their race. Racism still exists today a 50 year old white woman showed up to her flight and was immediately disgusted that she had to sit next to a black man she called the flight attendant demanding...
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...the trial is Atticus Finch, lawyer and loving father to Jem and Scout. True courage is being able to defend and fight for something despite the circumstances.Numerous times Atticus shows courage in the story which all relates to the theme, having to be faced with the harsh reality of the world which ruins your innocence. Atticus Finch stays strong and practical during the trial, defending Tom Robinson with his life. Atticus’s effort during the trial shows his courage because, despite it being tricky to get the judge and people of the racist South to side with Tom Robinson, compared to Mayella, who claims to be the victim. Atticus does not give up and continues to fight for Tom Robinson’s justice. Atticus shows courage through logical...
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