One admirable character was Atticus. The reason that he is one of the characters to admire is because he always tries to do the right thing. One example of Atticus doing the right thing is when Judge Taylor presented Atticus with Tom Robinson’s case, he knew he had to take it because he believes that everyone deserves a fair trial no matter what color their skin is. Also, when Scout asked Atticus why he took the Tom Robinson case he said, “I'm simply defending a Negro- his name's Tom Robinson. He's a member of Calpurnia's church, Cal knows his family well. She says they're clean- living folks. Scout, You aren’t old enough to understand some things yet, but there’s been some high talk around town to the effect that I shouldn’t do much about defending this man. It’s a peculiar case- it won’t come to …show more content…
The reason that Heck Tate is an admirable character because he follows his heart and does what he believes to be right. One example of Heck Tate following his heart is at the end of the book when Heck Tate is telling Atticus that Boo Radley killed Bob Ewell, he told Atticus he would not tell the county that Boo killed him because he believed it was a sin to do so. The way that he followed his heart was when he was talking to Atticus and said “Know what’d happen then? All the ladies in Maycomb includin’ my wife’d be knocking on his door bringing angel food cakes. To my way of thinkin’, Mr. Finch, taking the one man who’s done you and this town a great service an’ draggin’ him with his shy ways into the limelight-to me, that’s a sin.” (Lee, 369-370). By saying it was a sin to tell the county that Boo killed Bob Ewell, he protected Boo. Heck Tate knew Boo was shy and didn’t like attention, so he decided that they wouldn’t tell anyone that Boo killed Bob Ewell. Following your heart and doing what you believe is a good trait because whatever decisions he makes, he most likely will not have any regrets to his