Atticus Character Analysis

All through the novel, Go Set A Watchman, Atticus can be seen as a very different character, therefore, developing conflicts between him and Scout. To begin with, Scout finds a pamphlet labeled The Black Plague near Atticus’ books. As Scout says in the novel, “‘I especially liked the part where the Negroes, bless their hearts, couldn’t help being inferior to the white race because their skulls are thicker and their brain-pans shallower—’” (Lee, 102). After picking up the pamphlet, Scout begins to read it with utter shock of how her own father could own a pamphlet like this. Additionally, Atticus shows his new side of racism by pointing out the fact that although everyone deserves equal rights, the African American community isn’t prepared for it. As mentioned in the novel, “‘Do you want Negroes by the carload in our
As mentioned in the novel, Atticus shows his racial side by mentioning “our world” as a white person's world, therefore, showing that he can’t tolerate the existence of other races. Lastly, Scout confronts her father for being a part of the town’s Citizens’ Council as well as Henry. As Atticus says in the novel, “‘‘I certainly am. I do my best to love everybody... I'm hard put, sometimes—baby, it's never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name,’” (Lee, ?). After finding out about the town’s Citizens’ Council, which is fairly similar to the KKK, Scout becomes shocked and confronts her father towards the end of the novel. During their argument, Atticus doesn’t change his beliefs at all, instead, he believes what he read in the pamphlet and disagrees with the Supreme Court’s decision on integration. He mentions that he is worried about the African American community taking power and winning government positions. Although Jean Louise agrees with Atticus about the fact that the Federal Government cannot overrules the States’ Rights, she is not able to understand nor handle his new racist