The Finches‚ consisting of Scout‚ Jem‚ and Atticus are very well educated. Scout‚ who started the first grade‚ already knew how to read‚ thanks to Atticus and his newspaper. Dill‚ the children’s summer time friend‚ used his first words of greeting when they first met‚ to brag about knowing how to read at the age of seven. Jem responded to him‚ saying that Scout could read ever since she was a baby. Scout wasn’t looking forward to her first day of school. The imperceptive young teacher from out of
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novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee has a naive view of life in the South of America in the 1930’s. The book is written through the eyes of Jem and Scout Finch. Scout is a young girl that is growing up around her father’s case. Her father‚ Atticus Finch‚ is a lawyer who is defending a black man‚ Tom Robinson‚ who is fighting the charge of raping a white lady. The lives of the characters are changed from the effects of racism in the book To Kill a Mockingbird. In chapter 11 there was
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of birds are hunted. Pheasant is caught for food and Bluejays are shot because they are pests‚ but there is one bird that should not be harmed. In the words of Atticus Finch‚ “it is a sin to kill a mockingbird.” In the small town of Maycomb‚ Alabama‚ Atticus Finch and his children‚ Scout and Jem‚ see the full force of racism when Atticus defends a black man‚ Tom Robinson‚ in court when he is accused of rape. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird author Harper Lee illustrates the idea that having empathy
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the great depression‚ and is narrated by a girl named jean Louise (Scout) Finch. Her father‚ Atticus finch is a lawyer who is told to defend a black man‚ and her brother who is always with no matter what. The book follows this girl for 3 years and documents all the important things that happened in her life. The story is set in a town called Macomb which is in Alabama in this town Atticus finch is told to defend a black man accused of raping a white lady hopelessly trying to prove that this
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is about a nine year old girl named Scout‚ her brother Jem‚ and their father Atticus‚who is a lawyer. Atticus is given a very controversial case where he has to defend a black man accused of raping a white woman. TKAM reflects its time period in many different ways. First‚ it shows Mr. Cunningham paying Atticus with hickory nuts and other vegetables. On page 21 Scout says to Atticus “why does he pay you like that?” Atticus the replies with “Because that’s the only way he can pay me. He has no money
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What can we learn about Atticus Finch from his speech to the courtroom? One thing we can learn about Atticus Finch from his speech to the courtroom is that he is a very brave and courageous character. He is very modern thinking and his views go against the majority of other people. We are told that “Atticus did something no one had ever seen him do before‚ in person or in private; he unbuttoned his vest‚ loosened his tie and undid his collar”. By saying no one had ever seen him do it before‚ in
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education‚ inside and outside of the schoolhouse. The Finch family includes Scout Finch‚ Jem Finch‚ and their father Atticus Finch. For Atticus being a lawyer‚ and for being a wealthy white man‚ the Finch family had it pretty well off compared to others during the Great Depression in Maycomb‚ Alabama. Before first grade had even started‚ Scout already knew how to read because Atticus had taught when she was an infant and they have been reading stories ever since. Scout would be considered one of the
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walked around in them. From that day forward‚ I vowed that I would one day teach my children the wise words that Atticus Finch had taught me when I was a child. Seventeen years have passed since that day. I grew up‚ married my highschool sweetheart‚ Stephan Carters‚ and had two children with him. We had a girl named Eliza Marie Carters who is now 6 years old and a boy named James Atticus Carters who is now 4 years old. Unfortunately‚ two years after the birth of James‚ Stephan had died
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The Godly Father Atticus‚ a single dad trying to raise two kids‚ stands as a great example of a Christ-like figure. Through the novel‚ readers get a glimpse of how they should treat others from Atticus’s actions. Atticus represents some of the godly standards of living in this novel. Atticus represents his Christ-like figure to the citizens. He also sets some high standards as a father as well. He shows his likeness to Christ through his love for his kids‚ his willingness to help those in need
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1) Kind and understanding‚ strict but fair‚ Atticus Finch embodies everything that a father should be‚ evidence of this is in Scouts description of her and her brother views of their father‚“Jem and I found our father satisfactory: he played with us‚ read to us and treated us with courteous detachment.” showing he does what a father is obliged to do but treats them as he would treat anyone else and that they are on the same level as him. A man of great strength and courage‚ he is Scout and Jem’s
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