generous and fair man within a community takes on a court case defending the side that is extremely unpopular due to the current racial situation? You get Harper Lee’s monumental classic known as “To Kill A Mockingbird”. Atticus Finch’s role in the community is very easily defined by his relationship with the people of Maycomb. Playing a very important part in the legal affairs and issues of most of the town‚ he is very important to many people. Atticus Finch‚ being the father of Scout
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someone may act or the lineage and community in which some are born into. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee shows the strengths and weaknesses of a community through the white community‚ black community‚ and lastly the community within a family. Though there is much strength in a White community‚ like holding their values high‚ there are also weaknesses like being racist toward the “Blacks.” For instance Jem points out a weakness in the White community when he tells Scout‚ “They’re real
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November 14‚ 2012 People’s Believes in Maycomb In the novel by Harper Lee‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ she gives a detailed insight into human nature and its consequences. She focuses on a specific time period‚ the 1930’s. In the novel‚ she makes me feel the cruel reality of that time period. However‚ it also gave me a bright perspective of how they kept their spirits alive. Through Harper Lee’s novel‚ she showed us the power of human will to survive in such a segregated time period. As I was reading
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learns that the majority of people in Maycomb County‚ Alabama have the same beliefs. They believe that black people are inferior‚ dishonest‚ and unimportant in society. Luckily‚ Scout and her brother‚ Jem‚ have their father‚ Atticus‚ to look up to as a role model. Atticus does not follow the common stereotypes of Maycomb. He believes all men are created equal. The one moment in the novel that really distinguishes the Finch family’s beliefs from others is when Atticus agrees to represent Tom Robinson‚
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Atticus as a Role-Model Atticus is one of the best citizens of Maycomb‚ mainly because he is such a big role-model towards everyone. While Atticus sets a great example for everybody in Maycomb‚ he appears to have the biggest influence on Scout‚ Jem‚ and the rest of the Maycomb community. First‚ Scout is a young impressionable girl without a mother and needs as much guidance as possible with everyday lessons in life. Second‚ Atticus teaches Jem important morals and values. Lastly‚ Atticus looks
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Robert F. Kennedy connects to Atticus because he helps Maycomb county reach a major checkpoint during the Tom Robinson case. Many people start to give a second thought about sentencing him which shows they start care. This is why Atticus is the most important citizen in Maycomb‚ he plays such a large role in the novel. Harper Lee portrays Atticus as fairly well situated during the poverty in the Great Depression. Since he is portrayed this way Atticus takes the role as an intelligent‚ exemplary individual
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in a small Alabama town called Maycomb. The story is narrated by a young girl named Jean Louise Finch (known as Scout). Scout lives with her father and her brother Jeremy Finch (known as Jem). Scout is having to grow up with the same racism that effects her father’s‚ Atticus Finch‚ lawsuit. The reason for the despicable attitude towards the Finchs’ is that Atticus defended Tom Robinson‚ a black person. Tom was charged with raping a poor white girl whose family Atticus thinks is less than trustworthy
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Atticus Finch as a Role Model Does your role model have a negative or positive impact on your life? Major of people has a role model they look up to and make every effort to be alike. Each person has a different perspective on a leader but in the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ Atticus displays himself as a hero being able to resolve situations with fairness for everyone and prevent the town from falling apart. Atticus’ actions impact his children‚ his peers involved with the court case
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To Kill a Mockingbird is set in Maycomb County‚ an imaginary district in southern Alabama. The time is the early 1930s‚ the years of the Great Depression when poverty and unemployment were widespread in the United States. For parts of the deep South like Maycomb County‚ the Depression meant only that the bad times that had been going on for decades got a little bit worse. These rural areas had long been poor and undeveloped. Black people worked for low wages in the fields. White farmers were more
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constructive idol is needed. In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ Atticus Finch fits the job. He is a positive role model for his two children‚ Jem and Scout. This is demonstrated through his strong sense of equality‚ wise personality and courteous behaviour. Throughout the story‚ Atticus exemplifies everything a father should be and is the backbone to this riveting story. In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Atticus Finch has a strong sense of equality and believes in accepting people for
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