Character Analysis Of Atticus Finch In 'To Kill A Mockingbird'

The Man That Followed No One It only takes one person to brighten someone’s life even during the worst of times. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, a Pulitzer-Prize winning book demonstrates a man with great morals attempting to save a person’s life by law. The character Atticus Finch, a lawyer, puts his beliefs before anyone else’s opinion. It was Atticus that stood up for the abused African-American and treated everyone the same disregarding appearance. He was the hope for that person in the worst situation. Atticus demonstrates the theme that one should not judge by appearance but by heart. First, Atticus displays the theme when he teaches his kids to be the non-racist character. Atticus stated, “[...] don’t say nigger Scout[…]” (99). This shows that Atticus doesn’t like racist ways. He won’t allow that word to be used in his family because he knows it’s wrong. Mr. Finch believes that everyone should have equal opportunity and will decide what kind of person they are by heart. Not by skin. Atticus also wants his children’s trust and to do that, he believes he needs to be fair
Atticus has Calpurnia at his house everyday. She is an African-American women who takes care of Mr. Finch’s children. Aunt Alexandra and Atticus got in a argument whether to keep Calpurnia or not. As Aunt Alexandra was telling Atticus to think about his children’s life with Atticus, he stood strong and firm. He stated, “Calpurnia’s not leaving this house until she wants to. You may think otherwise, but I couldn’t have got along without her all these years. She’s a faithful member of this family and you’ll simply have to accept things the way they are” (182). Atticus’s statement clearly says that even if Calpurnia is African-American she has been part of the Finch family and couldn’t have done it without her. This demonstrates the theme very well because you can’t just a person by skin color, you decide by their true form deep