Atticus Finch As A Literary Hero

Many criticize Harper Lee’s novel To Kill A Mockngbird, and the value it portrays to have versus the value it really has. Many believe that the novel is in no way, a proper representation of African American’s history and their oppression, and many believe that Atticus Finch, the father being portrayed as a hero, is not heroic at all. However, Atticus Finch is a hero for going against the racist status quo of Maycomb County and his children are the symbols of the future generation to make true change in the world and break the racial stereotypes in America.

Firstly, Atticus shows empathy throughout the whole story to everyone. Atticus told scout you have to stand in someone's shoes to understand them, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb in their skin, and walk around in it,” said Atticus (39). Atticus gives the advice to scout, so Scout can show more empathy to everyone, and so she can try to understand what a person is going through in their life, and Atticus taught her how to do that. It took courage and empathy for Atticus to defend Tom Robinson. It was not normal for a person in the 1930’s to try to defend an African American, much less care about him and the case, that is real empathy. Atticus really tried his hardest to defend him, and prove Tom’s innocence, but the jury still had the prejudice of racism against Tom. Atticus is the same person everywhere, on the streets, and at home. He treats everyone one with great respect, and shows empathy for everyone, even if

Atticus is the character who displays the most empathy towards others in the novel, and he is a primary example of the importance of this theme in the novel. Harper Lee writes about empathy mainly through Atticus and his ability to feel empathetic to others even in a situation

In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee presents Atticus Finch as a principled lawyer, committed but single father to Scout and Jem, and a law-abiding citizen. Atticus is a respectable gentleman in society and a role model for his children. Throughout the book we see evidence of his honorable intentions, though he doesn’t seem to reap the rewards. He is morally upstanding, even-keeled, and daring. Because of these things, Atticus is a man who deserves great respect and admiration.

Caring and noticeable is Harper Lee's, To Kill a Mockingbird take readers to the source of humans action, through faults and experiment, kindness and trouble, hatred and love, and the struggle between blacks and whites. Atticus Finch is a lawyer and a single parent at Maycomb town in the 1930’s. He was set by the judge to defend the guy who was charged with raping a white woman: Tom Robinson(Black man). Friends and neighbors of Atticus Finch were not happy with the fight Atticus was putting up to defend the man who was charged for raping a white woman. Not only does Atticus enjoy being a lawyer, Atticus even enjoy being a father of Jem and Scout. Atticus Finch is a excellent character who is known for certain accomplishment and superior. He is known for many stuff. Atticus Finch has remained a hero in modern days for american literature for decades and an honorable figure due to his honesty as a parent, a lawyer, and a respectable community members.

Atticus displays empathy in the tom Robinson trial by taking the case despite knowing he is going to lose. Atticus also knows that this could damage his family name and put his children through ridicule at school by the other children. Specifically, Atticus shows Walter cunningham empathy after doing some legal work for him and allowing Walter to pay in goods rather than money. While doing this, he does not make a big deal about it or even thank Walter for the sake of Walter’s family’s pride. Atticus understands that the Cunninghams don't have a lot of money but they have a lot of pride that they would like to keep. Furthermore, Atticus shows empathy to Bob Ewell, the man whose daughter accused Tom of raping her, after he spits on Atticus. He teaches Jem a lesson by saying,”Jem if you stand in Bob Ewell's shoes a minute i destroyed his last shred of credibility at that trail”.(Lee 218) After getting spit on Atticus just wipes it off and walks away without saying anything. Atticus is empathizing with Bob because he understands that if he too got his credibility tested like he tested Bob's during the trial, he too would be mad and embarrassed. Atticus is the perfect example of empathy and he proves this with how he teaches his children empathy, and how he deals with the people of Maycomb

To Kill a Mockingbird is full of different characters, each with different personalities, views, and lifestyles. We see as readers the struggles and high points from Scout’s perspective; giving us a chance to have empathy for different characters. Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. Throughout the book Atticus helps many people feel empathy, two main people are Jem and Scout his children.

Atticus is the most compassionate character in To Kill a Mockingbird with beliefs of feeling empathy for everyone and passed down his empathy to his children. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Scout and Jem learn empathy from Atticus’s compassionate actions and words towards others

In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Atticus embodies empathy by his action, words and thoughts. Atticus uses empathy at the Tom Robinson case and African Americans and also he teaches Jem and Scout the rights and wrong about life. Tom Robinson was convicted of a crime that he never done. Mr. Ewell and Mayella accused him of raping Mayella. Tom Robinson needed a lawyer an Atticus agreed.

As a result, Atticus is expected to react with anger or any emotion at all, but rather, he just ignores all of the rude comments because of his beliefs. All of this shows that he is compassionate because he is understanding and believes that all people are equal, regardless of race. Another reason why Atticus can be considered compassionate is because he sees the best in others. Atticus

Atticus Finch is arguably one of the most recognizable characters in literature. Although he has a fairly one-dimensional character and undergoes no character development, he is easily recognizable as a hero in To Kill a Mockingbird. He serves as the epitome of justice and doing what is morally right. He displays various traits which justify his identification as a hero. A hero is defined as “a person who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities.” All of these are the basis of Atticus's character. Through his actions is he able to create this image for himself. Some of his characteristics defining him as a hero are his parenting, his steadiness in his morality and other beliefs,

Heroes are typically thought of as super strong people who stop crimes or stop a crazy mad man from destroying the world, but some heroes are very different. To Kill a Mockingbird was written by Harper Lee and is narrated by a fictional character named Jean Louise Finch (Scout) and tells a story set in a fictional place called Maycomb Alabama. Much of the story dwells on a trial in which an innocent black man is accused of raping a white woman. Other parts of the story are about the mysterious Boo Radley that never comes out of his house in daylight and hasn't been seen for several years. Other main characters are her brother, Jeremy (Jem), their friend, Dill, and their father, Atticus. Atticus is a hero because he always tries to see things

The word hero does not have a universal definition. Some may say that a hero is a person who fights against monsters or criminals to save the day, or people who have superhuman qualities. Some may claim that a hero is more about what the person has inside of them and can be a seemingly average person in society. In general, heroes can live among us everyday. In Harper Lee’s stellar novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus Finch is portrayed as a kind man with a good head on his shoulders. Atticus Finch has broken out of the narrow literary definition of hero and has created his own category: a common man with exceptional, noble qualities. Atticus Finch should be considered a hero because Atticus was kind to the people of Maycomb, led his kids

Even though not everyone is always right, Atticus Finch is a genuine, moral literary character because he knows that you must understand a person and know them before you can judge them, instead of always trying to do what other people are doing or what they believe, he does what he believes is the right thing, and he teaches Scout and Jem important life lessons. To Kill a Mockingbird is a very compassionate and emotional book that explains important life lessons. In this book, the character Atticus Finch shows the reader different viewpoints of his life, which he teaches to his children.

To Kill A Mockingbird is a novel written by Harper Lee and it was published in 1960. It won the Pulitzer Prize, and has become a classic of modern American literature. Taking place during the early 1930s in Maycomb, Alabama, the story is narrated by a young girl named Scout Finch and expresses the destruction of innocence while she is growing up. Amidst the corruption and nepotism in the story, there is one true hero in Scout’s life. Atticus Finch, Scout’s father, is a central hero in To Kill A Mockingbird.