Atticus Finch Courtuilty

Atticus Finch to many readers can be considered as a righteous and selfless person. As a just lawyer, he only fights for justice and chooses to do the things that are proper in God’s eye and law-abiding. In the novel, Atticus Finch had done the things that other whites wouldn’t do, which is to become a defense lawyer for a black man. In a racial society, it can be

Atticus Finch is a man of principles who is consistent in his views and deeds throughout the novel. Although he is criticized and mocked by many characters in the novel for his tolerant attitude towards the ‘Negros’, people of Maycomb still respect him and keep re-electing him to be their representative in the State Legislator. According to Miss Maudie Atkinson words to Scout, Atticus is a man who does for other people the unpleasant things they have to do. He is a defender of justice and he fights for it even if he is sure that he will be beaten at the end. He also tries throughout the novel to pass these values onto his children.

To conclude the novel, “to Kill A Mockingbird”. Despite being published decades ago, still portray various social injustices that occur in today's society. In the novel the black community is treated unfair, as if they are worthless and inhuman. This also happens in the u.s however, not only people of the black community are being target but people of other dark skin races are as wel. Some people cannot afford a lawyer and some aren't granted a fair trial and sometime will get no trial. This happens in the court scene involving tom robinson, even though he had evidence that proved his innocence he was still found guilty all because of his skin color. But the true injustice is the fact that there are laws that are supposed to prevent this unfair judgment in courts but

Tom Robinson’s case, in which we see in that time period how a white man’s word goes against a black’s, is perceived as unfair by Scout, Jem, Atticus, and many of their neighbors. As Atticus says to Jem, “As you grow older, you’ll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and don’t you forget it–whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes from, that white man is trash.”(295) This quote explains that there is great injustice and extortion for personal gain. This is disturbing in its own right; The fact that Atticus needs to even make a comment like that is disturbing in its own right, let alone that any person would do that to another, also tells Jem this: “So far nothing in your life has interfered with your reasoning process. Those are twelve reasonable men in everyday life, Tom’s jury, but you saw something come between them and reason. You saw the same thing that night in front of the jail. When that crew went away, they didn’t go as reasonable men, they went because we were there. There’s something in our world that makes men lose their heads–they couldn’t be fair if they tried. In our courts, when it’s a white man’s word against a black man’s, the white man always wins. They’re ugly, but those are the facts of life.”(295) Even a man like Atticus, a sort of rebel in that time period, accepts that the system is

Atticus Finch is a man of high moral standing. Throughout the book Atticus is threatened, mocked, and verbally abused, yet he doesn't give the reactions that you would expect from a “Southern man” from Alabama. At one point his life was even threatened by a man named Bob Ewell. Mr. Ewell spat in his face and told him that he would”get” Atticus. Instead of Atticus getting angry and retaliating, he just wipes off his face and walks away, Another time Atticus show good morals is when he tond Calpurnia to tell the black community not to bring him anything else and that times were too tough. This shows he wasn’t representing Tom Robinson for respect or attention, rather he was doing it

In the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, Tom Robinson, the black man falsely convicted of rape, had absolutely no chance of a fair trial. There is proof of this in the time period in which it occurred as well as evidence from the novel itself. Tom Robinson had an unfair trial because it was his word against the Ewell’s, a white, trashy family.

My job is to oversee and assess cases in a court of law. Unbiased and fair, am I wrong? I, and everyone in the justice system, should have a clear mind to determine whether a man is guilty or innocent. Yes, that’s how it’s suppose to be...

Atticus finch ,the best lawyer in Maycomb county, was sitting nervously in his chair as he waited for the town judge to arrive in court. Tim Robinson, atticus client, was sitting right next to Atticus.About, an hour the judge came into the courtroom and was ready to go. When they called Robinson to the stand, he tried to persuade the judge that she forced herself on him. But, the judge was not taking his word for it ,and charged him with rape.

Atticus Finch is a peculiar man. While living in Maycomb County, Alabama with his son and daughter, he is a single father as well as a lawyer. Atticus takes the position of being the lawyer of Tom Robinson, a black man. He knows that he will get called cruel names and be told that he is ¨disgracin’ the family¨ (Lee 197), but he defends Tom anyway. Atticus fears that if he doesn't take this job, he will not be able to hold his head up or verbally discipline his children. In the novel, Lee shows that Atticus is willing to give up his current professional and social standing as well as the safety of himself and his children to defend a black man. (Lubet) Atticus has the courage that no other man in his town has. He was able to stand up to his fear as well as defend a black man, which was frowned upon by most, even

Atticus Finch is a major character in the story “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee. He does not get too worked up about stressful situations and is not affected by what other people say or think. As an attorney, Atticus believes in what is right, even if it is not what is popular. He has to defend his client, Tom Robinson, a African-American man who is accused of rape by a white family. Although Atticus knows that Tom will not be given a fair trial at court, he stills decides to stand up for him and defend him.

Throughout Harper Lee’s novel, ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’, the reader is presented with an ideological figure, Atticus Finch. Atticus is a local lawyer in the town of Maycomb, in the deep south of America, Alabama. In a time of overwhelming racism towards the negro community, Atticus has the courage to stand up for the minorities in his community. Atticus shows empowering strength, compassion and bravery, all of which being heroic qualities. Atticus is willing to go above and beyond for his clients in more ways than one.

The mockingbird represents innocence. Compared to someone hunting mockingbirds, people can kill innocence. Atticus urges his children not to shoot mockingbirds both literally and metaphorically. These were the kind of images that Lee hoped her readers would have understood. Lee wanted to prove to the post-war South that blacks and whites are more similar than they have thought. The color of the skin really made no difference, but was rather a mental separation. She wanted her audience to see that Tom Robinson was innocent, contrary to what people thought. During the time period, blacks were often at a disadvantage in the court of law and were often found guilty. Robinson became an important figure and “has become a role model for the legal profession”. (Malcom Gladwell, The Courthouse Ring).

Atticus Finch grew up on Finch’s landing, but traveled to Montgomery to study law. After he finished his studies, he meets a woman fifteen years younger than him and married her, soon after they had two kids, Jeremy and Jean Louis Finch. Jeremy goes by Jem and Jean goes by Scout. The young mother passed away about two years after having Jean from a sudden heart attack, leaving Atticus to raise their two kids alone. Later Atticus has to face a controversial case in his career of law: The Tom Robinson case, Tom was accused of raping a white woman with almost no evidence so prove so, but still got charged with rape because he was African American. Atticus gave his all to prove that Tom was an innocent man, which caused a commotion in the town, since everyone knew that African Americans never got their way in court. Atticus never lets what people say about him get to him, he just stays focused on his work and what is important to him. Atticus was one of the few people of his time in the south that believed in equality and justice for all, no matter who you were or how you

Stories apply to all human life in some way or another. In a story where a criminal hurt someone and the hero chases after him many people think that in order for justice to be received, the hero should do something back to the criminal. This makes the hero just as bad as the criminal. It is revenge. In Harper Lee’s book To Kill a Mocking Bird many small plot twists show true justice. In the world many people do wrongs, but some special people do give justice, by what is right, kind and pure.

Atticus Finch represents the ideas expressed by President Lincoln in the Gettysburg Address because Atticus believes that we should follow and respect the constitution. Atticus Finch represents these ideas because he follows the Constitution, and respects it by honoring the 6th and 14th amendments. Atticus Finch honored the 14th amendment because the 14th amendment states that people are guaranteed equal protection under the law, which means that everyone is guaranteed their bill of rights. He followed this by honoring the 6th amendment in the bill of rights, which states that the accused have the right to a speedy and public trial, witnesses for and against them, a lawyer, an impartial jury, and they are informed of their