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Atticus Finch In To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee

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Atticus’ Amazing Characteristics Atticus Finch is an extremely important character of an extremely well written book called To Kill A Mockingbird.Atticus is the father of the main character of the book, who is Jean Louise Finch, or better known as Scout. Atticus sets extraordinary examples for his children throughout the book. Some of his leading examples are when he is respectful to Mrs. Dubose despite her disrespecting him on several occasions, and defending Tom Robinson which is frowned upon by many people of the community. All throughout the book Atticus proves himself to be an enlightened, civil, and valiant individual. One of Atticus Finch’s main characteristics is enlightenment. To be a lawyer, like Atticus, you must be enlightened for many purposes that Atticus showcases throughout the book. One specific one is when he plays a trick on Bob Ewell to show that Mayella's bruises were caused by a left handed individual and Tom Robinson is not left handed. Atticus specifically says “Clearly now, so the jury can see you do it”(237) which is Atticus assuring that the jury sees that Bob is left handed. To add to examples, at one point during the story Atticus tricks Scout by making a compromise which entails them still reading by …show more content…

Atticus is by far the most civil character of the book. Atticus has copious examples of him acting civil. There are two main examples of him being civil in the book. The first example is when Bob Ewell spits in Atticus’ face and he just wipes it off and continues with his day. The best example of his civilness is when he goes to Mrs. Dubose’s house after her death to pay his respects despite her highly disliking him. After Atticus returns he says “She was conscious to the last, almost conscious.”(148) referencing to her drug addiction and her never really being in control. Atticus respects everyone even if they are disrespectful to him which makes Atticus and amazing

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