Atticus Finch Quotes In To Kill A Mockingbird

In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Atticus is the “mockingbird” of the story in that he is “killed” when other people are against his harmless “singing”. This is so because he innocently read with Scout at night against Miss Caroline’s will, he clearly had the upper side of evidence in the Tom Robinson trial yet still lost, and he persisted Aunt Alexandra’s blatant request of firing Calpurnia in order for her to be the housekeeper. All three of these reasons help to prove that he indeed took on such a role in the plot.

Do you know what it feels like to be powerless? A white nineteen year old woman named Mayella Ewell Falsely accuses a black man of raping her in Maycomb, Alabama, in the 1930’s, and is rendered powerless, due to being recessive in her social class, race, and gender. She does so in hopes of escaping her abusive father, and a chance to have a better life. Although Mayella is white, she has been shunned by African Americans and other white people. Mayella is a very young woman that does not own anything nice, nor clean, besides geranium flowers. During the 1930’s, men were the dominant sex, as a female, Mayella has to obey her father, Bob Ewell. As a result, Mayella was mistreated and abused.

“‘Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit'em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird”’(Lee 90). Atticus Finch tells his children it would be a sin to kill a mockingbird because the act would be taking away the purity or life of something so innocent. In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee uses an extended metaphor to reveal the theme of not everyone is as they seem, by comparing Boo Radley, Tom Robinson and Atticus Finch to mockingbirds.

Though the black community is sad that Tom Robinson was found guilty they are still faithful that Atticus will protect and defend the black community. Bob Ewell is not happy at all with the way Atticus questioned him and his daughter and the way he defended Tom Robinson. Miss Stephanie says that"this morning Bob Ewell stopped Atticus on the post office corner, spat in his face, and told him he'd get him if it took the rest of his life"t Jem's reaction to the verdict is that he leaves the courtroom and cries because he didn't think Tom would be guilty and he feels that it is an unfair verdict and he sees the town in an unfair way. I personally thought that this judging was just a way to seem like society was fair by giving a black man a “trial”. However, I think that they were going to say Tom Robinson was guilty either way.

Atticus shows courage when he defends Tom from the lynch mob when he is going to jail, which could have ended in Tom being killed, brutally beaten and furthermore, could have lead to Atticus’ death and torture. In the novel, Atticus is sitting in front the jail doors reading a newspaper. He was opening, closing and folding it as if he was expecting a group of citizens to arrive. A massive group of men departed from their cars and began moving towards the jail doors. One man confronted Atticus and said "You know what we want. Get away from the door, Mr. Finch." "You can turn around and go home again, Arthur," Atticus said pleasantly. "Heck Tate's around somewhere”.(pg 202) This segment of quotations exemplifies that Atticus knew this group of men were going to arrive and he positions himself outside the jail doors ready to defend Tom.

This was after Jem, Scout, and Dill had escaped with their lives from the Radley yard. Jem had just been through a traumatizing experience so he was silent.

In "To Kill A Mockingbird," Atticus, the father of Jem and Jean, has taken the position of giving Jem and Jean valuable lessons, whether what they are in. One of those lessons, was Jem being a gentleman; Jem was taught by him by promptly going to Mrs. Dubose's house and read for a month - after wrecking her garden -, she had met her demise with little to no agony from her morphine addiction, because of Jem; he went to her house and read to her, that consequently had her head assuage of doing morphine. When Atticus announced him that she was deceased minutes ago, he said that "she was a great lady," and he was perplexed about why he called her a great lady after the slander he received. Anything else than the main idea, the main theme was

If someone asked you to put yourself and your career on the line, would you? Even if you knew that your reputation would be ruined? In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee a lawyer named Atticus Finch is asked to defend a negro man: Tom Robinson. It's the early 1930s and The Great Depression is in full swing. Atticus Finch, a middle aged lawyer agrees to take on the case of a black man who has been accused of a rape against a white women, despite knowing the fact that it's taboo.

Atticus is a lawyer who is truly a good man and lives in the town of Maycomb Alabama during a time when people were very rude to people who they disagreed with. In to Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee Atticus embodies the theme of true courage is not absence of fear ,but the willingness to proceed in spite of it through when he does not react to Bob Ewell's threats,when Atticus faces the rabid dog, and lastly when he stands of for Tom Robinson when nobody else did.

This quote is significant because it shows the littlest things remind Aibleen of her son Treelore that had passed away in a tragic accident. It shows how connected Treelore

In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee it discusses Atticus Finch and his two children Jem and Scout Finch. They are taught by there father to not invade people's privacy, and also the importance of tolerance. Mr. Finch lives in Maycomb with his two children. Atticus is a lawyer and he is currently about to do something he is not delighted about doing, nor pleased to do he has to defend a black man Tom Robinson, who was accused of raping Mayella Ewell. In that period of time there was extreme discrimination and Tom was hated by all citizens there. But this doesn't change the way Mr. Finch treats Tom or his attitude about him. He does not care about the skin color you have and he really tries to instill this to Jem and Scout. Atticus seeks to instill moral values in his children, Scout and Jem, through the lessons he teaches them directly and those he teaches by his example.

Taking a stand (verb): Adopt a firm position about an issue. This is a classic way to show someone’s stand on problems in today’s society, or even in the past. In To Kill A Mockingbird (TKAM), Atticus Finch, father to Scout and Jem Finch, defends an innocent Black man against rape charges and ends up in a spiral of hate, even though he was merely standing for equal rights for everyone in 1930’s Alabama. Many people in real life also took a stand for things they believed in. Taking a stand can change your community, and even the world, and here’s a few examples.

Scout and Jems’ mother died when they were young, leaving them with their father and maid, Calpurnia. Their father is Atticus Finch, a well respected man among the community. When Atticus gets appointed to a difficult case, he has to take his young children through a rough time. Atticus is a good father because he shows courage, explains things to the kids, and is an honest man.

The boy, Jim Hawkins, is working at “Admiral Benbow”. This curious, adventurous, boy has no experience with the real world. He has only worked for captain Billy Bones in this cruel time. Now this boy, this boy who is afraid of the ragged, scarred, and alarming seaman, is remembering. I myself have never seen such mystical eyes in a boy’s face. And this seafaring man, was terrifying, with one leg (Stevenson, 5).

Scout’s father, Atticus, is talking to her and her brother about playing with the guns. He says, “shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.” This takes Scout by surprise as her father never really mentions sins. Although Atticus is talking about the blue jays and mockingbirds, there is a deeper meaning to it. He thinks that harming those who have caused no harm is a sin and they should not have to pay for something they did not do. Atticus has had a great influence on Jem and Scout so they all share similar morals. For example Jem shows similar morals as his father during the trial of the black man, Tom Robinson, who was being accused of raping a white girl. The evidence Atticus presented to defend Tom was enough to convince Jem that Tom was innocent.