Atticus Finch as a Role Model

Finally, Atticus is a good role model because he fights for equality. While some might believe that Atticus does not fight for equality because he could take on more cases, he does fight for equality because he is the only lawyer to put his all into defending a black man. Every lawyer that was assigned a black man who was falsely accused of charges in Maycomb simply let the man be convicted. They did not offer the basic right of a lawyer in court that they deserved. However, when Atticus was assigned the role to defend Tom Robinson, he saw that the man was innocent and decided to put all of his effort into defending Tom. Atticus went

Atticus Finch also shows the characteristics of a truly selfless person as well. As Scout recalls of one winter day, she remembers Mr. Walter Cunningham discussing his entailment; "Mr. Finch, I don't know when I'll ever be able to pay you," Mr. Cunningham states. "Let that be the least or your worries, Walter," Atticus replies. Later, Scout asks her father if Mr. Cunningham would ever pay them back; "Not in money, but before the year's out I'll have been paid," her father answers. Although the majority of Maycomb, including the Finches, are fairly poor financially, Atticus Finch still offers what he has to his neighbors and friends. Whether it be his services (or his children's for that matter), or his hospitality, Atticus presents himself as

Atticus Finch is the most heroic character in To Kill A Mockingbird. He shows courage all throughout the novel, but three times his true colors shown. When Atticus decided to defend Tom Robinson, he sits outside Tom’s jail cell all night to protect him, and he killed a rabid dog. Maycomb is a town full of racism. Atticus continued to stay to his own beliefs and didn’t go along with the rest of the town. Throughout To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee Atticus Finch is the most courageous character.

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view”(Lee 39). Harper Lee uses quotes like this to help characterize Atticus as a wise hero. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus is portrayed as a wise hero through Lee’s various uses of characterization techniques such as setting, symbolism, and testimonials.

Atticus a good role model for younger children, but is also a good role model to kids, his peers, and adults in the environment. To see the way that Atticus cares for his family, peers, and friends shows his fatherly image, his commitment to equality for whites and blacks, and the respect he receives from his peers, kids, and the town

When you think of the greatest literary hero of all time you may think of Sherlock Holmes, Harry Potter, or even Luke Skywalker. However, a literary hero that makes many top lists is Atticus Finch, from the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. To Kill a Mockingbird is told from the perspective of Scout Finch, the young daughter of Atticus Finch. Scout tells the story of a few years in her life, including an influential trial. In this trial, Atticus is the lawyer for a black man, Tom Robinson, that was accused of raping and beating a white woman. Atticus is very good at his job and is able to put himself in the position of the other characters. That is also known as empathy. Atticus’s fame as one of the greatest literary heros could be not only attributed to his outstanding performance as Tom’s lawyer, but also to his ability to feel, teach, and make the readers feel empathy.

Atticus Finch is a stern father of Scout and jem in “ To kill a Mockingbird.” He’s single parent and treats his kids like adults, Atticus is a father that tries to teach his kids the best way he can between right and wrong and how the world works. He’s a father that everybody needs Atticus is a role model when it comes to parenting he is one of the best you can have. For example, when Atticus is defending Tom Robinson in the case.

Atticus is on his own raising Jem and Scout with help from Calpurnia, who is like a mother to the kids. she cooks and cleans and watches over them when he leaves. Atticus is the father of Jem and Scout and is much older and wiser than they thought he was, he can't really do, much like play football with Jem because he is too old. Atticus is also a lawyer and very good at his job. Atticus Finch is a good father, he tries to teach Jem and Scout these things, but scout doesn't really understand what he is talking about, he manages to do it.

Atticus Finch is a white attorney from Maycomb. He is very well-known and popular. He has two kids, Jem and Scout. Scout is the protagonist of the story. Atticus is know for havng the best shot in town as a kid. He is almost fifty now. Jem and Scout refure to him as Atticus rather than Atticus. Atticus is a very strong, intellegent, and wellspoken character. He is a great role model. He raised his kids to view everyone as equal. Because of Atticus' morals he chose to defend Tom Robinson, though he knew the concicuences from the people in the town. Though Atticus knows he wouldn’t be respected by himself or by others if he chose to give the case to somone else.

The historical fiction novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee is about a father raising his children growing up in the 1930’s in the South. Atticus Finch is an older father who lives in Maycomb Alabama, he reads during his free time, rather than playing games and sports with his children. He is a lawyer who is raising his two children, Scout and Jem, on his own, with the help from Calpurnia, his African American cook. Throughout the novel Atticus has many opportunities to teach his children a variety of different life lessons.

Atticus Finch is a man with strong moral conviction whose wisdom gave him the courage to protect and represent Tom Robinson. Atticus is a single father raising his children alone after the death of his wife. He had a strong sense for family. After accepting the court appointment to represent Tom Robinson, and the fact that his daughter needed a female role model, he had the sense to ask his sister, Alexandra, for help. Mr. Finch had a strong sense of right and wrong. Atticus Finch was one of the few citizens of Maycomb that could see past color and fight for justice. Atticus knew the chances of winning a case between a Negro and a white family were slim, but Mr. Finch was willing to put himself and his family in a rough spot to help bring change to prove a man innocent regardless of his color. One night, Atticus enlisted the support of Mr. Underwood and sat outside the jail late at night reading his newspaper in a chair. Mr. Underwood was in a window above with a shotgun. Atticus had the wisdom that Tom Robinson might not be safe from the men of Maycomb. He had the courage to sit there himself to make sure that Tom Robinson got a fair trial and was not the victim of harm that the men of Maycomb could cause. His children, Jem and Scout, and their friend Dill

In recent literary history, perhaps the strongest contender for the one character that has had the greatest influence on a generation is Atticus Finch, father of the protagonist in “To Kill A Mockingbird”. Both as a father, and a lawyer, he has served, and still today serves as a pillar of righteousness and morality. The ability for his morality to translate to all people, across ages, races, and cultures, is a feat preformed by Harper Lee in her masterpiece, “To Kill A Mockingbird”. She establishes Atticus Finch as the moral center of the novel by juxtaposing his actions and the relationships with those of the majority of Maycomb. In doing so, she has made him a cultural, and oftentimes personal icon.

Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird narrates the story of lawyer and single father, Atticus Finch, who demonstrates heroic acts throughout the book. Atticus is a very significant character in the fictional novel as he is essentially the backbone to a small country town called Maycomb, where morality is often tossed aside or, as it seems, forgotten about. Atticus conveys that being a hero doesn't always have to be about someone saving another's life, but it's the effect that their achievement has on the rest of us and what we can learn from their struggle and hardship. Harper Lee fulfilled her message of a hero through Atticus, as he defended others who could not defend themselves, he acknowledged the fact that he will be misunderstood but still continued to defend those in need of it and simply did the right thing regardless of the outcome.

Atticus Finch is unlike the rest of the small town of Maycomb, Alabama. He is the most mannered and respectful one of them, considering the behavior of the other citizens. He is a very selfless man, always doing good deeds, regardless of the opinion of the citizens. In the town of Maycomb, Atticus Finch is mentally, physically, and socially at the top of the caste system because he is white, had a higher education than the rest, and he is the top lawyer in the town. Throughout Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus raises and teaches his two children, Jem and Scout, life lessons and teaches them to be more accepting of life as they grow older and enter adulthood.

As a attorney and precessional Atticus Finch is a prominent member of the community of Maycomb. Atticus’s relationship to the rest of Maycomb, most of the people in that small town there relationship with Atticus, they respected him as well as him respected them. Atticus is a good man, he goes for what’s right. Even though they know he is stubborn sometimes. They respected him because he is a wise, and very mature man, he is also very caring and kind. He is friends with most of the people from Maycomb, but still hated by few. Members from the town who respected him and known him for a long time, such as Mrs.Dubose and Miss Stephanie criticised his decision to defend Tom Robinson to his face or behind his back. Many of the town disagrees with him for defending Tom Robinson. He was Immediately called a “niger lover” by a lot of people but he didn’t care. He got a lot of hate after that but he is a calm guy, he met with a lot of criticism. Atticus is the voice and reason and justice for the entire town of Maycomb and his family as well. There was a mob, Atticus stands up to them saying that Tom Robinson will have a fair trial, and with the help of Scout who had a technique to just talk to Mr. Cunningham personally. A technique she had learned from her father. The mob left after scout talked to him him personally. One thing I like Atticus he is fair, he sees and treats everyone equal. In spite of the controversial issue of defending Tom Robinson, Atticus takes the case, telling