Comparison Of Atticus Finch 'And The Other Side Of The Sky'

In the novel ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ written by Harper Lee the Finch family are known in Maycomb County by everyone, whether through their eyes it’s for a good reason or bad reason. The Finches are very important to the novel as they have a lot to do with the issues bought up during the novel. Mr Atticus Finch is an individual in the

Farah Ahmedi was a woman who wanted to cross the border to Pakistan from Afghanistan. The story “The Other Side of The Sky,” elaborates on this statement by describing Farah Ahmedi’s life, the author states, “Their only hope was to escape to Pakistan”(para. 3). This quote explains that Farah Ahmedi did not want to leave the country out of her own choice, it was necessary. Her country was war torn, so she and her mom had no choice. After the very hard journey to cross the border through mountains, and four years in Pakistan, Farah and her mother were finally chosen to come to America. A quote from an interview with Farah elaborates on this statement by stating, “After four years of hardship [in Pakistan] she and her mother are chosen to come to America.” (authorlink 4). Just because Farah and her mother got out of Afghanistan, didn’t mean that the hardship was over. She had lost all of her family except for her mother when she was in Germany getting her prosthetic leg. Farah wanted to have a better life, so she made the decision to cross the border, helping and changing her life forever.

Farah Ahmedi’s goal was to cross the Afghanistan border to get to a better life in Pakistan. In the first read, The Other Side of the Sky, it says, “‘Night was falling, we were stranded out there in the open’”(Ahmedi 4). This states it was nighttime and her and her mother had no place to stay. Along the way, her and her mother faced many hardships, “The worst thing would have been if we had gotten separated. We were only risking injury”(Ahmedi 3). In addition, “Terribly warm and we had no water, but we walked. My mother began to wheeze. Her asthma was bad. Her anxiety made it worse. We could have gotten over in little more than an hour if not for my mother. Our journey took many hours”(Ahmedi 11). Overall, they succeeded their mission and made it over the border. For example, “This excerpt from “Escape from Afghanistan” describes their efforts to make it across the border and into Pakistan”(Introduction). This states Ahmedi and her mother made it over the border. In conclusion, Farah Ahmedi

A necessity of Farah Ahmedi was to climb a mountain to flee into another country where she and her mother could be safe and lead a better life. This is displayed when, “Ahmedi and her mother decide to flee their home in Kabul in search of a better life (Introduction). This shows that they were trying to escape their home country as a result of the war there so they could get somewhere where they could be safe. Moreover, they actually made it over a mountain to enter into to Pakistan. Ahmedi questions, “How did I scale that mountain so easily? How did I climb down the other side (Ahmedi 12)? This is when she made it over the mountain. Most importantly, Farah Ahmedi learned an important lesson, “You never know when and where you may encounter a spot of human decency”(Introduction). When Ghulam Ali was so generous and kind to her and

Farah Ahmedi’s goal was to cross the Afghanistan border to get to a better life in Pakistan. In the first read, The Other Side of the Sky, it says, “‘Night was falling, we were stranded out there in the open’”(Ahmedi 4). This states it was nighttime and she and her mother had no place to stay. Along the way, her and her mother faced many hardships, “The worst thing would have been if we had gotten separated. We were only risking injury”(Ahmedi 3). In addition, “Terribly warm and we had no water, but we walked. My mother began to wheeze. Her asthma was bad. Her anxiety made it worse. We could have gotten over in little more than an hour if not for my mother. Our journey took many hours”(Ahmedi 11). Overall, they succeeded their mission and made it over the border. For example, “This excerpt from “Escape from Afghanistan” describes their efforts to make

Aengus found a magical girl in a stream. He caught a fish and it later turned into a girl whom he followed his whole life. Aengus risked something too though, and that was his time. He could have done so much with his life but instead he devoted it to find a girl. “Though I am old with wandering… I will find out where she has gone,” (Yeats 17 &19). This text shows that he is old and is still trying to find the girl. “And kiss her lips and take her hands… And walk among long dappled grass,” (Yeats 20 & 21). This show how desperate and dedicated Aengus was to find this girl.

An example of this is when he stepped into the kitchen to found food not even the “White house” would serve, yet the African American community and Tom´s dad brought him the gifts of a rich white man, then Atticus responds saying he is grateful but “they must never do [it] again” (Lee 213 ).

Atticus shows courage the most as he defends and wants justice for the colored man known as Tom Robinson who was accused of rape. Mr. Finch awaits trouble as he

Atticus Finch exemplifies the true meaning of bravery. In the novel Atticus is appointed to take on a case defending Tom Robinson, a black man falsely accused of rape. Atticus faced great hatred and ridicule for his choice to try and be

Heroism is shown throughout To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee in many different ways and in many different characters. But the main heroic figure in the novel is Atticus Finch. Atticus is a brave, fair, accepting man and has been his whole life. Atticus shows his heroic side through his work, parenting and his behavioral skills. First of all, Harper Lee shows Atticus’s heroic qualities through his involvement in the Tom Robinson trial.

Courage is "the ability and willingness to confront fear, pain, danger, uncertainty or intimidation," (Wikipedia). Many people associate courage with conquering someone's fear by fighting, but that is not what real courage is. "Real courage is when you fight for what is right regardless of whether you win or lose," (Atticus Finch). In TKAM, Book Atticus, and Miss Maudie display courage not by fighting, but instead living their lives by their moral codes. Throughout this essay you will discover what makes Boo, Atticus, and Miss Maudie some of the most courageous characters in TKAM.

Atticus was too old and weak. So far my plan was not going as well as expected. Those Finch children should have been dead already. I heard the deep heaving breaths of the man over me. The next thing I knew the large man had took a knife and stabbed me right in my

Set back in times where racism was very common, therefore no one stood up for colored people. A lawyer by the name of Atticus Finch finally had the courage to stand up to a colored man wrongly accused of a crime in court. He does this even when the whole town of many racists are against him. Atticus tries vigorously to combat this evil in court to set the colored man free. Atticus helps portray what Harper Lee wants to inspire people to do by showing what courage, and standing up to evils looks like in an ordinary town set in that time period.

The coexistence of good and evil is part of the main theme of innocence and an interesting character in this novel is Atticus Finch, who is unique in the novel in that he understands evil without losing faith for human capacity for goodness. Atticus understands that some people contain both good and bad qualities. The name of Atticus Finch is also uniquely chosen by Harper Lee because Atticus a Latin nick name meaning “man of Attica” a Roman citizen who lived in the first century B.C Harper chose this name because the Roman Atticus was wise, learned and humane man, The name Finch was chosen by Harper Lee because the Finch would be consider a noble bird and Atticus would be conceded a noble person. Atticus tries to teach his moral lessons to

The sentimental and thought-provoking story begins by establishing the nucleus of the film, the Finch Family, lead by the father Atticus Finch, who is the quintessential father, strong, honest, intuitive, and spoke with wisdom; whose character was consistently imparted to his children through small teachings on life as it unfolds. One such example shows Atticus hugging Scout as they swing back and forth on the front porch, He tells her, "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb into his skin and walk around in it." In another scene after being teased at school for her father defending a Negro, Scout questions her father as to why he chose to take the case. He states that if he didn't he would be unable to "hold his head up high", or even tell his children what to do anymore. Given the standard of that day, Atticus was risking his reputation and even the safety of his children by defending a black man. These phenomenal displays of impeccable character are so rare that it causes the credibility of the role to come into question; Atticus, at times seems too stoic to be