How Does Atticus Treated In To Kill A Mockingbird

Although deemed by most to be a good parent, Atticus’ lack of supervision affects his children Scout and Jem and even exposes them to danger. Atticus is not a perfect father. He has a full time job that restricts him from being around his kids for most of the day and also puts them in a dangerous position. When Atticus agreed to take on the ‘Tom Robinson case’ he knew full well that he was going to have a lot of tension with people, and even though he did the the right thing by defending an innocent man despite his colour, some may argue that he puts his beliefs before the welfare of his children. This puts the kids in danger because Atticus while losing the case still makes Bob Ewell embarrassed by being shown up like the way he was. This causes a hatred that provokes Bob to hurt Atticus in the deepest possible way, by attacking his children. It was Atticus’ call to decide that he would send Jem to the pageant instead of himself, and that was what ultimately gave Mr. Ewell his chance to get back at Atticus. This shows that Atticus is not the perfect father, if there is such a thing, but proves that even Atticus has flaws or faults to foresee

In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus Finch is a kind and brave man who treats everyone with respect. Throughout his life, Atticus Finch continually represents the values of respect, courage, and justice. In Maycomb, County Atticus lives with his two kids, Scout and Jem, and their housekeeper Calpurnia. He is a defense lawyer who believes segregation is wrong. First, Atticus shows respect by how he treats others. He Answers his children's questions truthfully, even if they're embarrassing. He does this because he thinks it is wrong to lie to a child. Also, he respects the Cunningham family. Atticus Treats Walter, Jr., as an honored guest at his dinner table. One time he even assisted Mr. Cunningham with an important legal problem.

Before Atticus shot the rabid dog, Jem and Scout, as well as the reader had a difficult time understanding Atticus and his personal values. After the dog is shot, Jem and Scout realize that Atticus hides some of his talents for personal reasons. His background sheds light on the overall development of his character as well as goes hand in hand with the development of Maycomb itself.The town of Maycomb can get trapped in a recurring cycle of habits and ignorance that are usually either carried out by the people, or by individuals that demonstrate habitual behavior. For example, while talking to Jem, Atticus exclaims, “I don’t know, but they did it. They’ve done it before and they did it tonight and they’ll do it again and when they do it-seems that only children weep” (Lee 213). In the above example, Atticus is referring to how the jury convicted Tom Robinson despite clear evidence suggesting inevitably otherwise. The fact that the people on the jury convicted Tom, merely because of his race, shows that they are demonstrating negative habitual behavior as well as ignorance. The people’s instinctive racial discrimination parallels the way in which, despite there being movements against it, Maycomb is still segregated into multiple parts. In fact, the town's area for African Americans is entirely separate from the city itself. The way in which the

Atticus was assigned Tom Robinson in the case against Bob Ewell, and in the process he was an example to both his children and the town as an honorable lawyer. When Bob Ewell brought a case to court claiming his white daughter had been raped by black Tom Robinson, almost everyone assumed the jury would charge Robinson guilty; however, Atticus hoped for a different outcome. Atticus firmly believed his client was innocent, contrary to the public’s beliefs. Because Atticus was highly respected as a lawyer, this case caused a riff between the town. As Tom awaited his trial in the county jail, Atticus spent the night guarded the door to the cell. A group of perturbed men soon ambushed Atticus and demanded to see the prisoner. “You know what we want,” another man said. “Get aside from the door, Mr. Finch (153).” In this situation, Atticus displayed honor through risking his life so an innocent black man was not killed. Even though he lost respect among his some neighbors, Atticus was honorable in his actions and stayed true to

At the starting, she thought he was a creepy maniac who always stays at home, because of all the rumours that were spread about him. However, she has never even met him. Then, when her dad told Jem to “stop tormenting that man [Boo Radley]” (Lee, 65) I think she started to understand that it wasn’t right to make fun of Boo. Atticus is a great influence in Scout’s life being the only parent. She always looks up to him and

Atticus is doing this so he can make sure Scout is safe and will help her later in life because she might learn to stay and ignore bullies of she listens to Atticus. Not every father can be perfect all the time, but Scout and Jem

Children are selfish, obnoxious and immature when a teenagers are with them. But Scout Finch is the one exception. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout Finch is a six year old girl who lives with her brother Jem and her father Atticus in Maycomb, Alabama around the 1930’s. At the beginning of the book Scout is an “ordinary” child who does normal immature things with her older brother.

He has his word against two white people, and since he’s black he has to try harder to find evidence and logic to back up his not-made-up story. “And so a quiet, respectable, humble Negro who has the unmitigated temerity to ‘feel sorry’ for a white woman has had to put his word against two white people’s. ”(Lee, 1960, p. 273) Since Tom was found guilty by the all white

In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Atticus refuses to racism as the usual Maycomb disease. Atticus made his opinion clear when he told Uncle Jack about the Maycomb disease. In page 100 of the book Atticus addresses his concern,“why reasonable people go stark raving mad when anything involving a Negro comes up, is something I don't pretend to understand ” (Lee ). The usual Maycomb disease is racism and discrimination, Atticus is becoming concerned about Scout because she keeps saying the n-word instead of negro. Atticus also states that he has no idea why everyone goes mad in the head when a negro is involved.

Jem and Scout behaved just as they were told by Cal at the church. Atticus keeps the reigns on his children lose because after they do something wrong, he doesn’t follow up with a

Atticus Finch is a bad parent due to his ignorant nature. First and foremost, Atticus is ignorant because he doesn’t teach his children how to respect authority. Atticus is telling Jem and Scout that they need to behave more like the Finches. He tells them, that they need to be ladies and gentlemen. Scout asks, “Atticus, is all this behavin’ an’ stuff gonna make things different?” It is disrespectful for children to call adults by their first names. Scout and Jem calling Atticus by his first name creates a mindset that they can address adults in an informal manner, which most would view as disrespectful. This shows that Atticus is ignorant, because his children have not been taught to respect their elders. In addition, Atticus is ignorant because he is inconsiderate of others.

In To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus tells his children it is a sin to kill a mockingbird. It is a sin because they are harmful and don't hurt anything or anyone and they mind there own business. Atticus Finch, Tom Robinson, and Boo Radley are portrayed to be mockingbirds because in Maycomb county they were kind of people that helped people. they were also the people that would mind there own business.

Tom’s jury was biased, racist and no matter what evidence that was provided to prove Tom was innocent, he would be convicted no matter what because he was black. Another way the novel shows racial intolerance is through Aunt Alexandria. Alexandria is shown as racist southern women

Jem and Scout Finch are very adventurous young children. Therefore, Atticus Finch, their father, has a difficult job. Nevertheless, Mr. Finch does achieve significant help from the maid, Calpurnia. During the 1930’s many people are prejudice towards the Negroes. The Finch family is not.

Especially the Finch family because Atticus was appointed to defend Tom Robinson. Scout and Jem's peers were children, who are nearly always more direct than adults. Most of the people that were unhappy with Atticus would just try to keep away from him which was bad enough. Scout and Jem got verbally abused by the children at school and in their neighborhood. Scout responded to this with physical violence, even though it was discouraged by Atticus.