Is Atticus Finch Good Or Evil

Jem shows he’s growing up by his sudden change in ideologies, attitude, and overall disinterest with being around Scout.

          Continuing,  as Jem is seeing things from others point of views, he grows in his maturity which leads to him to act as adult. An example of this is when Scout and Aunt Alexandra, who is very determine to keep a good reputation to the family name, get into an argument regarding the

As To Kill a Mockingbird progresses, Jem takes definitive steps toward maturity with his actions in the tire and flower incidents, for example. He would later go on to repair the flowerbed he destroyed, and take greater care to protect Scout. Through his actions, we can see Jem develop a sense of morals and responsibility that would prove to be a lifesaver.

Throughout the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Jem matures through three important stages of his life. Within these stages Jem’s experiences such as creating plays about Boo Radley, reading to Mrs. Dubose, and processing the Tom Robinson trial all taught him

Jem had changed throughout the story from acting like a child and doing things that children do to becoming more mature and taking part in the

“Atticus as a Hero” Atticus Finch is from Maycomb County, Alabama a town where pride was everything. Mr. Finch is the towns most trusted lawyer. Atticus also serves on the Alabama State Legislature for Maycomb County. Atticus, in his late fifties, has two children Jean Louise, “Scout,” Finch and Jeremy, “Jem” Finch. Atticus will endure his hardest court case, in this small town and will be a hero to some, and an enemy to others.

As the novel progresses, both Jem and Scout are shown to mature, this is due to "To Kill A Mockingbird" being a bildungsroman novel. Through this coming of age process, we are actually shown Jem’s new found maturity enabling him to find empathy and acceptance regarding the Boo Radley myths, as he finally took his father’s advice to “climb into someone else’s skin and walk around in it” when he was explaining to Scout his epiphany that he “[is] beginning to understand why Boo Radley’s stayed shut in his house all this time. It’s because he wants to stay inside.”

Firstly, Jem begins to show his social corrections, changes, and potential. Jem originally feels bad because he can't understand others like Scout , his sister, or the situation that is going on with such people. He starts changing when he begins to adjust social situations the way an older teen would. Example; Jem grows older and becomes distant because of his brain power. Scout gets jealous, “What had began as a fist-fight had become a brawl.”(184) They did

However Jem is the character that changes the most. Even though the book is not written from his point of view, we can see how he changes and grows. In the beginning of the book, he is still a child. He is scared of the neighborhood recluse, Boo Radley. He enjoys playing make believe games Dill and Scout like on page 51. You can see his gradual empathy for Boo and his understanding of how Boo is not a bad or scary person. This all takes place after the trial on 304 where Jem says to Scout “Scout, I think I’m beginning to understand something. I think I’m beginning to understand why Boo Radley’s stayed shut up in the house all this time… it’s because he wants to stay inside.” He finally starts to see how corrupt the world is and as the trial is going on, he is beginning to see the prejudice and the unfair treatment toward people, especially colored people. Especially when Tom got ruled guilty after all the evidence showed that he was innocent (282). Another big piece that shows that Jem has matured the most is shown from pages 203-207 when Atticus is faced with the mob. Jem is protecting not only his little sister and Dill, but he is also protecting his father. This is the first time he ever stood up to Atticus. He stayed at the jail when Atticus told and eventually pleaded him to take the other children home. At any other part of the book prior to this point, Jem would not have had the courage to stand up to his father and protect him. These few examples show only part of how much Jem had learned and matured the most throughout the

But as he grows, the way he acts and speaks changes. In the middle, Jem becomes moody "Jem was twelve. He was difficult to live with... His appetite was appalling... Overnight, it seemed, Jem had acquired an alien set of values..."

My opinion of Atticus is that he is a very good and caring father. He isn’t like most of the people in Maycomb. He doesn’t discriminate towards the african americans and he thinks that they should be treated the same as whites. Atticus is trying to teach his kids the same which I feel is good because if he doesn’t teach them then they will take after the people of Maycomb and become racist individuals. Calpurnia, who is the maid of the Finches house and also acts as a mother towards the kids. She is african american, but she is treated very fairly and is paid. It’s almost as if she’s a part of the family.

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is an exploration of human morality, and with that of course comes injustice and iniquity of of the human race as well. Essentially, sparking thoughts and conversation regarding the inherent goodness or evil of people. The relationship between good and evil has been seen throughout history in media, literature; the Bible. Good cannot exist without evil. The children of the morally passionate lawyer Atticus Finch, who is almost completely good, Scout and her brother Jem are both exposed to the same experiences that shape their sense of right and wrong.

Secondly, In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird many different issues are addressed. One of these is the maturing of Jem Finch. Although Jem is still a child at the beginning of the novel being immature and unaware of the society and issues that surround him, he matures a great deal mentally to the point where he sees the evil in society and understands political, social and emotional issues as an adult would. Three main points that come across at the start to show that Jem is still a child are that he is young, plays with his little sister, and has childhood monsters. However, as the novel progresses he deals

Atticus Finch is a man who does what is fair and equal even if other people disapprove of it. The main example of this is when he defends Tom Robinson. When he is offered the case, he wasn't forced to take it, he wanted to. Unable to tolerate the town’s comfortable ingrained racial discrimination, he agrees to defend Tom Robinson. Throughout most of the book, his two children are made fun of because their dad is a black lover.

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.