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How Is Atticus Portrayed In To Kill A Mockingbird

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“Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy…but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.”( Lee 90 ) To kill mockingbirds is novel, wrote by Harper Lee. It was published in 1960. It is about Atticus’s family and two men injustice of people in Alabama. His daughter Scout narrates the story by herself. She is telling what she saw and heard at the time and augmenting this novel with thoughts and assessments of her experiences in retrospect. Scout mostly tells of her own thoughts but also devotes considerable time to recounting and analyzing Jem’s thoughts and actions. There are several innocent characters represented by the mockingbird in the book. The mockingbird is referred to by Atticus as he gives a lesson about what animals can be shot. …show more content…

The novel focuses on three little children. The children are a Scout, her brother Jem and his neighbor Dill. However Scout's father is a righteous lawyer his name is Atticus. Scout, Jem and Dill, spend a summer harassing a nearby shut-in his name is Boo Radley and nobody seen Radley for many years. Scout and her crew try to pass Boo and they want to see if he wants to chill them by leaving a note. But Atticus told them to leave Boo and stop to stand for harassment. Moreover, the another mockingbird is Tom is being arrested and charged with raping a white woman her name is Mile You'll. Furthermore Atticus has been appointed as his defense attorney. Also he is determined to do a good job at it even though he knows he his going to lose because of the racism. So most notably the guilty verdict in Tom Robinson’s trial and the vengefulness of Bob

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