To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee: Character Analysis

Atticus, however, was a brave Christian man with moral values. He was polite and humble, and saw everyone as equals. Scout said of her father, “It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.”Atticus shows that he is above the people of Maycomb when he took Tom Robinson’s case, rather than sharing their racist feelings. However, he still respected their choice; “They're certainly entitled to think that, and they're entitled to full respect for their opinions... but before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.” Even when he and his family were deemed as outcasts, he didn’t drop his case. He discouraged his

The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience." Atticus - “.... Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.” Scout - Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them. Just standing on the Radley porch was enough. Tate - “.... Let the dead bury the dead.” Atticus - “....This case is as simple as black and white.” | The significance of this quote is that it shows us why Atticus took the Tom Robinson case. He explain to Jem many times that if he did not take this case he could not look his children in the eye. He did this case because he knew it was the right thing to do. This quote is was a lot of the story revolves around. This is the first time the reference of a mockingbird is mentioned and shown to symbolize innocence. This quote shows how far Scout has come in her maturity. She now understands her fathers advise of walking in other people's shoes. This is a memorable quote because it is after Bob was killed by Boo and shows that Tate refuses to

“Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I knew it. In rainy weather the streets turned to red slop; grass grew on the sidewalks, the courthouse sagged in the square. Somehow, it was hotter then: a black dog suffered on a summer’s day; bony mules hitched to Hoover carts flicked flies in the sweltering shade of the live oaks on the square. Men’s stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning. Ladies bathed before noon, after their three-o’clock naps, and by nightfall were like soft teacakes with frostings of sweat and sweet talcum...There was no hurry, for there was no where to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with, nothing to see outside the boundaries of Maycomb.” (Lee 6) In Harper Lee’s classic story To Kill a Mockingbird,

After hearing about how Atticus is going to defend Tom Robinson he had to deal with a lot of hate and people questioning why he is defending him. Atticus is courageous and doesn’t let the hate get to him. He goes up against the majority and fights for what he believes is right, and doesn’t listen to what anyone else think. In this time period blacks were discriminated against. Atticus took a courageous step to decide to defend tom Robinson.

Others thought differently, which is why Boo was feared by so many. Lee selects words that poke out a sense of empathy, despite his isolated and invisible nature. When she introduces Boo to the kids, it offsets the initial misconceptions. After Scout was saved from the fire, Atticus told her, “.thank. Boo Radley.you were so busy looking at the fire, you didn’t know it when he put the blanket around you” (Lee 82).

This shows bravery because Boo knows if he gets caught he will have to go through even more severe consequences. Boo has showed many courageous acts but Scout is not far along from the path of courageousness.

In order to survive in this world, one must have enough courage to clarify things in life and make them appear easier. Courage is what makes us individuals different from others. It shows in what we believe and the power of belief over will. There is no courage without risk but courage can be fearful. With courage we can stand up for what we believe is right or wrong. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus Finch , Link Deas and Mrs. Dubose show courage in different ways. Atticus shows his courage by taking Tom Robinson's case and defending him. Link Deas shows his courageously and bravely by standing up for Tom Robinson. Also Mrs.Dubose shows her courage by trying to stop being addicted to Morphine before dieing. Each individual that

The theme of courage is represented by three characters, Atticus, by defending Tom Robinson, Mrs. Dubose, when she kicks her morphine addiction even though she knew she was going to die, and Boo Radley, when he saves Scout and Jem from Mr. Ewell. First, Atticus showed courage by defending Tom Robinson. In the 1930’s, especially in the south, defending a black man was a big deal. It took Atticus a lot of courage to take the case knowing all the hate he would acquire. In a quote by Atticus, “…If I didn’t I couldn’t hold up my head in town,

Although Boo Radley saved Jem and Scout he did not want any credit but he really did care. The Finch family did not know that Boo saved them until Scout spotted a shadow and noticed Arthur Radley. Atticus was so thankful of what Boo did for his children

The first character in the book that shows courage is none other than mean, old Mrs. Dubose, who was a morphine addict. According to the text, Jem read to Mrs. Dubose daily in order to take her mind off of her addiction. Jem refuses to comply, because Mrs. Dubose acts rude towards him and his father, Atticus. However, Atticus forces Jem to do so to show him what real courage is. Atticus states, “I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand.” (Lee, 149) This statement shows that even though Mrs. Dubose wasn’t a nice lady on the outside, she kept her courage bottled up on the

One of the most important themes in the novel is courage is doing what is right even when the odds of succeeding are poor. Harper Lee uses the characters of Mrs. Dubose, Arthur (Boo) Radley, and Atticus Finch in developing this major theme. Mrs. Dubose show courage when she fights her addiction of morphine before she dies knowing she might not have been able to do it. The character of Arthur (Boo) Radley shows courage when he goes outside and fights Bob Ewell saving Jem and Scout. Finally the character of Atticus Finch also shows courage when he goes to trial for a black man against a white girl. Even though the novel is a work of fiction, we can see similar lessons about courage in our world today, which makes To Kill a Mockingbird an important

When the Flinch children moved into Maycomb bad rumors were spread about the Radley house, and soon the children were terrified of this “ghostly” neighbor. Little to their knowledge Boo Radley was not a scary mean person like they thought. Boo taught both Jem and Scout that you should not judge people based on what rumors say. For example, in the beginning of the novel Scout and Jem find a knothole in a tree, but when they kept going to the tree there was always something new, like someone had been putting presents for them in their. “I were trotting in our orbit one mild October afternoon when our knot-hole stopped us again. Something white was inside this time.” (page 79). Even though Boo knew that the kids were scared of him and that they believed the rumors he still put effort into making their day and giving them something. Another example was at the very end of the novel when Boo Radley saved Jem and Scouts life. At this moment Scout had a whole new respect for Boo because he wasn't what everyone said. He was better than that. “ A man was passing under it. The man was walking with the staccato steps of someone carrying a load too heavy for him. He was going around the corner. He was carrying jem. Jem’s arm was dangling crazily in front of him.”(page 352). That was Boo that was carrying Jem back to the Flinch house. Boo Radley saved their lives and Scout will never forget him and learned a valuable lesson

Atticus demonstrates emotional and physical bravery in many ways during the To Kill a Mockingbird. In the beginning of the book, Atticus “defines” bravery and gives an example to his kids. He tells them,“‘She (Mrs. Dubose) was the bravest person I ever knew’” (Lee 149). By providing an example of courage, it shows that Atticus knows what courage is. Atticus remembers Mrs. Dubose as an example of someone who showed courages and then tried to demonstrates courage in his own way. One way he

When Atticus took the case, he went up against Maycomb, a generally prejudiced town, in order to defend Tom. He understood that taking the case would make him an object of ridicule and that no one would forgive him for believing a black man's word over a white man's. Even his own sister expresses disapproval at his decision, practically telling him he was bringing disgrace to the family. Nevertheless, no matter how much his reputation suffered, he did not change his mind. Standing up for his morals and ethics was more important than what people thought about him. From the very start Atticus knows he will not win the case however he does his job and finishes what he set out to do.

First of all, Atticus vigorously fights for his beliefs even when it seems like the whole town, even his family is against him. Before the trial, Atticus was about to defend two men are talking about him and his goals for the trial. One man says “You know the court appointed him [Atticus] to defend this N word. Yeah but Atticus aims to defend him. That's what I don't like about it." (p. 218). Atticus defending Tom Robinson even when the