To What Extent Is Atticus Agree In To Kill A Mockingbird '

a. Atticus is a wise man, committed to justice and equality, and his parenting style is based on fostering these virtues in his children—he even encourages Jem and Scout to call him “Atticus” so that they can interact on terms as equal as possible. Throughout the novel, Atticus works to develop Scout’s and Jem’s respective consciences, through both teaching, as when he tells Scout to put herself in a person’s shoes before she judges them.

Scout and Jem’s decisions were impacted greatly by how much Atticus has taught them. The methods he uses to bring them up are differ greatly, and give his children a very different set of beliefs than the majority of the people of Maycomb. For example, he teaches them about empathy, a ‘skill’ that much of the community does not know. “You can never really understand a person... until you climb into their skin and walk around in it” (39). Atticus teaches his kids how to empathize with someone, giving them an ideal to live by. As a child grows up, a lot of times they inherit their parent’s belief system as well. He will continue his open-,minded accepting attitude into his children, and their future decisions will be affected greatly by Atticus’s

Atticus' chooses to tolerate Bob Ewell's immaturity, because he thinks for his citizens, he believes to help people who do not have the say, even if they do, it is not considered in a matter of seriousness. Atticus finch is the character who steps out of his stereotypical class, where he gets all the freedom as a white man; when he goes out of his way to help the black people, who don't get enough say. His own race tries to backfire and understand why is his mentality different, why is he not acting the way they do. One of the characters in the novel always had something negative to say towards Atticus or even his children, "Your father is no better than the niggers and trash he works for!" (Lee 135) Miss. Dubose speaks with such hatred in her words towards Atticus, when speaking to the kids. Jem and Scouts father is still choosing to consider her well being first and her words from a different perspective. He tries to let his kids see from his point of view and that Miss.Dubose is a strong woman, who is going through so much, but this also builds up the kids tolerance level; teaching them how to cope and to hold your head high when negativity

No matter what anybody says to you, don’t you let ‘em get your goat. Try fighting with your head for a change...it’s a good one, even if it does resist learning’”(Lee 101). Atticus believes in pacifism and teaches his kids to behave the same way. He thinks Scout has the potential to be an intelligent child, but she needs to avoid physical confrontation and instead focus on using her mind to learn and mature. When Bob Ewell spits in his face, Atticus encourages his children to put themselves in the shoes of the Ewell family, saying, “‘If spitting in my face and threatening me saved Mayella Ewell one extra beating, that’s something I’ll gladly take. He had to take it out on somebody and I’d rather it be me than that houseful of children out there’”(Lee 292, 293). This exemplifies Atticus’ lessons on empathy, teaching his children that “‘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’”(Lee 39). By encouraging his children to resist fighting and instead use their sense to feel for others, Atticus teaches lessons on empathy and pacifism. In addition, Atticus’ teachings also include racism and morals.

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

Atticus and his children both had to deal with the adversity against them because of the communities differences in opinion. They kept their integrity through it all with Jem and scout having their father’s moral advice and support to help them. Though many succumb to the pressures put on us, there are also many Atticus’s out there that have a moral and ethical conscience backing them up. They become a role model that breeds integrity through their moral practices. “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.” (Lee, pg.108)

Atticus is a wise father and helps his children accept people no matter how they look or act. This is evident when he says “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.” (Lee 33). Throughout the novel, Jem and Scout mature at different paces. Atticus guides his children as they begin to grow and mature. “It ain’t right, Atticus,” said Jem.” “No son, It’s not right.” (Lee 243). When Atticus lost the case, Jem expressed how he felt. He had tears on his face. Here was a turning point for Jem because he was old enough to understand the case. Atticus comforted him and agreed it was not right. Atticus shows affection towards his children when they saved him from trouble with “the mob”. “As they passed under a streetlight, Atticus reached out and massaged Jem’s hair, his one gesture of affection.” (Lee 176). At first, Atticus may have been frustrated with his children being at the office. Then, their innocence saved him. Atticus has many characteristics and is a loving father. Atticus displays a valuable lesson about equality and fairness for his children.

In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, Atticus gives Scout advice that “ You never really understand a person until you climb in there skin and walk around it” (pg. 39). I agree with Atticus advice to Scout because he is a wise and gives good advice that really means something or something you can learn from.

Children almost never listen to their parents because they want to see for themselves if their parents were correct. In Atticus’ situation, he catches Scout, Jem, and Dill trying to play something on Boo Radley. When he asks them what they were doing, they don’t give him an honest answer. Atticus knows that it is not a good idea to annoy Boo Radley, so he uses his morality/principles to tell the kids. He tells them with honesty why they shouldn’t keep tormenting Boo.

He then holds them responsible for what they do and say. Although his ways are different than the societal standards, Atticus’s involvement with his children is effective for discipline. He does not always discipline them in the same manner, but does so in ways fitting to the circumstances. Atticus chooses particular words to express exactly what his children need to hear in order to mend their ways. Often, he simply expresses his disappointment. Sometimes, he uses firm reprimanding. Once, we see Atticus use his keen intellect, employing what Scout calls “the oldest lawyer’s trick on record” (50) so that Jem admits to “putting [Mr. Radley’s] life’s history on display for the edification of the neighborhood” (49), as Atticus describes it. Scout’s father teaches by example countless times when he reminds her that “it ain’t time to worry yet” (70), even when a fire threatens to sweep away all of their belongings. In addition to his honest discussions with Scout and Jem, Atticus gives them many profound lessons through his intentional interactions with others.

I liked Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird because he is teaching Jem and Scout to be nice to others and to be polite even when someone is not polite back. Ms.Dubose is a good example for Atticus teaching Scout and Jem to polite. Atticus would make sure that Scout and Jem were kind to Ms.Dubose even though she was rude to them. I was surprised that Tom Robinson tried to escape, got shot and died. I was surprised because the police when chasing him couldn’t have shot him once in the leg or arm.

Lastly, Atticus emphasizes how vital inner peace and making the moral decision in a given situation is to maturation. For instance, in a conversation with his children, Atticus comments, “Before I can live with other folks I got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by a majority rule is a man’s conscience.” (Lee 105) By emphasizing the importance of having personal integrity and doing the ethical thing in any circumstance, Atticus provides his children with wisdom that will carry them through life. Therefore, through unremittingly reiterating the importance of moral decisions, proving the need for pacifism and establishing the importance of multiple perspectives, Atticus verifies himself as a major contributor in Jem and Scout’s development into adolescence.

A quote that really explains my character is the quote “There is more than meets the eye”. After reading the novel To Kill A Mockingbird a character that really met more to the eye was Atticus. Atticus has a lot of qualities which makes him an interesting character in the book To Kill A Mockingbird. Atticus is moral, a good parent, and caring in the book To Kill A Mockingbird. In this essay, I will explain and give examples of when Atticus was moral, a good parent, and caring.

I am known as the cook, maid and the housekeeper to the Finches, the Finches are equivalent to family to me, I would consider myself their mother figure, in addition to that, every Sunday I go to church. I’ve worked for the Finches for various years, Mr. Atticus has been working on a case for Tom Robinson. They received the verdict back today, and he was found guilty even though I made an inference that their evidence made authentic points. Since they knew Tom Robinson and his family, this verdict will definitely affect Mr. Atticus and his children.

When a person can not understand the reason behind one's actions, all they need do simply try to see the world from the other’s point of view. This principle is from Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird and is one of the many themes from the story. In the book by Harper Lee, Atticus is the father of two children, Jem and Scout, who begin to face the real world as the encounter hateful slurs about their father defending a colored man, Tom Robinson. Atticus tell his child, Scout, that in order to understand someone, she would have to look at things from their view. Atticus not only tells Scout this but also engages in this philosophy as well as teaching it to his children throughout the book. This way of thinking later helps Atticus understand