How Is Atticus Finch Learned In To Kill A Mockingbird
Who have you learned the most about life from? Is it your father, mother, siblings or other significant figure in your life? In “To Kill a Mockingbird” (TKM) by Harper Lee, Atticus Finch was one of the most influential characters mentioned in the book. Atticus teaches his two children, Scout and Jem, then at the end of the book learns a valuable lesson himself. This essay will identify and explain key scenes that shows Atticus has helped others in coming of age.
First , Atticus helps Scout mature by teaching her about the perspective of others. For example, on page 39 of TKM it says, “First of all,’ he said, “if you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you’ll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person …show more content…
On page 369 and 370 it says, “To my way of thinkin’, Mr. Finch, taking the one man who’s done you and this town a great service an’ draggin’ him with his shy ways into the limelight-to me, that’s a sin. It’s a sin and I’m not about to have it on my head. If it was any other man it’d be different. But not this man, Mr. Finch”... then Scout sways Atticus over , “I ran to him and hugged him and kissed him with all my might. ‘Yes sir, I understand,’ I reassured him, ‘Mr. Tate was right.’ Atticus disengaged himself and looked at me, ‘What do you mean?’ ‘Well, it’d be sort of like shootin’ a mockingbird, wouldn’t it?” Sheriff Tate, a man of justice, makes the moral choice of announcing Bob Ewell’s death an accident instead of choosing the legal choice of putting Arthur Radley on the spot. Heck told Atticus that it would be a sin, then after he leaves, Scout goes up to Atticus hugging him and saying that Heck was right. So it was for this rationale, that after his own daughter convinced him, Atticus had learned that there are some moral decisions we should choose legal ones
First , Atticus helps Scout mature by teaching her about the perspective of others. For example, on page 39 of TKM it says, “First of all,’ he said, “if you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you’ll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person …show more content…
On page 369 and 370 it says, “To my way of thinkin’, Mr. Finch, taking the one man who’s done you and this town a great service an’ draggin’ him with his shy ways into the limelight-to me, that’s a sin. It’s a sin and I’m not about to have it on my head. If it was any other man it’d be different. But not this man, Mr. Finch”... then Scout sways Atticus over , “I ran to him and hugged him and kissed him with all my might. ‘Yes sir, I understand,’ I reassured him, ‘Mr. Tate was right.’ Atticus disengaged himself and looked at me, ‘What do you mean?’ ‘Well, it’d be sort of like shootin’ a mockingbird, wouldn’t it?” Sheriff Tate, a man of justice, makes the moral choice of announcing Bob Ewell’s death an accident instead of choosing the legal choice of putting Arthur Radley on the spot. Heck told Atticus that it would be a sin, then after he leaves, Scout goes up to Atticus hugging him and saying that Heck was right. So it was for this rationale, that after his own daughter convinced him, Atticus had learned that there are some moral decisions we should choose legal ones