Atticus Finch is a man who fought for what he believed in. He stood up for what he

thought was right not what the rest of the town thought. Atticus was real brave for

defending Tom Robinson in court, he knew a lot of people would get mad and try to hurt

him, but Atticus stood up for what he believed in. Atticus had a lot of courage he was the

only man in town that would fight for Tom Robinson, because he knew it was wrong to

accuse him of something he did not do. I think Atticus knew that Tom Robinson did not

have a great chance of wining the case, but he tried to do the best that he could to prove

that Tom Robinson was innocent.

     I think that Atticus is in some way the town’s spokesmen, there is a lot of people

in town that have the same views on racism as Atticus but, they were scared to admit it.

The town knows that Atticus is right but no one wants to agree with him because they are

scared for there own selves, that’s why I think Atticus is very courageous he is not scared

in admitting that he is not a racist, and that he will try to prove that Tom Robinson is

innocent.

     Atticus believed that everyone is equal. He believed that all races should be

treated the same no matter what. I think that Atticus was real frustrated with the town’s

racial beliefs. Atticus was a great man because, he could decide what was wrong and

what’s right, something that the rest of the town had trouble doing. Atticus had

convinced the jury that Tom Robinson was innocent, that’s why it took them so long to

make there decision, but in the end there was no way that the jury was going to believe a

black man over a white man. I think what Miss Maudie said was very correct “ well,

we’re making a step-it’s just a baby step, but it’s a step”,(216) that’s what she said after

the trial, what she means is that the town will not start to except blacks overnight, but

slowly the town is starting to understand that being black does not make you a bad

person. The town new that the Ewell’s were a bunch of liars, but they couldn’t chose a

black man over a whit man, so Miss Maudie is saying someday they will. “Shoot all the

bluejays you want, if you can hit ‘em but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” (90)

Attiucs say’s that to his son, but it’ significance is that Tom Robinson is a innocent man

that has never harmed anyone and he gets killed, in Atticus’s mind Tom Robinson is a

mockingbird that is killed.

     I think that Atticus Finch was a good father to his kids. He was not a strict parent,

he let them learn what’s right and wrong on there own. Thou Atticus was not a racist man

Scout had picked it up from the public, but she eventually learned that racism is wrong.

Atticus had confidence in his kids that they could distinguish what’s wrong and right.

Atticus loved his kid’s “If you’ll concede the necessity of going to school, we’ll go on

reading every night just as we always have.”(31) Scout does not want to go to school, so

Atticus makes a deal with her. Atticus will keep reading to her if she keeps wanting to go

to school. Reading with Atticus means a lot to Scout so she is willing to go to school.

That tells me that Atticus really cares for his kids he wants them to get a education.

Through out the book Atticus has little conversations with Jem and Scout were he

explains why something’s happen, in some way he is preparing them for there lives. “You

never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you

climb into his skin and walk around it.” (30) This was said by Atticus to Scout. He is

trying to teach her that you don’t know a person until you walk in his shoes. Atticus

thinks that if you can learn this trick you’ll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks.

He teaches these thing’s to his kids so they could be better people.

     In conclusion Atticus Finch was a man who loved his family, and did what he

thought was right. He was a man that went against the grain he did not always do what

the rest of the town did, he believed in equality. He was a man with courage who fought

for a black man that was convicted for rape, which most of town disliked him for it.