To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee :: essays research papers

Atticus Finch is a man who fought for what he believed in. He stood up for what hethought was respectable not what the rest of the townshipsfolkspeople thought. Atticus was real brave fordefending Tom Robinson in court, he knew a lot of people would get gruesome and try to hurthim, but Atticus stood up for what he believed in. Atticus had a lot of courage he was theonly man in town that would fight for Tom Robinson, because he knew it was wrong toaccuse him of something he did not do. I think Atticus knew that Tom Robinson did nothave a neat chance of wining the case, but he tried to do the best that he could to auditionthat Tom Robinson was innocent.      I think that Atticus is in some flair the towns spokesmen, there is a lot of peoplein town that have the same views on racism as Atticus but, they were frightened to admit it. The town knows that Atticus is right but no one wants to agree with him because they arescared for there own selves, thats why I think Atticus is very courageous he is not scaredin admitting that he is not a racist, and that he will try to prove that Tom Robinson isinnocent.     Atticus believed that everyone is equal. He believed that all races should betreated the same no matter what. I think that Atticus was real frustrated with the townsracial beliefs. Atticus was a great man because, he could decide what was wrong andwhats right, something that the rest of the town had trouble doing. Atticus had convince the dialog box that Tom Robinson was innocent, thats why it took them so long tomake there decision, but in the end there was no way that the jury was going to believe ablack man over a white man. I think what fail Maudie said was very correct well,were making a step-its just a baby step, but its a step,(216) thats what she said afterthe trial, what she means is that the town will not start to except blacks overnight, butslowly the town is starting to understand that being black d oes not make you a unfavorableperson. The town new that the Ewells were a bunch of liars, but they couldnt chose ablack man over a whit man, so Miss Maudie is saying someday they will. Shoot all thebluejays you want, if you can hit em but remember its a sin to kill a