Essay About Atticus Finch And Rest Of The Town Thought

To Kill a Mockingbird
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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 towns 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, thats 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 towns
racial beliefs. Atticus was a great man because, he could decide what was wrong and
whats right, something that the rest of the town had trouble doing. Atticus had
convinced the jury that Tom Robinson was innocent, thats 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,
were making a step-its just a baby step, but its a step”,(216) thats 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 Ewells were a bunch of liars, but they couldnt 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 Ðem but remember its a sin to kill a mockingbird.” (90)
Attiucs says 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 Atticuss mind Tom Robinson is a
mockingbird that is killed.
I think that Atticus Finch was a good