manages to care for his children without the help of their mother, who died., and a man who shows extreme integrity in the novel. Atticus follows as a lawyer and his family prior to and during a legal case to defend a black male, Tom Robinson, charged of raping a white female, Mayella Ewell. This occurs in a very white orientated town called Maycomb. Atticus Finch, Attorney and father of two children only plays a brief part in the opening chapter but as this epic novel progresses so does his importance.

Atticus Finch is a good lawyer, who believes in justice and the justice system. Atticus Finch would have been one of the few lawyers of his time who could honestly admit that he believes that the justice system should be color blind. Through Scouts eyes we only get the smaller details of the Tom Robinson trial in the beginning, although her point of view also makes Atticus, her father, seem to us, as he would seem to her: a hero. In his closing statement

courage as knowing “your licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see

This shows that people look up to Atticus and believe that he will aim to excel at

Christians, but when we are, we’ve got men like Atticus to go for us” (chapter 22).

reflection on Atticus’s opinion that everyone has the right to be an individual and

sincerity for what he believed in, even though he knew he wouldn’t win. He describes

everything he does. This is apparent when Atticus protects the town’s people from the

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