Atticus Finch’s Character (Ch5-9)
Atticus Finch lives in Alabama in the great depression. Alabama is located in the south. Even now some of the south holds resentments towards people of other colors. Before the civil war black people were not treated as humans in the south, and were only used for labor. After the civil war, up until the civil rights movement things were not that much better. Atticus takes a very large risk when he agrees to defend a black man in court, especially because the case is against a white woman. In this time period if a white person charged a black person with a crime the case was already decided, and the black person had lost. Even some of Atticus family members believe that he is crazy for trying to defend a black man. I believe it says a great deal about Atticus that he is willing to receive everyones disdain so that he can continue to fell well about himself morally. I believe that Atticus thinks that there is nothing different between people of different colors. I believe that he will instill these values in Scout and Jem. I think that these values will play a very large part in how Scout and Jem turn out.
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Your right, almost everyone in the south weren’t even treated as if they were humans. Alabama was one of the biggest racial places in the Unites States. At the time there were a lot of killings and fights just because someone was not the same color as they were. So the fact that Atticus is in a court defending someone else he is most definitely putting himself at risk of getting hurt. Atticus try’s his best to teach Jem and Scout the best he can and to be a good person in the world. I’m sure that when they do get older that they will know right from wrong. Atticus must really be a great attorney in order for people to want him to defend him.