Character Analysis - Atticus Finch

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     Atticus Finch, he was a good father, a talented shooter and an intelligent lawyer in the book of “To Kill a Mocking Bird”.

     

In the story, the Finches’ original landing was an old town called Maycomb. Atticus Finch was related by blood or marriage to nearly every family in Maycomb and he had lived in Maycomb almost all his life. Atticus went to Montgomery to study law in his earlier life then he met a Graham and married her, two years after Scout was born, Atticus’s wife died from a sudden heart attack. Atticus remained unmarried after his wife passed out; Atticus would not marry anyone else because his heart had a scar so deep that he could not ever recover. Atticus worked as a lawyer in Maycomb ever since, he lived a normal life with his family. There were a lot of things going on in Maycomb, as the story continued on, the events happened in Maycomb revealed Atticus’s true identities to the readers. In the beginning of the story from Jem and Scout’s views, “Atticus was a boring father that only knows how to go to work every morning and comes back digging into his books, Atticus couldn’t do anything. Atticus worked in an office, not in a drugstore. Atticus did not drive a dump truck, Atticus was a useless man.” However, soon after that, Scout and Jem discovered what their father Atticus Finch was in capable of…

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According to what Miss Maudie said, Atticus was the best checker-player in Maycomb, and Atticus could also play a Jew’s Harp. Jem and Scout were surprised because whenever they played checker with Atticus, Atticus always let them win. So Jem and Scout never had a chance to discover Atticus’s true ability. However, since Miss Maudie told Jem and Scout about what Atticus were good at, Jem and Scout were in a great shock. But, that was not all…

   

One Saturday, Jem and Scout decided to go exploring with their air rifles to see if ...

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