What are some quotes that describe Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird?

Answer 1

"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it"

"The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a persons conscious'

"Best way to clear the air is to have it all out in the open"

"Theres a lot of ugly things in this world, son. I wish i could keep 'em all away from you. That's never possible."

"Bad language is a stage all children go through, and it dies with time when they learn they're not attracting attention with it."

Answer 2

1. "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it." - Atticus Finch
2. "The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience." - Atticus Finch
3. "I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what." - Atticus Finch

Answer 3

"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it." --Atticus (pg. 30)

"As you grow older you'll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and don't you forget it- whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, of how fine a family he comes from, that white man is trash."--Atticus (pg. 220)

"I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see through it no matter what."--Atticus (pg. 112)

"Before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience."--Atticus (pg. 105)

"You just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anyone says to you, don't let 'em get your goat. Try fighting with your head for a change…it's a good one, even if it does resist learning."--Atticus (pg. 76)

"It's not okay to hate anybody."-Atticus (pg. 246)

"Jem see if you can stand in Bob Ewell's shoes a minute. I destroyed his last shred of credibility at that trial, if he had any to begin with. The man had to have some kind of comeback, his kind always does. So if spitting in my face and threatening me saved Mayella Ewell one extra beating, that's something I'll gladly take. He had to take it out on somebody and I'd rather it be me than that household full of children out there."--Atticus(pg. 231)

They're certainly entitled to think that, and they're entitled to full respect for their opinions... but before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience. ~Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapter 11, spoken by the character Atticus

When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness' sake. But don't make a production of it. Children are children, but they can spot an evasion quicker than adults, and evasion simply muddles 'em. ~Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapter 9, spoken by the character Atticus

Bad language is a stage all children go through, and it dies with time when they learn they're not attracting attention with it. ~Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapter 9, spoken by the character Atticus.

Answer 4

Atticus Finch is the father of Jem and Scout in Harper Lee's novel "To Kill a Mockingbird". He is also the lawyer who defends the innocent black mane accused of raping a white woman. Some quotes by Atticus are:-- "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."--"The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience."--"There's a lot of ugly things in this world, son. I wish I could keep 'em all away from you. That's never possible."--"When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness sake. But don't make a production of it. Children are children, but they can spot an evasion faster than adults, and evasion simply muddles 'em." --"Best way to clear the air is to have it all out in the open."

Answer 5

Scout Finches intelligence and education is described with the following quote: "Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing. "Scout Finches personality is illustrated by the following quote: "I was born good but had grown progressively worse every year. "
there are many, but one of the more notable ones is at the end of the novel when she says "it would be like killing a mockingbird" or something close to that, it characterizes her young intelligence because the concept that atticus is attempting to convey is rather complex. but nonetheless she understands.

Answer 6

"The one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a courtroom, be he any color of the rainbow, but people have a way of carrying their resentments right into a jury box. As you grow older, you'll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and don't you forget it - whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes from, that white man is trash." ~Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapter 23, spoken by the character Atticus in reference to the Tom Robinson trial.

"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it." - Atticus Finch. The moral of the story and a main motif in the book.

"Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." - Atticus Finch. Explaining to his children what his father told him when he was a lad, the importance is that shooting mockingbirds was a sin, murdering innocence is a sin.

Answer 7

A good quote from Atticus in To Kill a Mockingbird is: "There's a lot of ugly things in this world, son. I wish I could keep 'em all away from you. That's never possible." Atticus was a realist.

Answer 8

"Remember- it is a sin to kill a mockingbird."

This means that it's bad to hurt anything that doesn't do any harm to anyone or anything.

Answer 9

When Atticus chooses to defend Tom Robinson, he show courage. He decided to defend Tom with all his might