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Ironically, though Atticus is a heroic figure in the novel and a respected man in Maycomb, neither Jem nor Scout consciously idolizes him at the beginning of the novel. Both are embarrassed that he is older than other fathers and that he doesn’t hunt or fish.
- Scout Finch
Scout is a very unusual little girl, both in her own...
- Jem Finch
Unlike the jaded Mr. Raymond, Jem is not without hope:...
- Atticus Quotes
Important quotes by Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird....
- Themes
Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas...
- Character List
A list of all the characters in To Kill a Mockingbird. To...
- Boo Radley
The Finch children make up strange and horrific stories...
- Scout Finch
Atticus Finch is a fictional character and the protagonist of Harper Lee's Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel of 1960, To Kill a Mockingbird. A preliminary version of the character also appears in the novel Go Set a Watchman, written in the mid-1950s but not published until 2015.
Atticus is older than most fathers in Maycomb at almost 50 years old, and as a lawyer, Scout and Jem initially believe that Atticus doesn’t do anything of import.
Nicknamed Scout, the narrator, who is six years old at the beginning of the book, lives with her older brother Jeremy, nicknamed Jem, and their widowed father Atticus, a middle-aged lawyer. They also have a black cook, Calpurnia, who has been with the family for many years and helps Atticus raise the two children.
- Harper Lee
- 1960
Atticus was 51 years old when he tried the case, which ended in the conviction of Tom Robinson for capital rape in 1935. Additional facts Atticus says that an issue with his left eye was ...
Atticus Finch Scout and Jem ’s father. Atticus is older than most fathers in Maycomb at almost 50 years old, and as a lawyer, Scout and Jem initially believe that Atticus doesn’t do anything of import.
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Atticus Finch is a lawyer, a father, and a symbol of morality and reason in Harper Lee's novel. He is never specified as a certain age, but he is described as a mature and fair-minded man who treats his children as adults and defends justice for all.
