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To kill a mockingbird

The story is about Scout Finch, a little girl, who lives with her brother, Jem, and their widowed father, Atticus, in the sleepy Alabama town of Maycomb. Maycomb is suffering through the Great Depression, but Atticus is a prominent lawyer and the Finch family is reasonably well off in comparison to the rest of society.

The climax of the story is a trial. To the consternation of Maycomb's racist white community, Atticus agrees to defend a black man named Tom Robinson; who has been accused of raping a white woman. Because of Atticus's decision, Jem and Scout are subjected to abuse from other children, even when they celebrate Christmas at the family compound on Finch's Landing. At the trial itself, the children sit in the “colored balcony” with the town’s black citizens. Atticus provides clear evidence that the accusers, Mayella Ewell and her father, Bob, are lying.

Yet, despite the significant evidence pointing to Tom’s innocence, the all-white jury convicts him. In the aftermath of the trial, Jem’s faith in justice is badly shaken, and he lapses into despondency and doubt. But, Boo Radley ,who has lived a spooky house called the Radley Place for years without venturing outside, intervenes, however, saving the children and killing Ewell in the struggle.

After this accident,Scout accepts her father’s advice to practice sympathy and understanding and demonstrates that her experiences with hatred and prejudice will not sully her faith in human goodness.

However in all roles I like Atticus best. He is a wise man, committed to justice and equality, and his parenting style is based on fostering these virtues in his children一he even encourages Jem and Scout to call him "Atticus" so that they can interact on terms as equal as possible. Throughout the novel, Atticus works to develop Scout's and Jem's respective consciences, through both teaching, as when he tells Scout to put herself in a person's shoes before she judges them, and example, as when he takes Tom Robinson's case, living up to his own moral standards despite the harsh consequences he knows he will face. Atticus is a kind and loving father, reading to his children and offering them comfort when they need it, but he is also capable of teaching them harsh lessons, as when he allows Jem to come with him to tell Helen Robinson about Tom's death. At the end of the novel, when Atticus believes that Jem killed Bob Ewell, he tries to talk Heck Tate, the sheriff, out of calling the death an accident--Atticns's standards are firm, and he does not want his son to have unfair protection from the law.

What’s more, the adversity faced by the family reveals Atticus's parenting style, his focus on instilling moral values in Jem and Scout. Particularly important to Atticus are justice, restraint, and honesty. He tells his children to avoid getting in fights, even if they are verbally