Atticus Finch, the sagacious and avuncular lawyer-hero of Harper Lee's 1960 novel, "To Kill a Mockingbird," who earned the scorn of his segregated Southern town by defending a black man wrongly accused of rape?
Atticus Finch In To Kill A Mockingbird Atticus Finch, a well respected lawyer that gets negatively criticized by his relatives and the society of Maycomb for having courage to defend Tom Robinson. Tom is a black man who was falsely accused of raping Mayella Ewell.
Atticus Finch He is a lawyer who appears to support racial equality and is appointed to represent Tom Robinson, a black man who has been accused of raping a young white woman, Mayella Ewell.
Mr. GilmerThe Ewell's lawyer is Mr. Gilmer.
Why does Atticus agree to be Tom Robinson's defense attorney? Does he expect to win the case? Atticus doesn't think Tom can win the case. He agrees to defend him in the belief that he must practice law with integrity and without discrimination.
Scout's reflection that Atticus wanted her to hear what he said shows that Atticus understands how difficult things are for Scout right now. He wants her to understand, however, that he must defend Tom Robinson in order abide by his own conscience and code of ethics.
Mayella testifies and insists that Tom raped her and beat her as well. Mayella says Tom is asked to chop a chiffarobe and that is when he rapes her. Atticus shows through her testimony that she has no social skills, has an unhappy homelife, and has no friends. She has nothing of value in her life.
Atticus's first two clients were the Havords aka Jackass's. They were the last two people hanged in Maycomb because they refused to take Atticus's advice to plead guilty to a lesser charge.
Boo Radley is a white individual who never left his house because of the ways society viewed him. Tom Robinson was a black man who got framed of a crime that he did not do. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird…show more content… Second of all, Jew and Scout heard noises behind them walking home.
Although Atticus presents a defense that gives a more plausible interpretation of the evidence—that Mayella was attacked by her father, Bob Ewell—Tom is convicted. He is later killed while trying to escape custody.