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‘-until you climb into his skin and walk around in it’”. (p 33)
This quote reveals that Atticus considers issues from others’ viewpoint before he acts.
2. “‘It’s against the law all right,’ said my father, ‘and it’s certainly bad when a man spends his relief checks on green whisky while his children have a way of crying from hunger pains. I don’t know of landowner around here who begrudges those children any game their father can hit.’
‘Of course he shouldn’t, but he’ll never change his ways. Are you going to take out your disapproval on his children’” (p 34)
We can see that Atticus can bend the rules in cases where
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Atticus is obviously a very honest person, even when it is debatable whether his audience would know the truth from the lie, as this quote shows. “‘You rarely win, but sometimes you do. “‘If you shouldn’t be defendin’ him, then why are you doin’ it?’
‘For a number of reasons,’ said Atticus. “‘I’d rather you shot at tin cans in the backyard, but I know you’ll go after birds. But don’t make a production out of it. Children are children, but they can spot an evasion quicker than adults, and evasion simply muddles ‘em. Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can’t hit them, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird. ’”
(p 51)
This reveals that Atticus is a honest person who acts the same to his family as he does to people he meets on the street. ’” (p 83)
This says that Atticus is a man of high moral values.
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