Intrapersonal

Who would you want to be friends with in the novel? Explain.


Atticus Finch

Why Him ? He is Atticus Finch in the novel, To Kill A Mocking Bird.Atticus Finch, one of the main characters. He is the lawyer of the defendant, Tom Robinson. Tom Robinson was accused of raping Mayella Ewell. Despite that fact that Tom Robinson was black, he still put up a good ‘fight’ in the court. The fight refers to how he speaks up during the trial to defend Tom Robinson, to defend a person who is not related to him, to defend a black!

During Atticus Finch times, black was known to be discriminated by the whites. Atticus Finch, who was a white, should not have even helped a black in the first place. That is because he will be in a state like no other blacks, discriminated by the white as he helped the black. But out of many reason, his courage and rightness make him stand for the blacks. He feels that equalities and justice must be seen among all races, among everybody, and most importantly among the white and the black. Thus, when he is so sure that Tom Robinson is innocent due to many suspicious points (e.g. Tom Robinson, who had one of his hand handicapped, could actually grab a thick-bodied girl and slap her at the same point of time), he decided to stand up for the justice and to prove Tom Robinson’s innocence by taking his case.

His courage displayed through helping a black allowed people, especially the black, to see him as a hero. His courage to stand against the white discrimination and help the black deserve the respect of ours. And also I feel that the way he actually spoken in the trial actually takes him a lot of courage to say as he will have to be prepared to receive many negative comments of him and his family from the whites.

Just this two points, I already want to make friends with him. This is because in this century we are living, there is hardly anyone who is like Atticus Finch, who puts others into consideration before himself, and willing to scarify for a person who is not related to him, scarify for nothing, scarify because of justice and rightness!

From this question, I feel that Maycomb can be a good place to live in there is more courageious people like Atticus but also, it also might not be an ideal place for us to live in due to the prejudice, black vs white. Justice or rightness or not seen due to prejudice !