To Kill A Mockingbird: Compassion From Atticus Finch
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In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill A Mockingbird, Atticus Finch develops into an honorable, moral man who defends a black man, Tom Robinson, against malicious accusations of the rape of white woman. The novel confronts the issue of compassion or the lack thereof, which “…alone stands apart from t ....
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.... for Tom, several of the townspeople felt compassion toward Atticus for standing up for what is morally just. QUOTE BLACKS IN BALCONY. Also, the blacks QUOTE ON FOOD GAVE THEM. Not just the black felt sympathy toward Atticus, but the white townspeople were grateful for his honorable actions and felt compassionate towards him for being the person that had to MISS MAUDIE QUOTE. However the racists in the town still disliked Atticus for his actions and threatened him by spitting in his face ....
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