To begin with, I am going to be characterizing Atticus. One reason he is an understanding person is because he puts himself in other people's shoes. Atticus tries to understand why the Radley’s are so shy and quiet. He does not comment on how they do not ever come out, he thinks that if they want to come out they will come out. The Radley’s have never bothered Atticus, so he does not bother them. When he thinks about the Radley’s he tries to understand their point of view, maybe they do not want to come out because of the rumors people have created about them. During the process of this court case Atticus is getting a better understanding of how the Radley’s feel. He is starting to understand how it feels to be judged by the townspeople, and …show more content…
He knows that the children see the world differently than adults do, so he when he is teaching the children a lesson he puts it in a way they will understand. When he talks to Scout he understands how she could see a scenario a different way then he sees it, it helps him connect with her. This is the reason Scout and her father are so close, it is because Atticus is one of the only people that understands how Scout sees the world. He understands that Scout does not want to be categorized, she wants to live her life in a unique way. She does not want to be a follower she wants to be a leader, and Atticus understands her because he is the same way. Not only does he understand the kids perception of life, but he also understands that there are two sides to every story. He knows that when the children are fighting he has to listen to both sides because that is what is fair. The children respond to him in a better way if they both get to share their side of the story, and if they know that he understands there are two sides in a story. An example of when there is two sides in a story is when Tom Robinson gets accused of raping an Ewell …show more content…
He had to raise two children with no wife to help him. Atticus could have remarried but he decided that he wanted to raise the children by himself, and that proves that he strong. Raising children is hard enough, but raising children alone would take an extremely strong person. He is raising these two children alone, so it allows people to draw to a conclusion that his wife died. He had to get through his wife dying, and now he has to raise two children alone. It takes a brave man to handle that situation and to still be able to love his children unconditionally. After his wife died he probably went through a period of time where he felt sorry for himself, but he got over it and now he has two beautiful, intelligent young children. He is also brave because he took on a court case that he knows he will probably not win. Atticus knew that taking on this court case was going to cause the townspeople to judge his family, but he did it anyways. Him taking on this case proves that he wants to make a point to Maycomb’s people, the point he is trying to make is that there are two sides to every story. Everybody in this period of time came from generations of believing that whites are better than blacks, and Atticus might want to put a stop to this notion. It takes a brave person to defend a black person during this period of time in history. He is not only putting himself in a tough spot, he is also putting his