In the novel "to kill a mocking bird" what are issues and causes important to atticus finch?

Question

I need help!

i read this book 3times and i cant figure this out!=/

what does atticus think of the law?

what values does he teach his children?

why is atticus view of race relations in contrast to the way his community thinks?[this one is confusing to me]

Answer 1

He defends a black man in a racist society in a time where he was ridiculed for representing a black man that should tell you what his views on racism are.He is a lawyer and i believe he thinks that justice will prevail. He believes in the justice system because he himself is trying to better it. The community is not in the present time it is in a time when racism was rampant much much more so than today and everyone even friends and neighbors shunned him for representing this man. Hope this helps you to figure it out some. I have read the book a few times myself.

Answer 2

the values that he teaches his children is simple, just try to find parts of the book when he is either lecturing his children or he is talking to them because he is almost always teaching them some kind of lesson

the third question is actually pretty simple

it is just asking you how atticus finch looks at race(ethnicity's) different from the way his community looks at them

for example, the community is very racist towards blacks however atticus treats them as equals

i hope i kind of helped

im not so sure about question 1 though, sorry :/

Answer 3

He's not prejudice.. I think you can figure out the answers to the questions from there.