Atticus Finch Golden Rule

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Atticus Finch is a fifty-year old man who is a Lawyer in Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird. Atticus chose to defend a black man by the name of Tom Robinson. Tom was accused for raping a white woman. Despite the town being against Atticus defending Tom, Atticus has good morals and is willing to defend Tom Robinson. Because of his good morals and his strong beliefs in the Golden Rule, it makes sense for Atticus to defend Tom Robinson. The first reason it makes sense for Atticus to defend Tom Robinson is that he believes in the golden rule. Atticus follows the Golden Rule and wants his children to follow in his steps. For example, in chapter twenty-three Atticus says, “‘ Jem, see if you can stand in Bob Ewell’s shoes a minute. I destroyed …show more content…
Atticus knows that defending Tom Robinson was a risky action and knew what the consequences might be or know what might happen, so he takes a stand for Tom . In chapter 15, Scout, the narrator, tells the reader, “In ones and twos, men got out of the cars. Shadows became substance as lights revealed solid shapes moving toward the jail door. Atticus remained where he was. The men hid him from view. ‘He in there, Mr. Finch?’ A man said. ‘He is,’ we heard Atticus answer, ‘ and he’s asleep. Don’t wake him up.’ … ‘You know what we want,’ another man said. ‘Get aside from the door, Mr. Finch.’ ‘You can turn around and go home again, Walter,’ Atticus said pleasantly.” (202) Atticus knows that a group of men is going to go and hurt Tom so he goes and stands in front of Tom’s jail cell to protect Tom from the men coming to hurt him. Atticus knows self respect for himself and others. For example, in chapter 9 Atticus states, “‘For a number of reasons,’ said Atticus. ‘The main one is, if I didn’t I couldn’t hold up my head in town, I couldn’t represent this city in the legislature, I couldn’t even tell you or Jem to not do something again.’” (100) For Atticus, you have to judge yourself before you can judge anyone else and his self-respect links up with his good morals. Atticus’ strong morals make him a good person and is capable of defending Tom Robinson to the best of his ability. Some might
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