Study Guide
Atticus is one of my favorite father figures in literary history. He's a strong character, but he's also willing to stand up for what he believes. He represents an important role model for Scout. Here are a few of the quotes from Atticus Finch, in
To Kill a Mockingbird' (by
Harper Lee).
- "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
- spoken by Atticus Finch, by Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
- "The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience."
- spoken by Atticus Finch, by Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
- "There's a lot of ugly things in this world, son. I wish I could keep 'em all away from you. That's never possible."
- spoken by Atticus Finch, by Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
- "Courage is not a man with a gun in his hand. It's knowing you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do."
- spoken by Atticus Finch, by Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
- "When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness sake. But don't make a production of it. Children are children, but they can spot an evasion faster than adults, and evasion simply muddles 'em."
- spoken by Atticus Finch, by Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
- "Bad language is a stage all children go through, and it dies with time when they learn they're not attracting attention with it."
- spoken by Atticus Finch, by Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
- "Best way to clear the air is to have it all out in the open."
- spoken by Atticus Finch, by Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
- "I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do. Mrs Dubose won, all ninety-eight pounds of her. According to her views, she died beholden to nothing and nobody. She was the bravest person I ever knew."
- spoken by Atticus Finch, by Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
