How Does Atticus Show Patience In To Kill A Mockingbird

Bob Riley once said “Hard times don't create heroes, it is during the hard times when the ‘hero’ within us is revealed.” Author Lee shows the thoughts and feelings of each character carefully. In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird, the character Atticus Finch represents Lee’s idea of social justice by demonstrating patience, wisdom and sympathy.

“A moment of patience in a moment of anger saves a thousand moments of regret (Unknown).”Atticus is a very patient person, he's respectful, intelligent and nonchalant. He gives everybody the same amount of respect, no matter the gender, race or age, and no matter the person he knows them to be. “... Atticus was leaving the post office when Mr. Ewell approached him, cursed him, spat on him, and threatened to kill him---Miss Stephanie said Atticus didn’t bat an eye just took out his handkerchief and wiped his face...”(Lee, 291). Atticus character is very patient and understanding person, he knows Mr. Ewell has problems and he doesn't react with violence because any other person would have. Violence is not always the key to every situation sometimes silence is your best come back.

"There's something in our world that makes men lose their heads—they couldn't be fair if they tried. In our courts, when it's a white man's word against a black man's, the white man always wins. They're ugly, but those are the facts of life” (Lee ,223). Atticus told the jury thus quote. In tough situations Atticus always has great judgement. No matter the color, Harper Lee shows Atticus's character to be the most responsible out of most, he's also one of the most important characters in the book and is greatly talked about throughout the