To Kill A Mockingbird Atticus Quotes Analysis

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Atticus’ beliefs are another reason why his children admire him. He has many strong beliefs about the equality of black people and is open about his beliefs: he doesn’t care what other say or think about him. The following quote is an example of Atticus not caring about what people think of him. “‘I certainly am. I do my best to love everybody… I’m hard put, sometimes-baby, it’s never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name.”’ In the quote Atticus is explaining to Scout why he doesn’t mind being called a nigger-lover. He says this because he is confident in his beliefs and won’t stand down because he was insulted. Almost all the white people in Maycomb disagree with Atticus because they think that black people are a lower

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