A Heroic Figure To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, is considered to be a timeless classic that deals with sensitive themes such as predujice, human dignity, social classes, complacency and maturity. In the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama, there was a deadly racial attitude towards the people who were different than the general public. In a town of tunneled vision and pure hatred, Atticus Finch breaks this barrier of old tradition by creating …showed first 75 words of 888 total…

…showed last 75 words of 888 total…I can look squarely back at him" (P. 186, Ch. 30). By the end of the novel, Jem is devoted to his father. Atticus is characterized throughout the book with strict consistency. He is thoughtfully willing to view matters in the eyes of others. He does not develop in the novel, but rather retains his qualities in equal measures, which makes him the moral guide and voice of conscience of the novel, but also a great father.