Atticus Finch: my favorite character

Rating: 9/10 (15 August 2002)

Contains Spoiler No doubt about it. Atticus Finch, my favorite character ever.
I confess myself as a book worm, and I've read the book and seen the movie. Both made quite an impression.
And I think Atticus Finch is a hero in his own modest way. A widower raising two kids, on his own, in such hard times, teaching them how to make "what's right", in spite of everybody's else opinion.
You can feel how respected he is in Maycomb. Respected the same by the white and black communities, always a gentleman. How Reverend Sykes tells Scout to "stand up, because you father is passing" is so breathtaking. Even though he lost his case, and Tom Robinson had got a guilty verdict, although all the evidences showed he was an innocent man.
And you can also feel his disappoint when he's told Tom was shot as trying to escape.
I definitely think we'd live in a better world with more Atticuses in it.