"Why does atticus tell the children it is a sin to kill?" is one of the questions Atticus asks in chapter 10 of To Kill aMockingbird.
He may be a fictional character, but we can all learn from his quotes about life and the way we should live.
The attorney that is assigned to represent Tom, a black man who is wrongly accused of a crime in the 1930s, is from To Kill a Mockingbird.Even though he won't be able to win the case, Atticus does his best to defend Tom because he knows he is innocent and it's the right thing to do.
We can learn from his example of behavior and character in the book.
We have a collection of To Kill a Mockingbird quotes that will make you nostalgic.
1.Every lawyer gets at least one case in his lifetime that affects him personally.I think this one is mine.If you will, hold your head high and keep those fists down, because you might hear some ugly talk about it at school.
3.I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of thinking of courage as a man with a gun in his hand.It's when you know you're licked before you start and you see it through no matter what.You rarely win, but sometimes you do.
6.When my father hated guns and had never been to any wars, I thought he was the bravest man who ever lived.
There are 8.If he drank until he was drunk, he wouldn't be as hard as some men are at their best.There are some men who are so busy worrying about the next world they have never learned to live in that you can look down the street and see the results.
10.It was the polite thing to talk to people about what they were interested in.
11.Some men are born to do unpleasant jobs for us.Your father is one of them.
There are 12.She said that sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a bottle of whiskey.
13"Jen and I were accustomed to our father's last- will-and-testament diction, and were at times free to interrupt Atticus for a translation when it was beyond our understanding."
There are 14.Atticus has instilled in his children a strong sense of morality and justice.He is committed to racial equality.
15.Atticus believes in the justice system.He accepts the appointment to Tom Robinson's case despite not liking criminal law.He knows he is going to lose this case, but he still gives Tom the strongest defense he can.Atticus doesn't put as much effort into Tom's case because he is innocent.The justice system should be color blind, and Atticus defends Tom as an innocent man, not a man of color.
16.It makes you look silly if you don't choose your family, because they're still kin to you no matter whether you acknowledge them or not.
17Aunty said that one had to behave like a sunbeam and that I had grown worse every year.She hurt my feelings and set my teeth on edge, but when I asked Atticus about it, he said there were already enough sunbeams in the family and to go on about my business.
18.There were twelve reasonable men in Tom's jury, but there was something that came between them.The same thing happened in front of the jail.When that crew went away, they went because they were there.There is something in our world that makes men lose their minds if they try.
19I don't pretend to understand why reasonable people go crazy when a Negro is involved.
20.We are not fighting the Yankees, we are fighting our friends.No matter how bitter things get, they are still our friends and this is our home.
21.There is a truth that applies to the human race and to no particular race of men.There is no one in this courtroom who has ever lied, done an immoral thing or looked upon a woman without desire.
22.Nobody is born knowin'.Walter gets held back sometimes because he has to help his father, but he is as smart as he can be.Nothin's right with him.I think there is one kind of person.Folks, it's Atticus Finch.
24.When a child learns they are not attracting attention with their bad language, it dies.
25.His hands were under my chin and he tucked the cover around me.When you finally see them, most people are Scout.
26.Answer a child's questions for goodness' sake.Don't make a production of it.Children can spot an evasion quicker than adults, and evasion simply confuses them.
27.A man is forced to make up his mind when he is on a jury.Men don't like to do that.Sometimes it is unpleasant.
There is a new date for this.You don't really understand a person until you consider his point of view...You have to climb into his skin and walk around it.
30."Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win."
31.Can you stand in Bob Ewell's shoes for a minute?If he had any credibility left, I destroyed it at that trial.The man always has a comeback.If spitting in my face and threatening me saved Mayella Ewell one extra beating, that's something I'll take.
34.I have tried to live so that I can look back at him when he looks at anyone else.
35.It took an eight-year-old child to bring a group of wild animals to their senses.Maybe we need a police force of children.
36.It is never an insult to be called a bad name.It shows you how poor that person is.
37.Are you proud that you insulted a total stranger whose circumstances you know nothing about?
38.Sometimes we have to make the best of things, and the way we conduct ourselves when the chips are down, maybe you will look back on this with some compassion and some feeling that I didn't let you.
39.I wouldn't be able to meet his eye if I connived at something like this, and I would know I had lost him.I want to keep him and Scout, because they are all I have.
40.Even if it does resist learning, fighting with your head for a change is a good one.
It was 42.The boy might go to the chair, but he is not going until the truth is told.You know what the truth is.
It was 43.As you grow older, you will see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but I want you to know that, no matter who he is, how rich or poor, a white man will cheat a black man.
44.There is one way in this country in which all men are created equal, and that is by a human institution that makes the stupid man the equal of a Rockefeller, an Einstein and a college president.The institution is a court.It can be the Supreme Court of the United States or the humblest JP court in the land.
45.The only place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a courtroom, be he any color of the rainbow, but people have a way of carrying their resentments right into a jury box.
It was 46.In this country, our courts are the great levelers and all men are created equal.
It was 47.There is nothing more sickening to me than a white man taking advantage of a black person.We are going to pay the bill one day because it is all adding up.I hope it isn't in your children's time.
48.This may be the shadow of a beginning, that was the one thing that made me think.The jury took a long time.It's an inevitable verdict, but usually it takes just a few minutes.
49.There are a lot of ugly things in this world.I wish I could keep them away from you.That is never possible.
50.It is a sin to kill a mockingbird if you can hit them.
51.Courage is when you know you are licked before you start and you see it through no matter what.
It was 52.There was a person named Boo Radley.When he put the blanket around you, you didn't know the fire was there.
It was 53.The Constitution is the only thing higher than the Court in this country.
54.Walter Cunningham was made to stand in his shoes.That was enough.
56.Scout, if you just learn a single trick, you will get along with a lot of people.
58.Limit your love to your own nation is not enough.You have to respond with love to those outside of it....This concept allows people to live together as the human race.
59.I don't know, but they did it.They have done it before and they will do it again and when they do, it seems that only children cry.
60.By my want of skill, many love well, though they express it ill.
From time to time, we are faced with decisions on how to act and what type of person we will be.A man with strong principles and living by them regardless of what others think of him is an example of a fictional character.
You can use some of the quotes above to encourage you to stick with it, if you are in a trying time right now.It's not the right thing if things aren't always easy.All men are created equal and should be treated that way.
Which of the quotes and lines do you like the most?Do you have any favorite quotes?You can share with us in the comment section.We would love to hear about it.