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In Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird, Atticus Finch is a genuinely good man, a rarity in a town made up mostly of unreasonable and highly emotional people. Bravery, wisdom, and high morality are qualities admired in a man: the combination of these qualities result in an outstandingly good man known as Atticus Finch.

Atticus displays bravery many times throughout the novel; the most notable of these times being when he chose to go down to the jail to protect Tom Robinson against a lynching mob headed by Walter Cunningham. "Get aside from the door, Mr Finch.' ‘You can turn around and go home Walter,' Atticus said pleasantly." It takes a brave man to stand up to someone, but it takes braver man to do it as Atticus did, without anger or violence.

Atticus's wisdom is an outstanding. Atticus always has words of wisdom and encouragment for his children. His wisdom sometimes shows itself in subtle ways, such as when Atticus explains to Jem why it is wrong to kill a mockingbird, or......

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