Post Number: ATTICUS FINCH IS A HERO

No matter if he was a racist, a member of the k.k.k., or just against blacks Atticus Finch is a hero who risked his and his families life for a chance to save a black man's life. And I don't appreciate the way that people have hopped on the gentleman bandwagon for a character that they have loved since the beginning. I have heard people argue that he said the k.k.k. was a political party. If he was a member, to him it would be. He wouldn't be out lynching and burning crosses when he stopped the very people who were going that very thing. The more racist he was, the more a hero he was. If he completely hated blacks, then to defend one it would take a lot of bravery. Obviously the town disagreed with him (again brave) and called him and his kids n-lovers. He let his kids go to black churches and even his black servant's house. To do all that would (OBVIOUSLY) not seem gentlemen-like to his town. What would have is if he wither turned down the case and served his sentence or have thrown the case. Even against the impossible odds of an all white-male(talk about oppression)  jury he took it. If you had a chance to take a case that you knew the odds were 100 to one, I bet you wouldn't risk your life and your family's for a person who was almost certainly condemned to death, I mean who would? Atticus Finch would, and he would even get an appeal and try again. Anyone who calls him a racist could be completely true.At that time (and even now) to discuss certain topics you have to attribute certain characteristics to a group of people (the definition of racism). If you take into account "Go Set a Watchman", which is a first draft and should not be used because there are differences between it and "To Kill a Mocking Bird" page 109 of the book tells you about the first draft's Tom Robinson rape case, with Atticus talking about white being white and black being black he could have easily meant that he didn't think that they should together and should be segregated because they would not be equal. There would be more Mayellas crying wolf and killing innocent men because they were embarrassed. He brings up how it's a sin to take advantage of black people because black people wouldn't (and couldn't) defend themselves in the court of law or outside for that matter. He was trying to protect black people from desperate whites who were angry. Atticus could be a racist, he very well could be a member of the k.k.k., but he is definitely a hero and please read this entire post before making comments (and make sure they're your own).