Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird was published in 1960 and is one of the few classic American novels awarded the Pulitzer Prize. The racism prevalent in many South American cities in the 1930s comes to life with profound imagery in To Kill a Mockingbird. There are several characters in the book, but the real main character is the narrator's father, Atticus Finch. He is a man of great integrity and intelligence. A truly heroic figure in more ways than one, Atticus possesses traits such as being determined, determined, and most importantly, teaching others. When watching To Kill a Mockingbird, you can see that Lee uses a lot of description, dialogue, and action to portray Atticus as a heroic individual. The most important thing that Atticus teaches in To Kill a Mockingbird is the message of how to best educate a child to Kill a Mockingbird. child. From the beginning of the book, it is clear that Atticus has been unlucky for much of his life. "It's when you know you're beaten before you start, but you start anyway and make it no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do" (124). Strives to give Scout and Jem spirit, courage and tolerance towards others. "If you can learn one simple trick, Scout, you'll get along very well with all kinds of people. You'll never truly understand a person until you consider things from their point of view, until you get under their skin and walk around. to it" (30). He teaches this life lesson to show that it is indeed possible to live principledly without losing sight of hope or acting skeptically. Atticus greatly appreciates Mrs. Dubose's courage even though he disapproves of her continued acts of racism. "She had her own opinions on things, very different from mine, perhaps... son, I told you that if you didn't lose your mind I would make you go and read them. I wanted you to see something about her-I wanted you to if you saw what real courage is instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand" (128). Scout's changing level of maturity is defined by a progression towards understanding Atticus' life lessons, which stops in the book's final chapters when Scout recognizes Boo Radley as a human. After the night Bob Ewell's life ends, Boo Radley reveals himself to be a kind-hearted man Scout can identify with...