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- Children don't appreciate how special he is. They feel he's not like everyone else's dad because he's academic.
- Respected by Maycomb society even throughout the trial, even when people disagree with him
- People see him as triggering the start of change among the justice system in the deep south, even if he's only helped the first step in a long line of them.
- Children realize that just because he's different it doesn't mean he doesn't have his talents.
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- 'You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... until you climb into his skin and walk around it.' (page 33.)
- 'Atticus Finch is the same in his house as he is on the public streets.' (page 51.)
- 'Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.' (page 99.)
- 'I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do.' (page 124.)
- '... Atticus Finch won't win, he can't win, but he's the only man in these parts who can keep a jury out so long in a case like that. And I thought to myself, well we're making a step - it's just a baby-step, but it's a step.' (page 238.)
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