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A portrait of Atticus Finch, a lawyer from To Kill a Mockingbird

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Atticus Finch is a principled lawyer in 1930s Alabama who defends a Black man accused of rape despite community hostility. As a widowed father raising two young children, he embodies moral courage and compassion in a time of deep racial prejudice, teaching his children and community valuable lessons about justice, empathy, and human dignity.

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