i am reading To Kill A Mockingbird for the fourth time--Atticus is the most fascinating character. amongst twenty other things i admire about him, one that sticks out this time around is his patience. when Bob Ewell spits in his face and threatens him with his life, all Atticus has to say about the matter is, "I wish Bob Ewell wouldn't chew tobacco".
in sunday school we read this scripture: "He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city." - Proverbs 16:32
Atticus is able to take a case of a black man's word against a white man's in a time when victory for the black man was unheard of, and keep the jury out for hours. But more importantly, he made the town see that Scout is right, "there's just one kind of folks. Folks." Atticus is mighty.
and mighty handsome...peace+love
4 comments:
Makes me want to read TKAM again. Thanks!
There are actually two kinds of folks... there are folks and then there is you and me. i hate college. will you please come back so i'm not so lonely
i like your new blog background. or sideground whatever you want to call it
o yes and i love scout. i want to be her. i am her. we are one and the same. you can now call me scout.
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