Atticus Finch Outsider

Atticus Finch is portrayed as an outsider in the county of Maycomb in to Kill a Mockingbird

by Harper Lee. The way he acts contradicts the actions of most other people in the society
and he goes against the normal views. The causes him to be viewed as different as is
labelled as an outsider. In a time of racism and unfair discrimination of people because of
the colour of their skin, he stands up for the people who society believes shouldn’t be stood
up for. He defends black people as a white man and society sees him as an outsider. An
example of this is when he defends Tom Robinson in a rape trial. “But Atticus aims to defend
him.” This is said because Atticus knows he will not be able to win the case. He is trying to
defend a black man in a rape trial and knows that even with no evidence, he will still be
charged plainly because of his race. This depicts him as an outsider as he is taking on a case,
he can’t win defending somebody who was in their eyes clearly a bad man. This is also
shown with the quote “We’ve done business in this court for years and years, and Mr. Finch
is always courteous to everybody. He’s not trying to mock you, he’s trying to be
polite. That’s just his way.” This is stating that Atticus is actually trying to help Tom prove his
innocence and allow him to be not guilty rather than pretending. He is attempting to free
Tom despite his race. Atticus finch is portrayed as an outsider because he defends the
coloured in a white dominated society and despite racism with others he attempts to be fair
making him an outsider in the community.