Американский герой — American hero
Nelle Harper Lee is the author who wrote the famous novel «To Kill a Mockingbird» in 1960. To Kill A Mockingbird won Pulitzer in 1961 and was voted the best American novel of the century in 1999. One of the main characters of this novel is Atticus Finch.
He has a well-respected family but he is a lawyer and widowed father who is raising his children.
First, Atticus Finch is the descendant of Simon Finch, an apothecary from England who settled near Maycomb. Atticus has a brother, Jack Finch, and his sister, Alexandra Finch. Also, while Atticus was a legislator, he met and married the future mother of his children, Jem and Scout Finch. But his wife died of a heart attack two years after Scout, their younger child, was born and their eldest child, Jem, was six years old. Equally important, Atticus loves his family.
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Second, Atticus is a lawyer went to Montgomery to study law, rather
Also, unable to abide the town»s comfortable ingrained racial prejudice, he agrees to defend Tom Robinson, a black man who is accused of raping a while woman, Mayella Ewell. In addition, he is known as a successful lawmaker in Maycomb.
Third, Atticus demonstrates his love for Jem and Scout by spending time with them. For instance, he often reads to them. Then Atticus waits for them after school.
At Scout»s young age, the security of seeing her father waiting for is a good feeling. Next, he strives to give his children spirit, bravery, tolerance for others and treat everyone equally. For example, Atticus told, «If you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you will get along a lot better with all kinds of folks».
Also, Atticus hired Calpurnia, a black
Finally, one of the central characters of the novel «To Kill A Mockingbird» is Atticus Finch. He represents the ideal of a lawyer, father and human being. He teaches his children on the importance of being open-minded, judicious, generous neighbors and citizens.
Baseball is the most popular game in the US. It is played throughout the spring and summer by schools, colleges and professional teams. Football is the most popular game in the autumn. There are professional football teams in all the main cities of the United States.
In American football there are eleven players in each team, as in original football, but the rules are different. Players are often hurt in American football. So the teams wear special clothing and helmets as in hockey. Basketball is a very popular game in the United States too. It is especially popular in high schools, both among boys and girls.
The game of golf is very popular with businessmen and professional people. It is played by both men and women. There are now more golfers than tennis players. Swimming, water siding and skin diving are popular summer sports. In winter many people go in for ice-skating, skiing and hockey if they live in the Northern and Central states.
Other sports include wrestling, boxing and horse-racing.
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