What makes a Hero?

Atticus ' being a hero . His unwavering pursuit of justice against these odds is what chiefly finds him out to become a hero not in his son 's vision of a father (in that subjective viewpoint ) but in a more universal definition : Heroism through moral judgment

In classic Greek drama , Plato 's idea of morality is presented as rational action . Morality isn 't a free will that governs humanity 's actions , but rather it is universal reason (life as a whole ) that dictates action , thus in is found Atticus ' heroism . In his moral

br judgment in defending Tom Robinson and even going against a lynch mob in his pursuit of that justice create in Lee 's story a dynamic force of this moral reality . In Atticus ' is awakened the sense of racial heroism as Crespino states "In the twentieth century , To Kill a Mockingbird is probably the most widely read book dealing with race in America , and its protagonist , Atticus Finch , the most enduring fictional image of racial heroism (Crespino 9 . It is perhaps this one pursuit that most clearly defines the type of heroism found in Atticus Finch 's character that of a seeker and of a tragic hero . It is in his morality that such a definition can most succinctly be expounded

Human nature is a nature of reason , not strictly adherent to passion or feelings , but rather to a higher calling - it is this higher calling in which readers find Atticus ' heroism , his morality despite an adverse reality . Morality then , becomes the crux of finding heroism in Harper Lee 's novel . Morality is reason . This is not to say that Plato and other classic Greek were ascetic rather they placed passion and feelings in their plays but the ethics of humanity being tied into the good of a person...