Classic Cinema

Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch To Kill A Mockingbird (Image from Pinterest) This post will shift to looking at Atticus as the man, maybe a figure no one really sees. He is a lawyer, he is an a neighbor, friend. He is the kind of person we want to know. His seriousness, his solemnness. His charms. We see how time has transformed him. He faced adversity in a small town slow to accept people of color(black). In a previous post about To Kill A Mockingbird, it emphasized the role of Atticus Finch as the father and what it meant to his children Scout and Jem. He had a vast effect on his children and their livelihood as we saw. I could write more on that role at another time but for now I would like to write about Atticus as the man, not discounting his role as a father or any other roles he played.  Gregory Peck and his effect to etch the image of an aging man brought the film version of To Kill A Mockingbird to life. We can see no other male play the role as he did back in the ear