Atticus is a static character in To Kill a Mockingbird, his actions develop the same throughout the book, keeping how he shows empathy to others. He forgives Mr. Cunningham in the beginning of the book, after Mr. Cunningham threatened to hurt Atticus. He forgives Mr. Cunningham by saying,

Atticus forgives him and excuses his threats to him. Empathy is to understand the feelings and experiences of another, Atticus shows this by understanding who Mr. Cunningham is forgiving his hostile character saying it’s just 

 Even though Mr. Cunningham was going to hurt Atticus, Atticus defends him and calls him a good man and includes him to the rest of the society. This trait develops further into the book, having Atticus forgive another person who hurts him. After Bob Ewell harrasses and spits on Atticus he excuses his behavior telling Jem,

 He shows empathy by understanding Bob Ewell’s point of view and his perspective. Atticus forgives him and lets his children know to see his perspective and forgive him as well. Comparing these situations, Atticus is empathetic to Mr. Cunningham and Bob Ewell, forgiving their harmful actions to him and understanding why they did it. Both of these experiences were developed through the book, showing that Atticus is a static character that shows no change through To Kill a Mockingbird.

Describing how Atticus was dressed neatly and sophisticated after leaving the court case. Atticus dresses this as a normal routine because it says, “he was his impassive self again” showing that he is back to “normal”. He dresses back to his routined outfit after Tom Robinson was found guilty. Atticus does this to show that he is not sad, but calm like before and how he is regularly, showing no change. Holding back his emotions to refrain himself from having a bad influence on Jem and Scout. Trying to help them see a role model, to feel like it will be okay, and everything is calm and back to normal. His character’s appearance makes it seem so everything is how it was before, and he seems like his normal calm self. 

Atticus speaks out for the black community, to break the harmful stereotypes of how black men in the community act. By his actions, he shows that he is an advocate and trying to be a moral compass, a person who guides the community’s morals in the right direction, to dissolve the normalized racism in Maycomb. He is defending Tom Robinson, a black man, even though he is white and grew up in a family who are racist and had slaves before. The Finch family has a lot of money, and is higher in social status than most people, which include the Ewells and the Cunninghams. Although, with a high social status, he acts humble and empathetic. Breaking the stereotype to act like his sister, Aunt Alexandria, who acts mean and is racist. Which was a stereotype to act that way because of how privileged and well off he grew up.