Anti-Heroes in Modern Shows While, Heroes in the Past: the Understanding of Archetypal Characters in to Kill a Mockingbird and Breaking Bad

An ideal hero is someone who solemnly concentrates on trying to assure people’s safety and attempts to make a difference in the world by giving out the best of their abilities. They are there to show that one’s worth through courageous acts without any dirty tricks to win a confrontation. Ideal heroes are kenned for their triumph and attributes and are mostly pictured as powerful, muscular, vigorous and energetic. In To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee, Atticus is the true hero who renders the characteristics of being courageous and compassionate as he tries to make ethical and moral decisions to change up the ways of Maycomb. There are many instances where Atticus has presented himself as an archetypal hero. He suffers through the pain, lives the moments of joy and at times has felt in charge of his own actions. As a lawyer, Atticus fulfills his job and stands up for justice as he tries to defend a Negro who is accused of raping a white man’s daughter. During the duration of when the black people were disrespected by the white people, Atticus takes a huge step in defending a black man. When Cecil Jacobs, a student at Jem and Scout’s school announces to the school yard that “Scout Finch’s daddy [defends] niggers” (Lee, 74), Scout tells Atticus what happened at school that night and Atticus asserts, “I’m simply defending a Negro, his name’s Tom Robinson.” (Lee, 75) Atticus shows an abundance of courage and confidence when he defends Tom. The black community knows that without Atticus’s avail Tom would directly go to jail. They revere him and looked up to him as a hero. When he announces the trial to his kids, Atticus is not ashamed to say that he will be for fending Robinson at court. Instead, he stands up tall and with pride on the day of the trial. Atticus also is not scared to show Maycomb what he stands up for as well as what he believes in. Atticus exhibits true valiancy when he defends Tom Robinson, even though he knows what is right and wrong in Maycomb. He stands up for Tom Robinson as he defends him from Maycomb’s racism, knowing that if he does that, he is putting himself and his kids at risk from being detested by the folks at Maycomb. He also withal not only takes a black man's case, but brutally fights for Tom’s victoriously triumph. Albeit he knows he will never win the trial and the people of Maycomb County will certainly disrespect him and his children to test his patience, Atticus remains calm and fights for his best for Tom Robinson. He is a role model to his kids and others as well as a hero. Similarly, as courageous is one the attributes of a hero, Atticus is compassionate to those who do and do not deserve his love just so they are content. Jem and Scout present Mrs. Dubose as one of the meanest lady who ever lived. One day when the kids pass her house to go to town, Mrs. Dubose, being a mature woman abruptly steps in talking to the kids in an ill-mannered way and treating them like they are