first body paragraph of essay # 8

(TS) Atticus amazes his children when he kills the dog with one shot, because they didn’t know their father could shoot. (SD) Jem and scout can’t believe what they’ve just seen and heard, because they thought there father was an old boring man who just sat around and read law. (CM)The second Atticus fired the rifle his children were astonished by what they just witnessed. (CM)When Atticus took the rifle he was told it was a, “one shot deal,” What seemed like hours seemed like seconds but when the dog dropped I knew that Tim Johnson was dead. (SD)Although they thought Atticus was a boring old man they, they discover that he was a very good marksman back in his younger days. (CM) when Atticus was younger he was known as, “ol’ one shot Finch” Because he had an amazing shot with a rifle. He used to consider shooting fifteen birds with fourteen bullets a waste of ammo because he was a lot better than that. Now that Atticus is older he doesn’t hunt anymore and he didn’t even tell Jem or Scout about his talent. (CS) There is more to Atticus Finch than an old man who sits around all day reading law because if you really learn about him you would know that he is actually a very interesting guy.