Who is mr underwood in to kill a mockingbird

Q: What is Mr Underwoods job?

In To Kill a Mockingbird, Mr. Underwood is the sole owner, editor, and printer of the towns newspaper, The Maycomb Tribune. Thus, the answer is C. He normally spends his days firmly planted at his linotype, preparing every edition of the newspaper out of his own head with a jug of cherry wine at his side.

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To Kill a Mockingbird
Braxton Bragg Underwood
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Mr. Underwood Quotes in To Kill a Mockingbird
Mr. Underwood Character Timeline in To Kill a Mockingbird
Why did Mr Underwood protect Atticus?
How is Mr Underwood described?
What is Mr Underwood's job?
What is the main point of Mr Underwood editorial?

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Need help finding who Mr. Underwood is and where can I find him in the book? Have searched the hold book and can't find hide nor tail of him.

Help, due Friday!

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Last updated by clayburn g #165265 on 1/14/2011 2:12 PM

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Answered by coco s #17435 on 9/14/2007 3:32 PM

Braxton Brag Underwood is the editor of the Maycomb Tribune.

Answered by cheers! . #64613 on 10/4/2008 5:01 AM

Mr Underwood despises negroes but hates injustice even more. He is there protecting Atticus and Tom in the lynch mob.

He's a character who has changed after the trial.Yes, go read the last part about the article he wrote

Answered by shallon m #164217 on 1/6/2011 7:05 AM

Spark notes say he works as the publisher of maycomb's newspaper.

Answered by clayburn g #165265 on 1/14/2011 2:12 PM

Mr. Braxton Underwood, who had been sitting quietly in a chair reserved for the Press, soaking up testimony with his sponge of a brain, allowed his bitter eyes to rove over the colored balcony, and they met mine. He gave a snort and looked away.

– Harper Lee

To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapter 18. Newspaper editor Mr. Underwood shows he is clearly a racist during Tom Robinson’s trial. He disapproves of Scout and Jem, white kids, sitting with the blacks in the balcony. That is why he snorts.

Mr. Underwood is the publisher of Maycomb’s newspaper. Mr. Underwood respects Atticus and proves his
ally. He was outraged with the death of Tom Robinson and decided that it was a good topic for the editorial. Because he was so angry, he didn't care if he lost advertising or not, he was going to have his say. Scout tells us that he
was writing so children could understand what he was saying.
"Mr. Underwood simply figured it was a sin to kill cripples, be they standing, sitting, or escaping. He likened Tom's death to the senseless slaughter of songbirds by hunters and children, and Maycomb felt he was trying to write an article poetical enough to be printed in The Montgomery Advertiser." pg 241
Scout feels that Tom had been given due process of law, but then she thought about it and realized what Mr. Underwood was really saying.

Theme

Mr. Underwood represents the theme

Moral Courage

because he wrote the article about how wrong it was that Tom was killed even though he could have lost his job.

I chose this photo because it is what Mr. Underwood does when he finds out that Tom had been killed.

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Braxton Bragg Underwood

Mr. Underwood shares his name with a famous typewriter brand—appropriate, since he runs Maycomb's one and only newspaper, The Maycomb Tribune. He's also one of the few minor characters in the novel who changes over the course of the story.

After one of his first appearances, covering Atticus with a shotgun the night the lynch mob tries to take Tom out of jail, Atticus explains why this was a weird thing for Mr. Bragg to do: "he despises N****es, won't have one near him" (16.5), and yet he acts to protect Tom as well as Atticus. After Tom is killed, Mr. Bragg writes a bitter editorial about injustice, suggesting that his attitudes towards African-Americans have changed—or perhaps that racist attitudes can be more complicated than a simple "for" or "against."

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The sole owner, writer, and editor of the Maycomb Tribune. According to Atticus, Mr. Underwood is an intense and profane man. He seldom leaves his home above the Tribune to report on any goings-on; people bring him the news instead. Though he’s racist and is one of the men who convenes at the Finches’ home in the days before Tom Robinson’s trial to speak to Atticus, he also stands up for what’s right and is ready to protect Atticus from a mob that gathers at the jailhouse. Following the jury’s guilty verdict and Robinson’s death at the hands of prison guards, Mr. Underwood takes a stand and insists that it’s unconscionable to kill a disabled person, invoking Atticus’s own adage that killing a mockingbird is a sin.

Mr. Underwood Quotes in To Kill a Mockingbird

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Atticus had used every tool available to free men to save Tom Robinson, but in the secret courts of men's hearts Atticus had no case. Tom was a dead man the minute Mayella Ewell opened her mouth and screamed.

Page Number and Citation: 275-76

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Mr. Underwood Character Timeline in To Kill a Mockingbird

The timeline below shows where the character Mr. Underwood appears in To Kill a Mockingbird. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

The next day, Sunday, Atticus spends time in the yard talking with more men, including Mr. Underwood , the owner of the Maycomb Tribune who never leaves his linotype. Atticus shares with... (full context)

...office in the Maycomb Bank building, but he’s not there. They wonder if he’s visiting Mr. Underwood , who lives a few storefronts down on the other side of the jail. The... (full context)

...if the men left. Atticus assures him that the men won’t bother him now, and Mr. Underwood interjects that he was keeping watch from his upstairs window. He waves his shotgun. Atticus... (full context)

...next morning, Aunt Alexandra insists that children who sneak out are disgraces. Atticus notes that Mr. Underwood is a known racist; he’s surprised that Mr. Underwood was protecting him. Calpurnia serves Aunt... (full context)

Judge Taylor calls for a 10-minute break. Mr. Underwood snorts when he sees Scout, Jem, and Dill in the balcony. Scout knows that there... (full context)

...Atticus a note. Atticus asks Judge Taylor to go, since his children are missing, but Mr. Underwood interjects that Scout, Jem, and Dill are in the balcony. The children head downstairs and... (full context)

Following Tom’s death, Mr. Underwood wrote a bitter article about how it’s a sin to kill disabled people. He likened... (full context)

Why did Mr Underwood protect Atticus?

Underwood feels the need to protect Atticus as he does what is right. Tom Robinson doesn't plead guilty and testifies in court against a white woman (Chapter 19) Tom Robinson's testimony reveals that he is a moral, sympathetic man who feels sorry for the condition Mayella lives in.

How is Mr Underwood described?

What is Mr Underwood's job?

In To Kill a Mockingbird, Mr. Underwood is "the sole owner, editor, and printer" of the town's newspaper, The Maycomb Tribune. Thus, the answer is "C." He normally spends his days firmly planted at his linotype, preparing every edition of the newspaper "out of his own head" with a jug of cherry wine at his side.

What is the main point of Mr Underwood editorial?

Underwood simply figured it was a sin to kill cripples, be they standing, sitting, or escaping. He likened Tom's death to the senseless slaughter of songbirds by hunters and children, and Maycomb thought he was trying to write an editorial poetical enough to be reprinted in The Montgomery Advertiser.