{"id": "card_n_84d4b12996d1", "kind": "note", "title": "Atticus Finch", "body": "Small-town Southern lawyer assigned to defend Tom Robinson in an unwinnable case; takes it seriously when most expected a token defense; is despised by neighbors, threatened, his children put at risk; loses the verdict; is mourned by the black community as he leaves the courtroom.\n\nFailure mode: None in the defense itself.\n\nRestoration path: Defend the case as if the verdict could be just; raise the children to see it.\n\nMarkers: assigned a case the town wants lost; takes it as if winnable; social cost to family; mounts a real defense in losing; standing-when-passes recognition\n\n— Atticus Finch, Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird (Literature)", "source": {"label": "Archetype — Literature", "url": "", "ref": "Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird", "authority_tier": "reference"}, "shelf": "reference", "box": "archetypes", "bands": ["archetype", "lone_voice", "literature"], "connections": [], "author": "engine", "created_at": "2026-07-10T21:00:05.284658+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-10T21:00:05.284658+00:00", "visibility": "public", "lifecycle_stage": "public", "volatility": "permanent", "surface": "secular", "metrics": {"paperclips_count": 0, "helpful_count": 0, "not_helpful_count": 0, "cite_count": 0, "walks_through_count": 0, "flagged_count": 0}, "source_hash": "4160d3d35ce1b9eb5bda045ab6d9ef185aa34399868cd622b06129fdc1b136fc"}