known to be as the Finchs. The Finches are a family with a boy named Jem, a girl named Scout and a father named Atticus. Atticus has no wife to help take care of his children. Atticus Finch is trying to support his family with all he can do . Atticus is a good father to his children because he cares for them and tries to brighten up their future. Atticus is a good father because he cares for his children and tries to be the best at being a father. In the novel Atticus is a good father because
by Harper Lee, although Atticus lets Jem and Scout do whatever they want, he is an ideal father figure because he educates his children, protects them from being harmed, and sets a good role model for Jem and Scout. Atticus is a good father because he educates his children. He truthfully answers any question Scout or Jem asks him while treating them like adults. In the book, To Kill A Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, Scout asks Atticus about the word “rape”. Atticus replied professionally to
to his senses, though I might be wrong. Other examples include the scenes with Bob Ewell, especially the one where he spits in Atticus’ face for almost reaching an acquittal for Tom. After that scene, I saw him as an immature man who was full of hatred and prejudice, and the fact that he later targets Scout and Jem multiplied my distaste towards him. The movie displays how cruel and evil racism was in the past, which helped the audiences of the
In To Kill A Mockingbird, Atticus the father of two children and a lawyer has big responsibilities that he can handle as an adult that most couldn’t handle he take’s care of his children like most people don’t, he teaches them respect and to have respect to other people. Atticus has a big role in the novel, he plays a father of two and a lawyer of one. He goes into this really big case and he gives it everything he has. He’s also introduced to new questions from his kids as they are growing up and
who they are. Atticus Finch in the fiction novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee has certain traits that make him who he is. Atticus is a widowed father of two children, Scout and Jem, to whom he is a wonderful role model. He is also a lawyer and is appointed to one of the toughest cases of his time. Throughout the novel, Atticus demonstrated the characteristics of being goal-minded, brave, and respectful. Atticus is a goal-minded man. Before Scout had even begun school, she knew how to read, as
said, “No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.” I agree with this quote because it is only when you care about someone that you want to understand how and why they feel a certain way. This is how I go about developing empathy in my life experiences. To empathize you must first care or want to understand someone or something. After finishing the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, the two characters that I can empathize with are Boo Radley and Atticus Finch. Through examples from
gender role development lead to the suggestion that androgynous gender role orientation was more beneficial to children than following traditional gender roles. In this study, they found that “Parents who espouse an egalitarian attitude regarding gender roles are more likely to foster this attitude in their children” (Susan D. Witt, Ph.D., pg 22). The impact of androgynous parenting is shown in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, by Atticus Finch, the father of the protagonist, Jean Louise Finch (otherwise
significant impact on the character of his children. Atticus Finch is a morally upright person as he does not lie and treats everyone as equals. Atticus also teaches his kids a number of important lessons and tries to set a good example for them. In Chapter Three, of To Kill A Mockingbird Atticus shows that he cares about Scout’s feelings as he is quick to
Maudie and Mrs Dubose are minor characters who influence the values and beliefs of Jem and Scout. Calpurnia has influenced the values and belief on the children by taking the role of a surrogate mother. This includes teaching the children how to act in a respectable manner. Calpurnia teaches the children morality and good manners. For example when Scout was rude to Walter Cunningham: “Don’t matter who they are, anybody sets foot in this house’s
If the world saw it’s reflection in a broken mirror, it can fill in missing pieces to make it whole, but there will forever be a crack. Scout Finch, an eccentric and credulous little girl lives in a tattered and aged town by the name of Maycomb during the 1930’s. Atticus Finch, Scout’s wise and mostly recluse father, is a lawyer in the town with a good reputation and even better morals. Unfortunately, Maycomb is “cursed” with the harmful ideas of racism and classism. And to make matters worse,