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Honesty:: Why Atticus Is A Model Parent What defines an excellent parent? Atticus Finch is a prime example of how a parent should be. He teaches his kids lessons, he is a caring man, and also is hardworking. To Kill A Mockingbird is a extraordinary book written by Harper Lee. The story focuses on small family living in Maycomb, Alabama, is what the story is about . The main characters are a father, Atticus Finch, his daughter, Scout Finch, and his son, Jem Finch. In the book Atticus is defending…
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Father- a male parent, a man who exercises paternal care over other persons. When most people speak the word father it is said with warmth and love. For others, it holds a more bitter meaning, such as: Father- the man who left me, the man who didn’t take care of me. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus Finch took the role of fatherhood to a whole new meaning. Atticus Finch went above and beyond his parental duties and never failed to teach his children a moral lesson. His love for young scout…
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differences though some similarities of both Atticus Finch; a well-educated caring father to his two children, and Robert Ewell; who is the complete opposite to Atticus Finch in most ways though as said has very small similarities. Atticus Finch’s and Robert Ewell’s living standards and housing have alterations between the two of them. The two fathers have family structures that include both things in common as well as complete differences. These parents also have different types of reputations within…
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Jeremy “Jem” Finch has many character traits like being conscious and is mature. Jem Finch is very conscious of his surrounding and the positions he is in. For example, when Atticus went to the jail and guarded Tom Robinson, Jem, Scout, and Dill, followed him and had a pang of realization that their father was in danger of becoming mobbed by several daunting men looking to seek harm on Tom. Although Atticus insisted on the kids turning around and going home…
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Harper Lee, Atticus Finch is constantly teaching his children life lessons after they make a mistake or accomplish something childish or wrong. During the book, Jem learns a valuable lesson from his father Atticus of not judging someone by what appears on the surface. Few children in our society today can say that they have a stay at home father, when their mother is at work during the day. Having a father at home as opposed to a mother, is different especially because similar to Atticus, my father…
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Character Analysis: Scout Finch Abby Wiker Harper Lee’s classic novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” has several fascinating charecters like Atticus Finch, Jem Finch, Tom Robinson, Scout Finch, Calpurnia, and Aunt Alexandria. The setting is very important to how the characters interact with each other and the environment. The time and place is down in Southern America in the 1930’s, during the Great Depression and while Jim Crow laws were in place in Alabama. Lee writes in dialects, so her characters…
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Atticus is a very courageous man. Throughout To Kill A Mockingbird, he is always doing things that take a huge amount of courage and he just does it as if it is nothing. Atticus Finch is a lawyer and a widower. He has two young children, Jem and Scout, he is also currently defending Tom Robinson, a black man accused of raping a white woman. The first and most noticeable part where he is courageous is when he took on the Robinson case. “ It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you…
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Kill a Mockingbird It is said that it is the parents' influence that shape a child's view on his or her surroundings and habits. When asked why, it is a parent who spends a lot of time with a child, so it is them who influences the child, let it be good or bad. To kill a Mockingbird, is a testament of how a parent's influence effects the view of a child and portrays them to the world. In society, whether a child is good or bad depends on the parent who influences that child. For example, Justin…
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Parents often teach their children things in life and guide them through it. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird written by Harper Lee, a father raises up his children with many lessons. The author shows how Atticus Finch teaches his children three most important lessons throughout the novel. Atticus demonstrates what courage is, the importance of moral principles, and to not judge others. That being said, Atticus Finch teaches his children courage, moral principles, and about judgement in Harper…
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listener. Whenever I do something wrong he deals with it patiently and calmly. Just like Atticus Finch from To Kill a Mockingbird my dad exhibits the quality of being the best father anyone could ever ask for. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee shows that Atticus Finch is intelligent, honest, loving and an amazing parent. In an intelligent and loving way Atticus shows what an amazing parent he is. Atticus has the ability to set good examples for his children to follow and answers all the questions…
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