In the classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, many different families are depicted throughout the book. These families, and especially the children, show how the values of the parents are reflects in their children’s behavior. Many of the children in the book act in ways of which Harper Lee clearly disapproves, while others seem to be struggle to embody the good values their parents demonstrate. In particular, Scout and Jem, Dill, and Burris Ewell provide clear examples of how children tend to respond to the way their parents live.
Harper Lee shows us how the character Atticus has control over the way Scout and Jem behaves without being a strict parent and handles things logically instead of being irrational. On how he is able to control Scout and Jem with parental threats instead of hitting them(pg:116). Atticus has raises his kids so that they have the freedom to do whatever they want, yet they still show respect for him. For example when Scout learns about swear words and Uncle Jack is taken by surprise. Atticus just brushes it off and tells Uncle Jack “‘Don’t pay any attention to her, Jack. She’s just trying you out. Cal says she’s been cursing fluently for …show more content…
Scout is similar to Atticus is her intelligence. One signs that shows this trait for Scout is the fact that she reads the newspaper with very little mistakes leading Miss Caroline to the conclusion that she “was literate” basically meaning she was well spoke probably more well-spoken then most of the adults in the town of Maycomb. Jems is similar to Atticus with his viewpoint of the world when he was talking to scout about how there is one type of folk.(pg:304) ”’If there’s just one kind of folks, why can’t they get along with each other’”. Jem is a mirror image of Atticus, believing that their is only one kind of folk so why can't the world just get along. He shows signs of Atticus by being color-blind
Harper Lee shows us how the character Atticus has control over the way Scout and Jem behaves without being a strict parent and handles things logically instead of being irrational. On how he is able to control Scout and Jem with parental threats instead of hitting them(pg:116). Atticus has raises his kids so that they have the freedom to do whatever they want, yet they still show respect for him. For example when Scout learns about swear words and Uncle Jack is taken by surprise. Atticus just brushes it off and tells Uncle Jack “‘Don’t pay any attention to her, Jack. She’s just trying you out. Cal says she’s been cursing fluently for …show more content…
Scout is similar to Atticus is her intelligence. One signs that shows this trait for Scout is the fact that she reads the newspaper with very little mistakes leading Miss Caroline to the conclusion that she “was literate” basically meaning she was well spoke probably more well-spoken then most of the adults in the town of Maycomb. Jems is similar to Atticus with his viewpoint of the world when he was talking to scout about how there is one type of folk.(pg:304) ”’If there’s just one kind of folks, why can’t they get along with each other’”. Jem is a mirror image of Atticus, believing that their is only one kind of folk so why can't the world just get along. He shows signs of Atticus by being color-blind