Throughout Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird Atticus Finch is portrayed as a great father who demonstrates his exemplary parenting prowess by teaching his children, Scout and Jem, the importance of good values and equality in their society. He treats his children like adults, has a quite peculiar method of discipline, and teaches his children the core values necessary to be a good person and show equality and respect to all people. Atticus treats his children like adults. Atticus works with his children to help them to understand what they have done wrong and what makes their actions wrong. An example of this is when Scout complains about having to go to school because she fears that she will no longer be able to read with her father in
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Atticus wanted to be fair and just to all, which is part of what makes him such a good lawyer.
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” (Lee, pg 30)
Atticus teaches that before judging someone you must first see things from their perspective, how they go through things. Not just what it looks like from the outside. Atticus really shows his passion for equality when Scout find out how other people view her father because he took the case. Scout confronts Atticus to ask why he would do this if people felt this way, he replied:
“Because I could never ask you to mind me again. Scout, simply by the nature of the work, every lawyer get at least one case in his lifetime that affects him personally. This one's mine, I guess You might hear some ugly talk about it at school, but doo one thing for me if you will: you just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anybody says to you, don't you let 'em get your goat. Try fighting with your head for a change...It's a good one, even if it does resist learning.” (Lee, pg
Atticus wanted to be fair and just to all, which is part of what makes him such a good lawyer.
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” (Lee, pg 30)
Atticus teaches that before judging someone you must first see things from their perspective, how they go through things. Not just what it looks like from the outside. Atticus really shows his passion for equality when Scout find out how other people view her father because he took the case. Scout confronts Atticus to ask why he would do this if people felt this way, he replied:
“Because I could never ask you to mind me again. Scout, simply by the nature of the work, every lawyer get at least one case in his lifetime that affects him personally. This one's mine, I guess You might hear some ugly talk about it at school, but doo one thing for me if you will: you just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anybody says to you, don't you let 'em get your goat. Try fighting with your head for a change...It's a good one, even if it does resist learning.” (Lee, pg