Atticus Finch Parenting

The way a kid is raised changes the adult that the kid will become. The book To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, is about Jean ‘Scout’ Louise Finch and Jeremy Atticus Finch going through the process of growing up and having their solicitous father, Atticus Finch, to guide them through the chalenges of the process and help them become better people. Harper Lee uses the novel To Kill a Mockingbird to show that a parent is responsible for teaching his children morality, empathy, and courage. First, Harper Lee uses Bob Ewell and his children as an example of bad parenting. In the book, during the trial of Tom Robinson, a colored man that is accused of raping Bob’s daughter, Mayella reveals that Bob Ewell is not a infalible dad when …show more content…
In the novel, the kids think that Boo Radley, Jem and Scout’s neighbor, is a monster. They do everything they can to try to get him out of the Radley’s house. Atticus does not sanction their attitudes, and teaches them that it is important to step on the person’s shoes before making fun of that person. “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 30). Jem learns how to put himslef in someone else’s shoes before Scout. He realizes that Boo Radley was being punished for leaving gifts for him and Scout in the tree, and he becomes maudlin about it. “When we went inside the house I saw he had been crying; his face was dirty in the right places” (Lee 84). Scout truly understands the lesson by the end of the book, when she is finnaly able to put herself in Boo Radley’s shoes. “Aticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them. Just standing on the Readley porch was enough” (Lee 374). In those moments, Jem and Scout become better people, which proves the importance of Atticus’ lesson. Not only Jem and Scout learn empathy from Atticus, they also learn