There are many factors one would need to consider when deciding whether a parent is admirable or not. But when it comes to Atticus Finch, the phrase, “an admirable parent” describes Atticus perfectly. Some might say that Atticus is not an admirable parent. That Atticus puts his children in terrible situations. But Atticus has a reason for his doings. When Atticus went to defend Tom Robison from the mob, his children followed him out of curiosity. By trying to be polite to Mr. Cunningham, Scout ends up stopping the circumstance before something horrible happens. “‘What’s the matter?’ I asked. Atticus said nothing. I looked around and up at Mr. Cunningham, whose face was equally impassive. Then he did a peculiar thing. He squatted down and
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It is common to give into majority rule and to ‘go with the flow’. That is what most of Maycomb citizens did when the case of Ewell vs. Robinson began and prior to the case. Opponents of this argument might believe that Atticus could be putting his children in harm’s way by telling them to be independent because people in Maycomb might want to hurt the children for thinking differently. In some ways this might be true, such as the situation with Mr. Ewell. But Mr. Ewell only attacked the children because he was drunk and he felt threatened. Mr. Ewell realized that Atticus and the whole town knew the truth of the case and he couldn’t live with the feeling of being an outcast. On the contrary, Atticus just wants his children to grow up knowing right from wrong and that everyone is made special in their own way. “‘Scout,’ said Atticus, ‘nigger-lover is just one of those terms that don’t mean anything-like snot-nose. It’s hard to explain-ignorant, trashy people use it when they think somebody’s favoring Negroes over and above themselves. It’s slipped into usage with some people like ourselves, when they want a common, ugly term to label someone.’ ‘You aren’t a nigger-lover, then, are you?’ ‘I certainly am. I do my best to love everybody… I’m hard put, sometimes- baby, it’s never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that
It is common to give into majority rule and to ‘go with the flow’. That is what most of Maycomb citizens did when the case of Ewell vs. Robinson began and prior to the case. Opponents of this argument might believe that Atticus could be putting his children in harm’s way by telling them to be independent because people in Maycomb might want to hurt the children for thinking differently. In some ways this might be true, such as the situation with Mr. Ewell. But Mr. Ewell only attacked the children because he was drunk and he felt threatened. Mr. Ewell realized that Atticus and the whole town knew the truth of the case and he couldn’t live with the feeling of being an outcast. On the contrary, Atticus just wants his children to grow up knowing right from wrong and that everyone is made special in their own way. “‘Scout,’ said Atticus, ‘nigger-lover is just one of those terms that don’t mean anything-like snot-nose. It’s hard to explain-ignorant, trashy people use it when they think somebody’s favoring Negroes over and above themselves. It’s slipped into usage with some people like ourselves, when they want a common, ugly term to label someone.’ ‘You aren’t a nigger-lover, then, are you?’ ‘I certainly am. I do my best to love everybody… I’m hard put, sometimes- baby, it’s never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that