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Atticus let the kids learn from their mistakes and one of my favorite instances is when Jem, Dill, and Scout to through barbed wire and try to get a peek at Boo Radley (Arthur Radley). It starts out by them coming to a squeaky gate they got scared it would alarm someone so Jem tells Dill and Scout to spit on it and they did. They tried to look through a wind but they couldn’t see anything so they went to the back porch and Jem went up and as he did the boards squeaked but he still continued to the window, while he was trying to look inside a crisp dark shadow is what Scout and Dill saw, all of a sudden Jem sees it too and they all start running and as they do they hear a gun shot and run even faster, Jem holds the wire for scout and Dill but …show more content…

Radley shot at the kids but he didn’t say anything so they could learn from their mistakes even when Dill lied and said they were actually playing strip poker. The second one I could find is when Jem gets really mad at Mrs. Dubose for calling his dad (Atticus) a nig**r lover and trash. Jem could not control his temper and went around with Scouts baton that he had bought her and cut ever camellia in Mrs. Dubose’s yard. So Atticus make him go apologies, Jem apologizes even though he doesn’t mean it, cleans up the yard and said to work every Saturday till the grow back and then work for a month reading to her every afternoon after school for two hours. Boy did he learn from his mistakes. (Chapter 11, pages …show more content…

it's not fair for you and Jem, I know that, but sometimes we have to make the best of things, and the way we conduct ourselves when the chips are down—well, all I can say is, when you and Jem are grown, maybe you'll look back on this with some compassion and some feeling that I didn't let you down." And he’s not a parent that keeps stuff away from kids but knows that they will always remember this trial and someday look back at it. (Chapter 11, page 20) As you can see in all of these, Atticus is a very smart kind and loving person. Always thinking about someone else "Jem, see if you can stand in Bob Ewell's shoes a minute. I destroyed his last shred of credibility at that trial, if he had any to begin with. The man had to have some kind of comeback, his kind always does. So if spitting in my face and threatening me saved Mayella Ewell one extra beating, that's something I'll gladly take. He had to take it out on somebody and I'd rather it be me than that houseful of children out there. You understand?" (Chapter 11, Page

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