Atticus In Harper Lee's 'To Kill A Mockingbird'

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IN TO KILL A MOCKINBIRD BY HARPER LEE, THIS IS A BOOK WRITTEN DURING THE GREAT DEPPRESION. **These two clauses do not relate** ATTICUS IS A FATHER FOR JEM AND SCOUT. IN THE BOOK TO KILL A MOCKING BIRD ATTICUS LIKES TO STAND UP FOR WHAT IS RIGHT DURING THE TOM ROBINSON CASE. ATTICUS IS A PERSON IN THE NOVEL THAT GIVES LIFE LESSONS, AND HE STANDS UP FOR WHAT IS RIGHT. WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE CHARACTER THROUGH THEIR WORDS AND ACTIONS IS THAT AS A FATHER, ATTICUS IS DEVOTED TO HIS CHILDREN JIM AND SCOUT, READY WITH A HUG WHEN THEY NEED ITS COMFORT AND READY TO SPEND TIME READING TO THEM. ALTHOUGH HE ALLOWS HIS CHILDREN FREEDOM TO PLAYAND EXPLORE, HE ALSO IS FIRM AND HOLDS DISCIPLINARY BELIEFS, AND IS ALWAYS TEACHING HIS CHILDREN TO THINK OF HOW