I am going to discuss what kind of father, teacher, lawyer, and person Atticus was and is. He is a good father, he takes care of his children and is their friend yet their father at the same time. He was there for his kids when they needed him and supported them in their decisions. Helped guide his children on their life path, to give them a better future. I am going to discuss this today and give examples of Atticus in his environment on a daily basis, to give examples on what a good father he was.
In chapter nine in “To Kill a Mockingbird”, when Scout was at school all the kids were telling her, her daddy defended colored people in court. She didn’t believe them and so she told them that he didn’t. She went home that evening and she asked her father about it. “Do you defend niggers, Atticus? I asked him that evening. Of course I do. Don’t say nigger, Scout. That’s common.” Right here it is seen that Atticus doesn’t see blacks the way everybody else did or does. He is raising his children to do the same thing.
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“My folks said your daddy was a disgrace an‘ that nigger oughta hang from the water-tank!” I drew a bead on him, remembered what Atticus had said, then dropped my fists and walked away, “Scout’s a cow—ward!” ringing in my ears. It was the first time I ever walked away from a fight. Somehow, if I fought Cecil I would let Atticus down. Atticus so rarely asked Jem and me to do something for him, I could take being called a coward for him. I felt extremely noble for having remembered, and remained noble for three weeks.” Here Scout now puts her feelings aside for her dad. She heard him and gleaned from him what was expected of