As a child not only did we want to be princesses and firefighters but we looked up to our parents. Our almighty father who served as our hero and our protector, the man who would always protect us from danger. Our beloved mother who served as our safe place when we were hurt or afraid and our caregiver. As we grew older with time, our role models were replaced by others. We began to look up to celebrities and our friends but then eventually back to our parents. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Atticus Finch serves as the moral compass for his kid’s, Scout and Jem. During the trial incident Atticus tells Scout “You just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anybody says to you, don't you let ‘em get your goat. Try fighting with your head for a change.” It's ironic how lessons learned in books can mirror one's own reality.
My moral compass is my father. By the dictionary definition of role model my father is not the best fit, however by my personal views he is the exemplary example. Being the human that he is, he makes mistakes, they may be more serious than others but he makes them. The key characteristics that make my dad my hero is his unrelenting and
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With blurred vision I turned around and threw my fists as hard as I could. Next thing I knew a teacher pulled me off her and yelled at me. Her cheeks were red, blood dripped from her nostril, her perfect ponytail was destroyed and chunks of hair covered her perfect freckles. I hit her, I punched her and threw myself on her. I allowed my anger and my sorrow to take over. I allowed words to break me and turn me into a girl I was not, a girl I am not. The next day, I visited my dad and decided to tell him the story which unfortunately, he already knew. I expected to get yelled at and receive a disappointed look from my father, however this was not the way he responded . Little did I know that I was about to learn the biggest lesson in