How Does Harper Lee Show Atticus To Be a Good Parent?
To kill a mockingbird is a novel written by Harper Lee, set in the 1930’ in “Maycomb County,” Alabama. The story focuses around Atticus Finch, single parent to Jem and Scout Finch. Jem and Scout are brought up alongside racism. However they seem, for the most part to escape such discriminatory views, due to the parenting of Atticus. The children are affected at first by children at school, as most children are influenced by their peers, however the trial of Tom Robinson, was key to bringing up the children with non racist views.
As the story goes on, we see that Atticus’ views are very centered around ethics. He says “you never know a man until you jump in his skin and walk around in it” this shows clearly that he is not a judgmental person like many of the other characters in the book. This is important as a parent, as young minds are fragile and moldable, Jem and Scount can now be subjected to two types of indoctrination, one from the community, and the general ethos of disliking blacks, and the second from Atticus. The view that black people are equal.
