Is Atticus Finch a Good Father and Role Model in the Novel To Kill a Mockingbird

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Is Atticus Finch a Good Father and Role Model in the Novel ‘To Kill a Mocking Bird’?

        Atticus Finch is shown as a good father and role model throughout the book, especially at certain times. The community of Maycomb acts and behaves in different ways towards Atticus, and Atticus reacts differently towards the community. Everyone has different views to whether Atticus was actually a good or bad father/role model.

        Atticus proved to be a good father, as he had taught or got Calpurnia to teach his children at home, before they even started to go to school. “She would set me a writing task by scrawling the alphabet firmly across the top of the tablet, then copying out a chapter of the bible beneath.” By this quote, you could realise that Calpurnia was literate, consequently could get a good job e.g. as a teacher, but she is a servant for Atticus. Atticus treats her as well as any other human being, or even as if she was in the family, because he knows she cannot get a different job due to her being black.

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        Atticus is one of the few people in Maycomb who is not prejudice. He does his job well as he is not afraid to stand up against what the society like. “I am simply defending a Negro-his name is Tom Robinson.” Atticus is saying this quite proudly, showing respect towards the Negros. This states to us, the role model that he is.

Another example where Atticus is a good father plus a role model is, when he teaches his children not to swear. “Bad language is a stage all children go through, and it dies with time when they learn ...

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