Atticus Relationship In To Kill A Mockingbird
Throughout the novel of To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses drama, compassion, and grammatical features to present the characters of Atticus, Scout and Jem, and the special relationship Atticus has with his children. In this assessment I will explore, evaluate and explain this bond that Atticus shares with his children.
The story takes place during three years of the Great Depression in the fictional ‘tired old town’ of Maycomb, Alabama. The narrator, six-year-old Scout Finch, lives with her older brother Jem and their widowed father Atticus, a middle-aged lawyer. Atticus’s relationship with his children is fundamentally based on his unique personality and his traits as an individual. The character of Atticus is well summed up my Miss …show more content…
Harper Lee presents him as an educator, disciplinarian and a role model to his children. Most of the children’s knowledge comes from Atticus. During the novel, Atticus implies his morals on Jem and Scout, in hope they learn to apply the morals in real situations, things that they can’t be taught from blackboards. An important lesson he teaches is perspective. In chapter 3, Atticus gives Scout some advice when her new teacher Miss Caroline tells her to stop reading: ‘You never really understand a person until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.’ This marks one of the philosophies that Atticus tries the hardest to teach his children, that you should look at things from others' points of view before judging them. One example of this is at the end of the book where Scout escorts Boo Radley back to his house. She turns around and surveys the neighborhood from his perspective. She imagines how he has witnessed all the happenings of the recent years, her childhood Boo Radley games, Miss Maudie's fire, the incident of the rabid dog, and finally, Bob Ewell's attack. As she steps into Boo's shoes, Scout gains a new respect for his life, and understands that his experience is just as valid as hers. With this understanding, she is humbled. The reader, at this
The story takes place during three years of the Great Depression in the fictional ‘tired old town’ of Maycomb, Alabama. The narrator, six-year-old Scout Finch, lives with her older brother Jem and their widowed father Atticus, a middle-aged lawyer. Atticus’s relationship with his children is fundamentally based on his unique personality and his traits as an individual. The character of Atticus is well summed up my Miss …show more content…
Harper Lee presents him as an educator, disciplinarian and a role model to his children. Most of the children’s knowledge comes from Atticus. During the novel, Atticus implies his morals on Jem and Scout, in hope they learn to apply the morals in real situations, things that they can’t be taught from blackboards. An important lesson he teaches is perspective. In chapter 3, Atticus gives Scout some advice when her new teacher Miss Caroline tells her to stop reading: ‘You never really understand a person until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.’ This marks one of the philosophies that Atticus tries the hardest to teach his children, that you should look at things from others' points of view before judging them. One example of this is at the end of the book where Scout escorts Boo Radley back to his house. She turns around and surveys the neighborhood from his perspective. She imagines how he has witnessed all the happenings of the recent years, her childhood Boo Radley games, Miss Maudie's fire, the incident of the rabid dog, and finally, Bob Ewell's attack. As she steps into Boo's shoes, Scout gains a new respect for his life, and understands that his experience is just as valid as hers. With this understanding, she is humbled. The reader, at this