Atticus Is A Good Parent

“Jem and I found our father satisfactory: he played with us, read to us, and treated us with courteous detachment.” (pg 4). The book “To Kill A Mockingbird” takes place in Alabama in a small town called Maycomb. The story is in a girl named (Scout)Jean Lewis’s point of view. Atticus is a good parent because he is protective, not racist, and does what is best for his children.

One example of why Atticus is a good parent is that he is protective because he would shoot a dog that was acting mad to protect them, even though he doesn’t like to shoot a gun thinking that he has an unfair advantage over other animals. In the text it states, “In a fog, Jem and I watched our father take the gun and walk out into the middle of the street.” (pg 96). This shows that Atticus will protect his kids no matter how much he doesn’t want to. He didn’t like shooting a gun because he thought that it gave him an unfair advantage against other living things. This is kind of ironic because he has the most precise shot than anyone in town.
"Before Jem looks at anyone else he looks at me, and I’ve tried to live so I can look squarely back at him… if I connived at something like this, frankly I couldn’t meet his eye, and the day I can’t do that I’ll know I’ve lost him.” (pg 273). This expresses that Atticus will do anything for his kids. If he didn’t do what was right he wouldn’t be able to tell them what was right or wrong. Also, he felt that he would lose their trust and