Mockingbird questions #3

I think Atticus has some good qualities and some bad qualities as a father. One thing that he does not do is be as affectionate as some parents and he doesn't show his love as publicly as some parents. Also i would say that he is a modest father and although the rest of the family think of themselves as better the others he does not, he thinks everyone is equal. You can tell he does when he says, "Alexandra, Calpurnia's not leaving this house until she wants to. You may think otherwise, but I couldn't have got along without her all these years..." durring a conversation with his sister that thinks calpurnia, the black cook, should be fired. One example of Atticus's parenting ways is when Jem goes crazy on Mrs. Dubose's flowers he makes him go over and read to her. Also when Jem and Scout come home and tell him that she has been calling him a nigger-lover he is not bothered by it and tells them not to be either. This shows he knows how to handle things and it shows he is wise and a good, honest man. In this section he is trying the make his kids be more forgiving and teach them that they have to pay for their consiquenses.

Atticus is like my parents in some ways but not too many. One way in which he is like my parents is that he is older than most parents, and my parents don't have to much that i can show off or anything very physical. One thing that is the same for most parents is that my parents don't think they are better than anyone and they are not racist and Attucis isn't either.