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Marquis Berkhall Ms. Parks 9th Grade Is Atticus a Good Father? I believe Atticus is a good father because he saved scout from a rabid dog. He is providing a good stable foundation for his children, at least he's trying to. He disciplines them and tries to keep them out of trouble. Atticus teaches scout and Jem self respect by setting examples for them. When Atticus decides to take the Tom Robinson case he teaches his kids self respect. After asked why he took the case he said that Atticus has been asked to defend Tom Robinson, a black man accused of raping a white woman. It is a case he cannot hope to win, but he tells Scout that he must argue it to uphold his sense of justice and self-respect. He also shows scout and jem self respect by not showing off his God given gift. He taught Jem and Scout to have thick skin. He made sure to have them not allow someone to get under their skin. An example of a moment where Jem or Scout have to have a lot of patience for someone is when was throwing around the N word, tho she retaliated she didn't pay it that much attention. Another example is again when Atticus took the Tom Robinson case. …show more content…

A moral that Scout should be living by, by now is you should hold in your anger. Again he set a moral for scout and Jem by taking the Tom Robinson case because he takes it because if he didn't he would feel bad and he couldn't just deny a person's chance to be free because of the color of their skin. Atticus went through with representing Tom Robinson knowing he would probably lose the case. This sets a moral value for Jem and Scout because I shows you should still try no matter what you think the outcome will be. I believe the biggest moral Atticus teaches Jem and Scout is to judge yourself before judging

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