How Atticus Was Differant from Other Fathers?

Atticus lived as more than a father, he was also a mother and a friend. His children


respected him as a parent, but trusted him as a companion. Atticus was forced to take the


role of mother and father when his wife passed away. He allowed himself to became a


friend in some situations. Scouts teacher informed her that she was not to have reading


lessons at home with her father, this angered Scout, and pushed her into disliking school.


She came to the decision that she would not go, but Atticus would not hear of this he


allowed Scout to still have her reading lesson with him so long as she stay in school. As a


man of morals, he expected Jem and Scout to behave, but he accepted the fact of their


misbehavior. .When Scout sat down to lunch with Walter Cunningham at the table she


only spoke to him in a rude manner. Atticus did not allow this he had Scout brought aside


and spoken to. Walter’s situation was explain to her, so that she understood his actions.


Atticus had been a father since the day Jem was born. Being a father is a full time


job, that lasts your life. As you could imagine, Atticus may have wanted a break, so he


simply became a friend. As a companion, his children trusted him and were able to


communicate on the same level. While waiting at the jail with Tom Robinson one dark


starry night a mob of towns men confronted him, Jem and Scout , knew that their father


was in trouble, and came to his aid. Scout was able to turn the spot light off of her father


and “safe him”.


As a father and companion Atticus understood his children’s need of expression.


He was aware that a person’s emotion’s are capable to build up. In some situation’s Jem


and Scout were able to state their feelings. When Scout was upset that school had not


been what she thought, Atticus allowed her to express...