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Atticus Finch Strengths and Faults Atticus Finch is an excellent father to two amiable kids known as Jem and Scout He is a lawyer in a small town called Maycomb Alabama Atticus has a lot of strengths but he also has some faults One fault was being too belittled by the realism of Bob Ewell s threats This essay will explain Atticus s strengths and weaknesses in To Kill a Mockingbird I believe that Atticus s best strength is being an excellent father to his two kids Jem and Scout Atticus helps his kid with important life lessons He told his kids the truth instead of avoiding their questions or lying to them like what most parent would do if something bad happens One example of this is when Tom Robinson had died in prison He had said Depends on how you look at it What was one Negro more or less among two hundred of em He wasn t Tom to them he was an escaping prisoner Lee 235 This is a good example of being a great father because he explains Tom Robinson s death so his children can process it in an easier way Atticus helps his kids handle the death of a well known man He also had encouraged Scout to be a more mature and kinder person by teaching her how to communicate with others in a better way Atticus doesn t let Scout say racist words around African American people He is trying to make Scout different from others who discriminate against people with different color skin Atticus also teaches
