Atticus should be given the ‘Father of the Year Award’. What makes a ‘Father of the Year’? Is it a man that spends time with his children? Or could it be a man who teaches his children lessons of wisdom and how to care? I believe that a ‘Father of the Year’ doesn’t singly do each of these things, a man, like Atticus does them all. Atticus Finch has shown that he is an …showed first 75 words of 1099 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1099 total…throughout the whole novel. The themes I’ve explored in this essay relate to how Atticus has been a positive role model for his children. I have looked at Atticus as a man of an understanding and tolerant nature, a man of conviction and a man of courage Give Atticus the father of the year award for the year 1960, through to the year 1998. Atticus is a fine standard for both fatherhood and of civilized humanity.