Atticus should be given the ‘Father of the Year Award’.

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 …

…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.