Analysis essay
Analysis Essay
In Harper Lee’s, To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout is too young and childish to see the type of parent Atticus is. Atticus, her father, is a parent that just wants the best for his daughter. Scout sees her father as being unfair, but the reader knows he is doing his job as a parent. In fact, Scout thinks Atticus is always taking Calpurnia’s side, “our battles were epic and one-sided” (64). Scout believes that her father is always on Calpurnia’s side. Scout is only six and does not understand that her father is saying what is the correct side of the argument, not because he likes Calpurnia more than Scout. But the reader knows Atticus is just being a good parent and teaching Scout right from wrong. Atticus is not trying to be mean or treat Scout unfairly, he is just doing the job of a parent and telling the kids when they are right and wrong. In the book Dill rings the dinner-bell and Atticus says, “‘Stop ringing that bell”’ (64). Atticus is just being the parent he should be. Because Scout is too young, she does not understand why her father is helping the ‘negros’. She is too young to understand her dad is helping her for in the future. She might be having a hard time with it right now but in the future it will really help her. Scout does not understand why Atticus is helping them, she begins asking, “‘Do all lawyers help n-Negros, Atticus?’” (100). Her father said, “‘Of course they do, Scout’” (100). Atticus begins to explain to Scout why he is doing what he is doing “if I didn’t I couldn’t hold up my head in town...I couldn’t even tell [Scout] or Jem not to do something” (100). Atticus is doing this for his children, not only his job. Atticus knows that what he is doing by helping Tom Robinson is right and his job. He defends Tom Robinson because he knows that the only reason he in on this trial is because of his race. Atticus states that the case “is as easy as black an white”(221). He has to do his job and make sure he is well liked in
In Harper Lee’s, To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout is too young and childish to see the type of parent Atticus is. Atticus, her father, is a parent that just wants the best for his daughter. Scout sees her father as being unfair, but the reader knows he is doing his job as a parent. In fact, Scout thinks Atticus is always taking Calpurnia’s side, “our battles were epic and one-sided” (64). Scout believes that her father is always on Calpurnia’s side. Scout is only six and does not understand that her father is saying what is the correct side of the argument, not because he likes Calpurnia more than Scout. But the reader knows Atticus is just being a good parent and teaching Scout right from wrong. Atticus is not trying to be mean or treat Scout unfairly, he is just doing the job of a parent and telling the kids when they are right and wrong. In the book Dill rings the dinner-bell and Atticus says, “‘Stop ringing that bell”’ (64). Atticus is just being the parent he should be. Because Scout is too young, she does not understand why her father is helping the ‘negros’. She is too young to understand her dad is helping her for in the future. She might be having a hard time with it right now but in the future it will really help her. Scout does not understand why Atticus is helping them, she begins asking, “‘Do all lawyers help n-Negros, Atticus?’” (100). Her father said, “‘Of course they do, Scout’” (100). Atticus begins to explain to Scout why he is doing what he is doing “if I didn’t I couldn’t hold up my head in town...I couldn’t even tell [Scout] or Jem not to do something” (100). Atticus is doing this for his children, not only his job. Atticus knows that what he is doing by helping Tom Robinson is right and his job. He defends Tom Robinson because he knows that the only reason he in on this trial is because of his race. Atticus states that the case “is as easy as black an white”(221). He has to do his job and make sure he is well liked in