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How he comes across sometimes: He seems strict and controlling towards his kids.

How we can empathize with him: He is a single father working hard all day.

Because he doesn't have the time to make sure his kids are safe, he is strict to keep his children safe.

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Atticus: "If you'll concede the necessity of going to school, we'll go on reading every night just as we always have. Is it a bargain?"
Scout: "Yes sir!" (Lee 41).

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"Jem and I found our father satisfactory: he played with us, read to us, and treated us with courteous detachment" (Lee 6).

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"The Cunninghams never took anything they can't pay back - no church baskets and no scrip stamps" (Lee 26).

"After a dreary conversation in our livingroom one night about his entailment, before Mr. Cunningham left he said, "Mr. Finch, I don't know when I'll ever be able to pay you"" (Lee 26).

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He helps Mr. Cunningham even though he doesn't know how or when he will be payed back.

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Jem, the older brother, has been to most impacted by his father's ways. By looking at how he acts it is clear that Atticus's strictness and straightforwardness is rubbed off on Jem.

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One thing that has played an effect on Scout was how she looks up to her father. At times Scout believes that her father is firm at times but still loves to spend time with him.

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One job that Atticus seems to love to do is to teach is daughter to read. Being a person who never had a formal education, he believes that it his duty and role as a single parent to help his kids.

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Atticus loves both of his kids and plays as a role model and a strict parental figure in their lives.

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A lawyer of Maycomb who has helped other citizens in the past.

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A father and a lawyer