Atticus Finch is a widower or 50 and the father or two children. His character can best be summed up as a man whose character is nearly the complete opposite of the general population of the town and indeed, many white people who lived in the southern states of America. He is a man without prejudice and racial hatred and is a good-hearted man of strong morals. He brings up his children the way he sees …showed first 75 words of 490 total…

…showed last 75 words of 490 total…shot. This is yet another example of how Atticus is called upon when a job needs to be done. Whether it be defending the undefendable or protecting the town, the town knows that Atticus can be relied upon. Atticus tries to teach these things to his children. He brings them up the way he knows how even though it goes against his own sisters morals. ANd so we learn the man that is Atticus finch