hello, im currently attending high school and i have to write a thesis on the book "to kill a mockingbird" i have chosen Parenting as a topic but am totally confused at to what to say. ive chosen atticus as a responsible parent and basically im wondering if anyone has any quotes or topics to prove that he is. quotes are pretty much the only thing i suck at when it comes to writing a paper. thankya!

i just finished reading this book, i really liked it!quotes:1. "As you grow older, you’ll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and don’t you forget it—whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes from, that white man is trash."2. "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view . . . until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."This important snippet of conversation from Chapter 3 finds Atticus giving Scout the crucial piece of moral advice that governs her development for the rest of the novel. The simple wisdom of Atticus’s words reflects the uncomplicated manner in which he guides himself by this sole principle. His ability to relate to his children is manifested in his restatement of this principle in terms that Scout can understand (“climb into his skin and walk around in it�). Scout struggles, with varying degrees of success, to put Atticus’s advice into practice and to live with sympathy and understanding toward others. At the end of the book, she succeeds in comprehending Boo Radley’s perspective, fulfilling Atticus’s advice in Chapter 3 and providing the novel with an optimistic ending despite the considerable darkness of the plot.3. "Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy . . . but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird."These lines from Chapter 10 are the source of the novel’s title and introduce one of the key metaphors of the book: the idea of “mockingbirds� as good, innocent people who are destroyed by evil. Boo Radley, for instance, is like a mockingbird—just as mockingbirds do not harm people but only “sing their hearts out for us,� Boo does not harm anyone; instead, he leaves Jem and Scout presents, covers Scout with a blanket during the fire, and eventually saves the children from Bob Ewell. Despite the pureness of his heart, however, Boo has been damaged by an abusive father. The connection between songbirds and innocents is made explicitly several times in the book: in Chapter 25, Mr. Underwood likens Tom Robinson’s death to “the senseless slaughter of songbirds by hunters and children�; in Chapter 30, Scout tells Atticus that hurting Boo Radley would be “sort of like shootin’ a mockingbird.� The moral imperative to protect the vulnerable governs Atticus’s decision to take Tom’s case, just as it leads Jem to protect the roly-poly bug from Scout’s hand.































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Try the last few paragraps of the book... I read it years ago but I can still remember the images of Atticus rocking by the bed - danger gone, but still doing the right thing for no one else except his daughter. The words that describe it are strong and direct...

You can say that Atticus was an exemplary single parent. He takes time to talk with his children, listens to them, and shows a lot of patience, understanding, and compassion. He makes sure that his children are provided for by hiring a full time maid to take the place of their deceased mother.