Parenting is an act of being a parent, which means you show love and care towards your offspring. Harper lee's book To Kill A Mockingbird, shows the difference in parenting of the characters Bob Ewell and Atticus Finch. Some ways these two characters are different is depicted in this essay by: showing the difference in the hygiene of themselves and their children, their lifestyles, their community acceptance, and their morals and values. Atticus Finch and Bob Ewell are diversified in many ways in this novel that is why I chose to contrast them.
The first difference between Atticus and Bob is themselves and their children's hygiene. Bob Ewell's child Burris was a very defiled child, "he had a dark gray neck, the backs of his hands were rusty, and his fingernails were black deep into the quick" (Lee 27). Burris was instructed by the teacher to leave early to "wash you hair with lye soap. When you've done that, treat your scalp with kerosene" (Lee 26). Burris was angered by this remark responding, "You ain't sendin' me home missus" (Lee 27), this displayed a sort of defensive side to the kids due to their dads lack of parenting they have to fend for themselves in a cruel insecure world for a child his age. Scout and Jem we
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