Major Essay

By Ademir Kadic

To Kill a Mockingbird is a great novel which shows excellent examples about the world, life and also how families have a strong influence on the development of a person's character.

Morals and quotes in the book can usually be interpreted in more than one way depending on how a person views them.

The Finches are the obvious example of a family where the parent has a strong influence on the children's characters. The parent in this family is Atticus Finch, who is a man of strong morals. He follows them and does not hold up to the Finch family name. Atticus is the most pure and good-hearted person one may ever see and his kids have great respect for him.

Although it may not seem like it, Scout is more likely to evolve into her father, rather than...