Atticus only has the intention of helping people, but it is never seen that way. Towards the middle of the book, Atticus chooses to defend Tom Robinson in the trial, but instead of people seeing him for the courageous person he is, they mock on him almost as if he is a disgrace to the Finch name. When Scout gets into a fight with her cousin, he calls Atticus a ‘N- lover’ and she gets really upset. “Said Atticus’d be the ruination of the family an’ he let me and Jem run wild.” (Lee 114) Scout is confused and angry as to why her father would be called something like that. Atticus has the best intention for his children. He wants them to be who they want to be, but he gets told that he needs to parent differently. In the quote I mentioned earlier Aunt Alexandra was saying that Atticus does not parent right and just lets the kids run around. Another small reason that Atticus is a mockingbird is because he only wants to help his children, he is always nice to them, he really tries to be the best parent he can be. Even though he does this stuff the children do not always see Atticus as the good