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Compare and contrast the presentation of Atticus and Gradgrind. How successful do Harper Lee and Charles Dickens believe them to be as fathers?
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In both books, one of the most important characters is a father, but attitudes of the two men towards their children are very different. Compare and contrast the presentation of Atticus and Gradgrind. How successful do Harper Lee and Charles Dickens believe them to be as fathers? In this essay I am going to compare and contrast Atticus Finch and Thomas Gradgrind and show how they are portrayed as fathers in both books. I will also show how the authors show the influence that the fathers on all the children's lives. I will clarify the father's views on education, discipline and treatment of others. I will begin by giving Atticus' basic views. Atticus believes that children should be allowed to be children. "I asked Atticus about it, he said there were already enough sunbeams in the family and to go on about my business, he didn't mind me much the...
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