Essay on To Kill A Mockingbird. Parents always look out for their children and try to provide for them. They also punish their children for misbehaving. Harper Lee portrays a father, Atticus and how he gets himself and his children through tough times, in her novel To Kill A Mockingbird. This essay shows the relationship between Atticus and my mother. Like Atticus, my mother does not feel that all blacks are evil, and that all of them lie. She holds no prejudices against them, just like Atticus. Unlike Atticus, my mother does not listen to bot ....