TKAM+Entry+1

Atticus
 * Carrie Good **
 * Miss Kitzmiller **
 * English 1 **
 * March 22, 2012 **
 * I recon you can say I’m strict, but I am a nice guy. Many people see me to be nice and helpful, but my children see me to be a strict, mean person. One thing that they may not realize about me is I just care about them and want the best for my family. I want my family to go far in life, even if it means not going as far as others. I would do anything for my family. I actually would do anything for anyone. I’m a genuinely nice, caring man. I try my best to help others and do everything I can for everyone. I am a working man though, so at times it can become very hard because I am a full time working man. I have to be in order to support my family though. I love my family more then anything. Although, I do have those times when I just want my space so I get grumpy. I don’t want that type of reputation though. I know I can be mean, but I do try my best to treat everyone well. I will, no doubt about it, put my family before anyone else though. I tend to help my neighbors out as much as I possibly can. For example, just recently my neighbor, Miss Maudy’s, house burnt down. Even though she wasn’t too upset over it, I still tried to help her out as much as possible. I helped her clear her house out with all the furniture and pieces that had left her in the fire. I offered to help her out with anything she could possibly need in the future. Miss Maudy just held her head high and moved on from it though. I would do that same thing for anyone else in the neighborhood, too. I don’t mind helping people as long as they treat me with the same respect. Although I must say, even though Mrs. Dubose didn’t treat my family, or anyone as a matter of fact, with respect my family still helped her out. I made my children go over to her house and read to her everyday for a long time, just because that’s what she really wanted. So all in all, my family may think I am a strict father, I try my best to help them in the long run. Only because I love ‘em though. **