To Kill a Mockingbird

In Chapter 10, Atticus shoots a rabid dog. What impact does this event have on how Atticus is viewed both by the reader and by the other characters?

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Scout and Jem come to see their father as a hero. Scout wants to tell everyone in school about the inciddent, but Jem tells her not to. Jem explains that he wouldn't care if Atticus "couldn't do a blessed thing," because Atticus is a gentleman.

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To Kill a Mockingbird