To Kill a Mockingbird

Scout compares Atticus to other fathers. What is different about Atticus? How do Scout and Jem feel about this?

Scout compares Atticus to other fathers. What is different about Atticus? How do Scout and Jem feel
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Atticus is older than most other fathers. He is also extremely educated. Many men in Maycomb were barely literate. According to Scout, Atticus "never went hunting, he did not play poker or fish or drink or smoke." Both Scout and Jem love their father but consider him an anomaly or strange.