hink your father can't do anything? Still ashamed of him?" "Nome," I said meekly. "Forgot to tell you the other day that besides playing the Jew's Harp, Atticus Finch was the deadest shot in Maycomb County in his time." "Dead shot . . . " echoed Jem. "That's what I said, Jem Finch. Guess you'll change your tune now. The very idea, didn't you know his nickname was Ol' One-Shot when he was a boy? " (Lee, 1960. p.145). It is here that Jem and Scout realise that their father is actually good at things, and that he just chooses not to show them for various reasons. They come to the awareness that there is more to Atticus then they recognize and he is not the person that they at first thought he was. He is a strong, healthy man capable of various skills and they now see Atticus in a new light.
             Mrs Dubose is another example of things not always being as they seem. To most of the neighbourhood children, Mrs Dubose is a cranky, irritable old lady who is constantly criticizing people and who also does not like children. This is the reason that Jem cut off every single camellia bush that Mrs Dubose owned. Because of this, Atticus made Jem
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