According to Parents Plus Kids, a 2002 United States Justice Department article stated 39% of all jailed inmates came from fatherless homes. Fathers play a crucial role in a child’s life and can ultimately shape or decide how they will grow up and mature. Yes, they are not solely responsible for the development of that child, but they help aid that child be successful. In To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, Atticus Finch is a lawyer in his small rural county of Maycomb County, Alabama. The story takes place in the racist and prejudice south around the 1930s. Maycomb is a fictional town where most of the town is white. However, a small section of the county is home to the black community in the area. The black community is very impoverished and is not a place anyone ventures to unless you live there. Atticus spends a good part of the story representing Tom Robinson, a black man who has been accused of raping a white woman. This accusation and trial are the central confl