For all of us who read To Kill a Mockingbird in either high school or college, Atticus Finch is a memorable character and a great choice by Pastor Allen in his illustration of wise fatherhood. Consider Atticus's advice to daughter Scout:
"If you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it." Of the film adaptation, Gregory Peck later said that Atticus was the best character he ever had to play.
Some interesting trvia about the impact of this one book comes from Wikipedia: "One year after being published, To Kill a Mockingbird had been translated into ten languages. In the years since, it has sold over 30 million copies and been translated into over 40 languages. To Kill a Mockingbird has never been out of print in hardcover or paperback and has become part of the standard literature curriculum. A 2008 survey of secondary books read by students between grades 9–12 in the U.S. indicates the novel is the most widely read book in these grades. A 1991 survey by the Book of the Month Club and the Library of Congress Center for the Book found that To Kill a Mockingbird was rated behind only the Bible in books that are "most often cited as making a difference", and has appeared on numerous other lists that describe its impact."
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