“I don't have to listen to you because you're not my boss.” Many young children often think they don't have to listen to other people or do what they're told, as Scout said in the book To Kill a Mockingbird. He continued this type of defiance until Atticus, his father, began to change him. The novel To Kill a Mockingbird was written by Harper Lee and is about a young girl, Scout, growing up in the small town of Maycomb in the 1930s. Scout is Atticus' daughter and her brother's name is Jem. Throughout the book, Atticus tries to raise Scout and Jem into the best people they can be. Knowledge, honesty and kindness are the three values ​​that Atticus strived to pass on to his children. The first value that Atticus tried to convey was knowledge. He told Scout to stay in school so she could receive a quality education. Atticus told her that if she wanted to live a life full of success and happiness, then she needed a quality education so she could get a good job. “We will consider it sealed with the usual formality” (Lee 31). He made a deal with Scout that if she stayed in school he would continue reading to her. She was confused as to why some people acted that way because it wasn't the same way her family acted. Scout asked her father why and he told her about a variety of families in Maycomb and explained that they act that way because that is how their particular families were raised. Scout was then able to understand more clearly why they behaved differently because she knew that they had a certain reason for doing the things they did. Atticus taught his children life lessons, lessons on how to deal with people and also how to make good decisions. ...... middle of paper ...... very angry. To punish Jem, Atticus made him apologize to Miss Dubose and made him read something every day after school. Jem hated doing it at first, but as time went on he began to enjoy reading them. His punishment taught him that he had to respect everyone, even if they were mean or disrespectful. The three values ​​that Atticus passed on to his children were knowledge, honesty, and kindness. These values ​​changed Scout and Jem and they began to act differently towards people and were more honest with themselves and others. These lessons relate to modern experiences because if people have these three values ​​and can realize them, then they will live a good life. The three values ​​will influence people in everyday life and if they use these three values ​​that Atticus taught his children, then people will also become mature young adults just like Scout and Jem did.