Miles Diehl To Kill A Mockingbird Essay #2 Atticus Finch is the father of Jem and Scout Finch. He is a lawyer who is one of the few people in Maycomb County who supports racial equality. He takes up the case of a black man who is accused of raping a white woman, and is looked at with disapproval by many townsfolk. In the eyes of Jem and Scout, Atticus is very old and wise.