My favourite TKaM character

My favourite character in To Kill a Mockingbird is Atticus Finch. Why?
I feel that as a father, he has done his job well, as he, without a wife, has successfully brought up two generally rowdy children who respect their elders. He also wants his children to be able to face the world without feeling ashamed of their history. He demonstrates this in the last section of the book, as he knows that Jem was the one who killed Bob Ewell(albeit by accident), and even though Mr Heck Tate insisted Bob Ewell fell on his knife, Atticus wanted Jem to acknowledged as the person who did it, as he did not want people to speculate that he had somehow rigged it so Jem would get out of trouble. He wanted Jem to be able to go out without enduring whispers and mutterings about the corruption of his father or his murderous tendencies, and thus face the world without collapsing.