I do my best to love everybody... I 'm hard put, sometimes—baby, it 's never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesn 't hurt you." (11.107-109) Atticus is teaching Scout the importance of equality at a young age which is good because children are very impressionable and if society had reached her mind first she could of had different views on what is right and wrong. Her father 's views and reasoning light the path for how Scout’s world views come into play with her moral views. Uniquely by telling Scout this piece of advice you can see an incredible interest in how people in Jackson are treating the african-american community and trying to grasp why that is. By default Scout becomes one of the most politically involved children we know which might be why she is outcasted more in the community because in their eyes it is not right that she is not a “proper lady”. Discrimination in Jackson was taken seriously so in court when we see Tom: the innocent victim, charged guilty Scout and Jem take it devastatingly emotional by becoming teary eyed a bit this truly goes to show discrimination affects …show more content…
Decidedly she then took action to show people what was going on in the world and how wrong and corrupt it had become. Skeeters’ reactions are usually acts of defiance against societal and legal standards. When Hilly Holbrook wanted to put her very racist “promotion clean act” in Skeeters newspaper ,so people could become aware of how apparently dirty african-americans were or so said Hilly. Skeeter decided to take matters into her own hands by embarrassing Hilly by changing some words around in the article so people ended up leaving toilets on the Holbrooks lawn instead of coats. Morality all depends on the eye of the beholder in this case Skeeters morality is not tainted by the world 's’ beliefs on race. She decided that the people of Jackson were being horrible and racist so Skeeter took action trying to make an impact to change the social que. Skeeter believes in equal rights for everyone. Additionally Skeeters actions communicate that she would rather burn bridges and be a social outcast then side with what she knows are wrong actions. While what she did might not have been the ideal way to demonstrate that what the wives were doing was wrong. In the end in Skeeters mind the end justified the means. Moreover writing the book, The Help Skeeter was showing what most african-americans go through and how wrongly they are treated. This gives her a chance to express her beliefs publicly; which are how