Analysis Of Reckless Love In 'To Kill A Mockingbird' By Harper Lee

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I chose Reckless Love because everyone loved Jem and Scout in their own way. Reckless Love is a song about the unconditional love God has for us. When Scout had no one to talk to, or play with (when Dill and Jem were playing outside together and Jem said Scout wasn’t welcomed) Miss Maudie was there to lend an ear. Scout enjoyed that because Miss Maudie treated her like an equal and not a child. Boo was a person who dominated the imagination of Jem and Scout (also Dill.) Boo showed Reckless Love when he came to the rescue of Jem and Scout when they were being attacked by Bob Ewell. If it wasn’t for his action, they would not have been saved.

I chose Brother because Jem and Scout were always together. Brother is a song about always being there for each other no matter what. Even when Jem and Scout were mad at each other, they went everywhere together. It represents one of the incidents of Scout beating up Walter Cunningham, and Jem being the one to pull Scout off of him. The main reason I chose this is because throughout the whole book, Scout looks up to Jem as the older brother he is. Their relationship may have been competitive, but they were still there for each other. Especially when Scout had questions about certain things that Atticus wouldn’t answer.
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Even to Dill sometimes. Throughout the whole book and movie, Atticus taught the kids lessons about life, and what is right and wrong. Atticus taught Scout that it is not ok to fight people just for what they say about you or another person and to “try fighting with your head”. Good Good Father is about God always being good to us no matter the situation and him loving us all of the time. In the book when Dill ran away, Atticus made sure Dill had food to eat and was no longer hungry. Also, when Jem thought Atticus was just an “old, boring, father” Atticus taught Jem that looks are often deceptive when Atticus shot the rabid

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