Atticus Finch once said, “I’d rather you shot at tin cans in the back yard, but I know you’ll go after birds shoot all of the blue jays you want if you can hit’em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird” (Lee 119). To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee shows many great life lessons through the characters and the events. This story was set back in the late 1930’s when there were many racial divides in the United States, but also, within Alabama. This was set in a racist Southern town called Maycomb, Alabama.
To Kill a Mockingbird is an influential book for many reasons. It shows the many chances the characters take to fulfill their role in Maycomb, Alabama. Atticus Finch is one of the main characters along with his family. He is one who doesn’t let others influence the way he acts and stays true within him and others. There is one thing that Atticus looks past. The one thing he looks passed are the “classes” of people. To Atticus having a “name” means nothing, he sees …show more content…
He knew exactly how to help and did exactly what he was told to do. His boss Link Deas stood up during trial and told the courtroom how good of a man Tom was and how hardworking he was. Tom was on trial for raping a gal. Mayella Ewell was the gal he supposedly raped and she was actually beat by her father. Tom was nothing but a great person and role model. Tom was represented from Atticus Finch who knew the truth when he took the case. The only thing Atticus could say to Jem and Scout was “ In our courts, when it’s a white man’s word against a black man’s word, the white always wins. They’re ugly but those are the facts of life” (Lee 295). The minute the whites and the colored filled the courtroom Atticus knew a colored word didn’t matter anymore. The jury judged the book by the cover before they even saw the cover. The jury didn’t take the next step in looking into Tom Robinson and who he really was as a person, they based him off of what he looked
To Kill a Mockingbird is an influential book for many reasons. It shows the many chances the characters take to fulfill their role in Maycomb, Alabama. Atticus Finch is one of the main characters along with his family. He is one who doesn’t let others influence the way he acts and stays true within him and others. There is one thing that Atticus looks past. The one thing he looks passed are the “classes” of people. To Atticus having a “name” means nothing, he sees …show more content…
He knew exactly how to help and did exactly what he was told to do. His boss Link Deas stood up during trial and told the courtroom how good of a man Tom was and how hardworking he was. Tom was on trial for raping a gal. Mayella Ewell was the gal he supposedly raped and she was actually beat by her father. Tom was nothing but a great person and role model. Tom was represented from Atticus Finch who knew the truth when he took the case. The only thing Atticus could say to Jem and Scout was “ In our courts, when it’s a white man’s word against a black man’s word, the white always wins. They’re ugly but those are the facts of life” (Lee 295). The minute the whites and the colored filled the courtroom Atticus knew a colored word didn’t matter anymore. The jury judged the book by the cover before they even saw the cover. The jury didn’t take the next step in looking into Tom Robinson and who he really was as a person, they based him off of what he looked