Raised To Be Blind
What prevents you from seeing the truth? Or simply what are your blind spots. A blind spot can change the way you look at or feel about a situation. But can a blind spot be different from person to person? Can someone's blind spot be a strength to another? An individual's humanity could keep them from doing what is right, when another would have no problem instituting justice. Their humanity could also help them see an innocent man, when another man would see the facts, and would prosecute. How did they develop their humanity, or lack of, was it the way they were raised? Their upbringing determines what they are sensitive, or insensitive to. A white raised in a racist community, would have an insensitivity, or blind spot to negroes. Children are affected by the things and experiences exposed to them, those experiences determine what their blind spots are.
Children are influenced by almost everything around them. They see someone who they think is cool, they want to act and be more like them. So that's what they do, they walk dress, and talk like that person. The individual they are copying could range from an older kid at school, to their parents. The traits or quality they are …show more content…
In To Kill a Mockingbird a man named Mr. Cunningham was perceived as a good man. But when Tom Robinson was brought back to the jail in Maycomb he was willing to kill the man how did him a favor (which was never repaid), and a black man, from his eyes is guilty. Furthermore it took a kid to help Cuningham come to his senses, and not to participate in that life altering act. Does Mr. Cunningham's blind spot make him a bad person? Would our blind spots make us a bad person? Atticus said “Mr Cunningham's basically a good man; he just has his blind spots” Mr. Cunningham is a good person, he was paying off his debts, and not causing problems. But does one night define who a person
What prevents you from seeing the truth? Or simply what are your blind spots. A blind spot can change the way you look at or feel about a situation. But can a blind spot be different from person to person? Can someone's blind spot be a strength to another? An individual's humanity could keep them from doing what is right, when another would have no problem instituting justice. Their humanity could also help them see an innocent man, when another man would see the facts, and would prosecute. How did they develop their humanity, or lack of, was it the way they were raised? Their upbringing determines what they are sensitive, or insensitive to. A white raised in a racist community, would have an insensitivity, or blind spot to negroes. Children are affected by the things and experiences exposed to them, those experiences determine what their blind spots are.
Children are influenced by almost everything around them. They see someone who they think is cool, they want to act and be more like them. So that's what they do, they walk dress, and talk like that person. The individual they are copying could range from an older kid at school, to their parents. The traits or quality they are …show more content…
In To Kill a Mockingbird a man named Mr. Cunningham was perceived as a good man. But when Tom Robinson was brought back to the jail in Maycomb he was willing to kill the man how did him a favor (which was never repaid), and a black man, from his eyes is guilty. Furthermore it took a kid to help Cuningham come to his senses, and not to participate in that life altering act. Does Mr. Cunningham's blind spot make him a bad person? Would our blind spots make us a bad person? Atticus said “Mr Cunningham's basically a good man; he just has his blind spots” Mr. Cunningham is a good person, he was paying off his debts, and not causing problems. But does one night define who a person