To Kill A Mockingbird And Places In The Heart: An Analysis

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To Kill A Mockingbird and Places in the Heart were two different stories with one almost hidden meaning, a topic that interferes with all lives today. In both TKM and PITH, there is a reigning love of self for most of the stories, but in the end, the love of others overcomes and is victorious. With selfishness and racial prejudice being two main ideas that drive the stories along, it’s only fair to the reader or viewer that the strength of love and compassion wins. There is much conflict and pain along the way that makes these bittersweet endings just a little bit sweeter for the reader or viewer to contemplate and think over for themselves. In TKM, there’s a strong sense of selfishness in almost every character from Maycomb because of our …show more content…
There were many characters in TKM that demonstrated this, such as Scout, Boo Radley, and Dill Harris. From the beginning of the story, Dill was sensitive to those in a more vulnerable place. He showed this most when he was sobbing outside the courthouse because of how unfair and cruel Tom Robinson’s interrogation and trial was. In that moment, only Dolphus Raymond could understand how Dill felt, but all he could do was explain that he would become immune to it, that it would hurt less every time, but it would never stop because that’s just how things work. On the other hand, it took Scout until the very end to really empathize with others, specifically Boo Radley. She had not exemplified any signs of true compassion of others until she stood on the front porch of the Radley’s house, watching over the street she had made so many memories on, seeing things from someone else’s point of view. Surprisingly, even after years of being taunted by Scout, Jem, Dill, and the whole community in general, Boo Radley showered his love upon the Finches by saving Jem and Scout from Bob Ewell’s attack. This strength of compassion saved every character in one way or another, and to apply this to daily living in lives today could put forth a similar

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