“To be or not to be, to judge or not to judge, to fight or not to fight, to die or not to die, these are the questions of our generation”(Levi Jorgenson MVP of life).The experiences of two children in To Kill a Mockingbird really helps to bring these questions into focus. Scout and Jem are faced with extreme racism and have to decide exactly what they are going to do. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Lee uses Scout and Jem’s experiences in order to convey the idea that people should not discriminate against others based on prejudice and other beliefs they have for or against them. They should instead attempt to get to know people first, and base their actions off that, because discrimination can lead to many issues and can cause extreme
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Scout, practically all by herself, had stopped a mob of men that had been out for Tom Robinson’s blood. Her reaction when she gets home is quite telling. “The full meaning of the night’s events hit [Scout] and [she] began crying”(208). These men were out for blood, and they had been determined to get it, even at the cost of hurting Atticus. Scout prevented that from happening. Now realization of just what she stopped from happening is hitting her and she begins to cry. This experience was highly emotional for her and others. When she shows up and Atticus sees her, “[Scout] thought he would have a fine surprise, but his face killed [her] joy. A flash of plain fear was going out of his eyes, but returned when Dill and Jem wriggled into the light”(203). Atticus is terrified at this moment, not for himself but for his children. She stood up to men that had even Atticus afraid, and she blew them all away. This could not have been an easy thing to do, and she is, to put it plainly, freaked out. She rushed in, expecting Atticus to be surprised, not upset, but instead she saw “plain fear”(203). This helps to once again show the extreme emotions that can be caused by discrimination and acting on our prejudice. This whole situation could have been avoided, if only people had looked deeper than just the surface of the skin, in this case,
Scout, practically all by herself, had stopped a mob of men that had been out for Tom Robinson’s blood. Her reaction when she gets home is quite telling. “The full meaning of the night’s events hit [Scout] and [she] began crying”(208). These men were out for blood, and they had been determined to get it, even at the cost of hurting Atticus. Scout prevented that from happening. Now realization of just what she stopped from happening is hitting her and she begins to cry. This experience was highly emotional for her and others. When she shows up and Atticus sees her, “[Scout] thought he would have a fine surprise, but his face killed [her] joy. A flash of plain fear was going out of his eyes, but returned when Dill and Jem wriggled into the light”(203). Atticus is terrified at this moment, not for himself but for his children. She stood up to men that had even Atticus afraid, and she blew them all away. This could not have been an easy thing to do, and she is, to put it plainly, freaked out. She rushed in, expecting Atticus to be surprised, not upset, but instead she saw “plain fear”(203). This helps to once again show the extreme emotions that can be caused by discrimination and acting on our prejudice. This whole situation could have been avoided, if only people had looked deeper than just the surface of the skin, in this case,