“The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in our actions. Our inner balance and even our very existence depend on it. Only morality in our actions can give beauty and dignity to life. To make this a living force and bring it to clear consciousness is perhaps the foremost task of education. The foundation of morality should not be made dependent on myth nor tied to any authority lest doubt about the myth or about the legitimacy of the authority imperils the foundation of sound judgment and action” (Albert Einstein). Morality is the extent to which an action is right or wrong. In To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee takes place in 1930. The author uses memorable characters to view civil rights and racism back then. The story is told through the eyes of Scout Finch, I read about her father Atticus, and her brother Jem. Atticus is a lawyer who takes on a man named tom Tom Robinson (a black man)
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The amount of media is an amazing thing some of the time. The other rest of the time is trying to get away from it. Every time I watch the news something bad has happened whether it be tsarism, war, presidential campaign, global warming and the list goes on. I think that this is all because of these morals that people learn through their lives can influence their actions in the world, and if all they see is war, tsarism, and etcetera. All on their media and no one teaches them wrong from right they take what they see in the media and that’s their morals. Now back in the nineteen-thirties there wasn't much media. However, in the book scout reveals that her dad always reads the newspaper. “He’s so tired at night he just sits in the living room and reads”(22). Back then there was not that much media in comparison to today at least. But Sadly I am not Scout, and this Is the world that this generation and I will grow up and see it be fixed or get worse and worse to the point where right from wrong is unheard
The amount of media is an amazing thing some of the time. The other rest of the time is trying to get away from it. Every time I watch the news something bad has happened whether it be tsarism, war, presidential campaign, global warming and the list goes on. I think that this is all because of these morals that people learn through their lives can influence their actions in the world, and if all they see is war, tsarism, and etcetera. All on their media and no one teaches them wrong from right they take what they see in the media and that’s their morals. Now back in the nineteen-thirties there wasn't much media. However, in the book scout reveals that her dad always reads the newspaper. “He’s so tired at night he just sits in the living room and reads”(22). Back then there was not that much media in comparison to today at least. But Sadly I am not Scout, and this Is the world that this generation and I will grow up and see it be fixed or get worse and worse to the point where right from wrong is unheard