Examples Of Judging In To Kill A Mockingbird

Judging is forming an opinion or conclusion about a person. There is a lot of judging that goes on in the book. The book took place in the 1930’s when black people weren’t looked at the same as a white person. There are lots of examples that show how the black people are judged and how other people are also judged. They are judged to be into different groups.. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout learns about judging from Aunt Alexandra, Atticus, and the Ewells. Scout learns about judging people in Maycomb from Aunt Alexandra. Scout wants to play with Walter Cunningham, but Aunt Alexandra won’t let her. Scout wants to know why and Aunt Alexandra finally tells her, “Because-he-is-trash, that’s why you can’t play with him,” said Aunt Alexandra (Lee pg225). Aunt Alexandra thinks he’s trash because he’s poor. Aunt Alexandra explains to Scout that in Maycomb there are four different groups. First there’s the Cunninghams, the poor people. Then there’s the Ewells, which are the disliked people in Maycomb. There’s the normal people, who don’t fit into the other groups. Finally, there are the blacks. This is how Scout learns about judging from Aunt Alexandra. …show more content…
She was talking about how the teacher said that Atticus has taught her to write wrong. She said she didn’t want to go to school. Then they started talking about Walter Cunningham and how he is poor. “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it,” said Atticus (Lee pg30). I think that this kind of taught Scout that she can’t just judge people. That she should understand what they go through and how their life is before she judges them. This is what Scout learns about judging from