Imagine a world consumed with hatred, discrimination, and depravity. A world with no light and goodness leading the way to ethical and virtuous characteristics, leaving it corrupt and broken. A world like that would be incapable of function. From a personal perspective, it’s known that throughout hard times, there always seems to be something good to come out of it as a result. Society won’t accept evilness to nest in it, good wins. In the midst of human morality, good and evil exist, but good will commonly prevail.
Present in the world, is a distinct coexistence of good and evil. From experience, it is known that in many cases, people want to do the right thing, but choose not to because of society’s etiquettes. Just like how in the novel, …show more content…
In that period of time, around the 1930s, existed the Jim Crow Laws. These laws emphasized that whites were inferior to blacks in all ways. Their lives had to be completely separate according to these guidelines. This is shown through the novel when the kids get the opportunity to attend Cal’s church and they realize how different their lifestyle is compared to hers and the black community’s. Even the prosecutor in Tom’s trial refers to him as ‘Boy’, rather than ‘Sir’ or ‘Mr.’ because that would entitle that Tom is equal to white men, like himself. In an article over discrimination, the writer declares, “If we are honest with ourselves, if we start recognizing those biases for what they are--prejudice-- then maybe we can realize that dream where we are all judged by the content of our character rather than the color of our skin.” This intensely relates to this topic because there is hope for defeating racism out in the real world. The evilness of superiority and prejudice is to be conquered. An example in the book of racism is when Atticus shares, “‘As you grow older, you'll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and don't you forget it - whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes from, that white man is trash,’”(295). If more people thought and influenced the people around …show more content…
An article focused on good and evil, agrees, “Furthermore, even in the same historical period, different cultures and different ideologies would produce different moral values. This lack of universal validity would extend whatever difference in moral values, to the individual, level.” This is another way of saying that based on the way someone is raised, determines what they expect for the world. Everyone will have different standards for good and evil. Atticus, a man who has certain values, is all that his children were exposed to, so to them, the rest of Maycomb should be just as good of a person as him. In relation to the novel, Miss Maudie talks about how mockingbirds don’t do anything but sing beautiful melodies and so it is a sin to kill one (119). This symbolizes how innocence is often destroyed by evil. Mockingbirds do no harm, yet are still sometimes killed. Another article on innocence claims, “...the innocent are unaware of the dark side of things because they lack the concepts necessary for awareness, and they lack those concepts because life has not yet provided them.” Babies are not born aware and children have not lived enough years to be aware of the bad that lurks in the world. Jem and Scout, who have barely undergone ten years of life, are finally exposed to it in Maycomb with the result of Tom’s trial and Mr.
Present in the world, is a distinct coexistence of good and evil. From experience, it is known that in many cases, people want to do the right thing, but choose not to because of society’s etiquettes. Just like how in the novel, …show more content…
In that period of time, around the 1930s, existed the Jim Crow Laws. These laws emphasized that whites were inferior to blacks in all ways. Their lives had to be completely separate according to these guidelines. This is shown through the novel when the kids get the opportunity to attend Cal’s church and they realize how different their lifestyle is compared to hers and the black community’s. Even the prosecutor in Tom’s trial refers to him as ‘Boy’, rather than ‘Sir’ or ‘Mr.’ because that would entitle that Tom is equal to white men, like himself. In an article over discrimination, the writer declares, “If we are honest with ourselves, if we start recognizing those biases for what they are--prejudice-- then maybe we can realize that dream where we are all judged by the content of our character rather than the color of our skin.” This intensely relates to this topic because there is hope for defeating racism out in the real world. The evilness of superiority and prejudice is to be conquered. An example in the book of racism is when Atticus shares, “‘As you grow older, you'll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and don't you forget it - whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes from, that white man is trash,’”(295). If more people thought and influenced the people around …show more content…
An article focused on good and evil, agrees, “Furthermore, even in the same historical period, different cultures and different ideologies would produce different moral values. This lack of universal validity would extend whatever difference in moral values, to the individual, level.” This is another way of saying that based on the way someone is raised, determines what they expect for the world. Everyone will have different standards for good and evil. Atticus, a man who has certain values, is all that his children were exposed to, so to them, the rest of Maycomb should be just as good of a person as him. In relation to the novel, Miss Maudie talks about how mockingbirds don’t do anything but sing beautiful melodies and so it is a sin to kill one (119). This symbolizes how innocence is often destroyed by evil. Mockingbirds do no harm, yet are still sometimes killed. Another article on innocence claims, “...the innocent are unaware of the dark side of things because they lack the concepts necessary for awareness, and they lack those concepts because life has not yet provided them.” Babies are not born aware and children have not lived enough years to be aware of the bad that lurks in the world. Jem and Scout, who have barely undergone ten years of life, are finally exposed to it in Maycomb with the result of Tom’s trial and Mr.