To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee’s novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” expresses many themes far deeper than the problem of racial issues in the South. Aside from mentioning unsettling topics like prejudice, the novel also mentions themes like justice and injustice, sexism, stereotypes, and peoples relationships with others, which can be applied biblically. The book serves as an account of Jean Louise (Scout) Finch, and her encounters with Maycomb County’s social obstacles. The book talks about how Scout and her brother Jem want to get to know their mysterious neighbor Boo Radley along with their friend Dill, who stays with them during the summer breaks. Eventually, the book goes into detail about a girl named Mayella Ewell, and how she is raped.
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There are a lot of Christian references in To Kill a Mockingbird, from Scout and Jem attending church, to Atticus saying that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird (Lee 103). There are also many examples of friendships and hatred. “But while no one with a grain of sense trusted Miss Stephaine, Jem and I had considerable faith in Miss Maudie. She had never told us, had never played cat-and-mouse with us, she was not at all interested in our private lives. She was our friend” (Lee 50). “And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these (ESV Bible, Mark 12:30-31). God commanded us to love our neighbors. The idea of relationships with others is shown throughout the novel from friendships and hatred between characters. God commanded us to love our neighbors as ourselves, despite their differences. However, in the book, Bob and Mayella fail to treat Tom and Atticus as their neighbors. The same happens with Aunt Alexandra and Calpurnia. Things are not the way to be because of sin in the world. As God- fearing Christians, we are supposed to obey his commands. Christian characters in To Kill a Mockingbird fail to do so. The biblical relationship integrated relationship between others is an important concept shown in To Kill a
There are a lot of Christian references in To Kill a Mockingbird, from Scout and Jem attending church, to Atticus saying that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird (Lee 103). There are also many examples of friendships and hatred. “But while no one with a grain of sense trusted Miss Stephaine, Jem and I had considerable faith in Miss Maudie. She had never told us, had never played cat-and-mouse with us, she was not at all interested in our private lives. She was our friend” (Lee 50). “And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these (ESV Bible, Mark 12:30-31). God commanded us to love our neighbors. The idea of relationships with others is shown throughout the novel from friendships and hatred between characters. God commanded us to love our neighbors as ourselves, despite their differences. However, in the book, Bob and Mayella fail to treat Tom and Atticus as their neighbors. The same happens with Aunt Alexandra and Calpurnia. Things are not the way to be because of sin in the world. As God- fearing Christians, we are supposed to obey his commands. Christian characters in To Kill a Mockingbird fail to do so. The biblical relationship integrated relationship between others is an important concept shown in To Kill a