“You felt sorry for her, you felt sorry for her?” Mr. Gilmer said to Tom Robinson, spitting in his face. Tom knew he had made a mistake, for it wasn’t acceptable for a black man to feel sorry for a white woman. No matter what Tom had said, Mr. Gilmer did not need to badger him like this. One young boy in the crowd, by the name of Dill, thought the way Tom was being treated wasn’t right. In fact he was so upset by it he ran out of the courtroom. This was one of the first times Dill had been exposed to the real world. Harper Lee, in To Kill a Mockingbird, presents a world with a lot of discrimination and cruelty, some characters in the book see this cruelty and are upset by it. Although the world has changed in many ways since this book was written,
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One example of this theme in the book is when Dill runs out of the courtroom. During the trial, Mr. Gilmer is investigating Tom Robinson harshly. He is talking down to Tom and calling him rude names. Dill gets upset and runs out of the courtroom. He tells Scout that he doesn’t agree with the way Mr. Gilmer is treating Tom Robinson. This shows the theme because Dill is so upset that he physically cannot contain it. In the book, he says “It ain’t right, somehow it ain’t to do ‘em that way.” This was one of the first times he was exposed to the the racism in the world and it was really hard on him. One example of this theme in today’s society is when my friend went to her first funeral. She was eight years old at the time, and her parents sheltered her from everything bad in the world. Her grandmother had died and her parents took her whole family to the funeral. At the funeral she saw her grandma and was shocked that such bad things could happen. She cried on and off for a month after and took the loss really hard. She is now 15 and can still remember that month. I called her recently and she told me “The funeral was the first time I understood darkness.” This connects with the theme of the book because like Dill, she was overwhelmed and didn’t want to accept that bad things can happen. The theme “as …show more content…
One example of this in the book is when Atticus took the Tom Robinson case. When Atticus took this case he knew that he would lose, he knew people in the town would despise him for defending a black man. Most of all he knew that he was risking his family’s safety. He felt as if he had to take the case because of his morals. He said “I couldn’t go to church and worship God if I didn’t try to help that man.” This goes along with the theme because Atticus was brave and took the case even though he knew there were possible dangers ahead. Many others in the town would have turned down the case without a second thought, but because of Atticus’s morals he took the case. One example of the theme in today’s society is a woman who risked her life in order to save another. In 2011, a Californian woman by the name of Keenia Williams ran into a fire to save a man. Two cars had crashed and started a fire. She left the safety of her car to save a man that was caught in the fire. The fire department said “We wouldn’t have seen Mr. Finerty if Ms. Williams hadn’t pulled him from the fire.” This goes along with the theme because Keenia was brave and heroic because she wanted to do what was right. She knew that running into the fire was dangerous and she could get hurt but helped Mr. Finerty despite that. The theme from To Kill a
One example of this theme in the book is when Dill runs out of the courtroom. During the trial, Mr. Gilmer is investigating Tom Robinson harshly. He is talking down to Tom and calling him rude names. Dill gets upset and runs out of the courtroom. He tells Scout that he doesn’t agree with the way Mr. Gilmer is treating Tom Robinson. This shows the theme because Dill is so upset that he physically cannot contain it. In the book, he says “It ain’t right, somehow it ain’t to do ‘em that way.” This was one of the first times he was exposed to the the racism in the world and it was really hard on him. One example of this theme in today’s society is when my friend went to her first funeral. She was eight years old at the time, and her parents sheltered her from everything bad in the world. Her grandmother had died and her parents took her whole family to the funeral. At the funeral she saw her grandma and was shocked that such bad things could happen. She cried on and off for a month after and took the loss really hard. She is now 15 and can still remember that month. I called her recently and she told me “The funeral was the first time I understood darkness.” This connects with the theme of the book because like Dill, she was overwhelmed and didn’t want to accept that bad things can happen. The theme “as …show more content…
One example of this in the book is when Atticus took the Tom Robinson case. When Atticus took this case he knew that he would lose, he knew people in the town would despise him for defending a black man. Most of all he knew that he was risking his family’s safety. He felt as if he had to take the case because of his morals. He said “I couldn’t go to church and worship God if I didn’t try to help that man.” This goes along with the theme because Atticus was brave and took the case even though he knew there were possible dangers ahead. Many others in the town would have turned down the case without a second thought, but because of Atticus’s morals he took the case. One example of the theme in today’s society is a woman who risked her life in order to save another. In 2011, a Californian woman by the name of Keenia Williams ran into a fire to save a man. Two cars had crashed and started a fire. She left the safety of her car to save a man that was caught in the fire. The fire department said “We wouldn’t have seen Mr. Finerty if Ms. Williams hadn’t pulled him from the fire.” This goes along with the theme because Keenia was brave and heroic because she wanted to do what was right. She knew that running into the fire was dangerous and she could get hurt but helped Mr. Finerty despite that. The theme from To Kill a