In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, the novel touches upon the racism in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama. In the novel, Scout and Jem watch as their father, Atticus Finch, strives to prove the innocence of an African American man known as Tom Robinson. As the children watch this uphill battle, they learn many things about the people in their town. Throughout the book, Atticus teaches his children, many significant life lessons about courage and treating everyone with kindness and respect. These life lessons influence how Scout and Jem act for the better.
Within the novel, Scout and Jem learn that you should treat everyone kindly and respectfully. For example, Scout does not like one of her teachers, Miss Caroline. Miss Caroline tells Scout to forget everything Atticus taught her and to stop reading. This made Scout very confused, …show more content…
This teaches Scout that you never really know what is going on in someone’s life until you look at a situation from their perspective. Due to this, Scout starts to learn not to get affected by what Miss Caroline says, because she realizes that she has her own problems. Instead, she talks to everyone with respect and doesn’t let things affect her as much as they used to. Now, Scout is able to look at things through other people’s perspective without getting so worked up if they think something different that her and she has formed better friendships because of it. In addition, during Tom Robinson’s case, Atticus has to talk to Mayella Ewell, his “opponent” while she’s on the witness stand to get her side of the story. When doing this, Atticus talks to her with respect by saying things like, “So you did, so you did,
Within the novel, Scout and Jem learn that you should treat everyone kindly and respectfully. For example, Scout does not like one of her teachers, Miss Caroline. Miss Caroline tells Scout to forget everything Atticus taught her and to stop reading. This made Scout very confused, …show more content…
This teaches Scout that you never really know what is going on in someone’s life until you look at a situation from their perspective. Due to this, Scout starts to learn not to get affected by what Miss Caroline says, because she realizes that she has her own problems. Instead, she talks to everyone with respect and doesn’t let things affect her as much as they used to. Now, Scout is able to look at things through other people’s perspective without getting so worked up if they think something different that her and she has formed better friendships because of it. In addition, during Tom Robinson’s case, Atticus has to talk to Mayella Ewell, his “opponent” while she’s on the witness stand to get her side of the story. When doing this, Atticus talks to her with respect by saying things like, “So you did, so you did,