In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the characterization of Atticus helps to reveal the theme. Jem and Scout have just met Mrs. Dubose, an elderly-racist woman with an ill temper, Jem believes she is a bad woman, and Atticus admires her for her battle with standing up against her morphine addiction. They have also just met their cousin Francis which irritates Scout and tells him things Scout abhors and doesn’t want to hear. Both of these characters have been calling Atticus a nigger-lover, a person whom which the white society don’t want to be anywhere near with and believe that they are the superior race. Atticus opposes these paradigms and encourages black folks, other races and equality instead of viewing the bad side of things. “You aren’t a nigger lover, then, are you?” “I certainly am.
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The principle of respect for others supports the development of the theme since the setting of To Kill A Mockingbird took place during a time era where racism was enormous and white folks were known to oppose black folks; white people were the dominant race. Throughout Maycomb County, white and blacks are separate, but Atticus’s maid is a black woman named Calpurnia whom he seems to have a good relationship with and Atticus later admits to be a nigger lover on page 108.In to Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the use of symbol helps to reveal the theme. When Scout and Jem are each given the present of an air rifle by Uncle Jack, he teaches the two how to shoot them since Atticus wouldn’t. Then one day Atticus tells Jem "I'd rather you shot at tin cans in the back yard, but I know you'll go after birds. Shoot all the Bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."(pg.
The principle of respect for others supports the development of the theme since the setting of To Kill A Mockingbird took place during a time era where racism was enormous and white folks were known to oppose black folks; white people were the dominant race. Throughout Maycomb County, white and blacks are separate, but Atticus’s maid is a black woman named Calpurnia whom he seems to have a good relationship with and Atticus later admits to be a nigger lover on page 108.In to Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the use of symbol helps to reveal the theme. When Scout and Jem are each given the present of an air rifle by Uncle Jack, he teaches the two how to shoot them since Atticus wouldn’t. Then one day Atticus tells Jem "I'd rather you shot at tin cans in the back yard, but I know you'll go after birds. Shoot all the Bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."(pg.