People 's lives are like books. Everyone has their own stories, and everyone learns their own lessons. The novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee shows the struggle of prejudice and growing up in a southern town in the 1900’s. Scout and Jem grow up throughout the novel and learn many important lessons from their peers, the trial of an African American man named Tom Robinson, and their relations they have with a neighbor, Boo Radley. The novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee uses characterization to show the importance of morality, empathy, and courage. First Jem and Scout learn what morality is from Atticus and their peers. Once Mr. Radley patches up the hole in the tree, Jem asks Atticus why he would patch up the tree and comes
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When Atticus starts sporadically defending an African American named Tom Robinson at a detriment, he was kind of being dissident, and Jem and Scout start getting bullied about it a little in school and Atticus says to them, “You might hear some ugly talk about it at school, but do one thing for me if you will: you just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anybody says to you, don’t you let ‘em get your goat”(101). Jem and Scout knows this trial means a lot to Atticus and they want to be supportive for him, “Atticus so rarely asked Jem and me to do something for him, I could take being called a coward for him”(102). Atticus describes courage as someone who stands up for what they think is the right thing to do and stand by that. Jem and Scout learns this and they know they need to stand by Atticus through this because they know he will always do the right thing, and think he is infallible. They know they need to keep courage and still stand up for themselves and Atticus without starting violence. They learned that they can not let what people are saying and doing get to them, but stand by Atticus and his decision. The lesson Jem and Scout learn shows the importance of Atticus and having courage throughout the
When Atticus starts sporadically defending an African American named Tom Robinson at a detriment, he was kind of being dissident, and Jem and Scout start getting bullied about it a little in school and Atticus says to them, “You might hear some ugly talk about it at school, but do one thing for me if you will: you just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anybody says to you, don’t you let ‘em get your goat”(101). Jem and Scout knows this trial means a lot to Atticus and they want to be supportive for him, “Atticus so rarely asked Jem and me to do something for him, I could take being called a coward for him”(102). Atticus describes courage as someone who stands up for what they think is the right thing to do and stand by that. Jem and Scout learns this and they know they need to stand by Atticus through this because they know he will always do the right thing, and think he is infallible. They know they need to keep courage and still stand up for themselves and Atticus without starting violence. They learned that they can not let what people are saying and doing get to them, but stand by Atticus and his decision. The lesson Jem and Scout learn shows the importance of Atticus and having courage throughout the