To Kill A Mockingbird Essay On Why People Are Different

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Telling people they are different doesn’t make you a smart person because everyone is different no one is the same, that is what makes us unique. The book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee shows that just because people are different doesn’t mean you should treat them differently. Through Tom Robinson, Walter Cunningham, Jem and Scout, the point of view, and the setting, Harper Lee shows us that just because people are different it doesn 't mean you should treat them like they are worthless. Tom Robinson is a person that is looked down on because he is different. In the trial when Tom was being accused of taking advantage of Mayella and the jury decided that Tom was guilty, many people were very shocked because they knew he was innocent. …show more content…
By sitting with these people they are possibly allowing people to make fun of them for calling them “nigger-lovers”. The people in this book aren 't accepting of everyone or each other even though you should treat everyone how you want to be treated. The kids aren´t made fun of for sitting with the “negroes.” It actually opened people 's eyes and they all thought that all people are the same and just because people are different that doesn 't mean you have to treat them differently. When a black man tells the kids “‘There 's not a seat downstairs. Do you all reckon it 'll be all right if you all came to the balcony with me’”(219), this quote shows that people are beginning to open up to the feeling of allowing people to join even if they are …show more content…
They don’t have many friends except Dill, who only comes in the summer time to stay with his aunt. They are very curious about their neighbor Mr. Boo Radley because he never comes out of his house until the end of the book when Jem and Scout are in trouble: “I wondered how many times Jem and I had made this journey, but I entered the Radley front gate for the second time in my life. Boo and I walked up the steps to the porch. His fingers found the doorknob. He gently released my hand, opened the door, went inside, and shut the door behind him. I never saw him again” (373). This quote shows that Scout began to have a relationship with Mr. Boo Radley. By taking him home she is showing that she is comfortable with him and she wants to protect him on his way home because he protected her and her brother from Mr. Bob Ewell. The setting helps us understand that the kids are growing up and are starting to notice the different things that are happening around them. For example their neighbor is different because he never really came out of his house until the end of the

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