Lessons from a Mockingbird “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat people 's’ gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, that is set in the 1930’s during the great depression, it teaches many lessons throughout the book. One of the most memorable, is that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird. With this in mind, many lessons are portrayed throughout the course of this novel. Throughout, Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird multiple life lessons are taught, those that are most influential, include, injustice, morality ethics, and courage.
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Underwood. Although, he was not a main character in the novel, he showed that he had a great moral compass to all the citizens of Maycomb. One night, when Tom was in the jail, Atticus knew a mob of men were going to come to the jail cell. That night Atticus waited with Tom until the mob had come and gone. Immediately after they had left, a voice came from Mr. Underwood’s office that said, “You’re damn tootin’ they won’t [hurt you]. Had you covered all the time, Atticus.”(155). Mr. Underwood despised Negroes yet he was still willing to sit late in the night with his double-barreled shotgun in his office to defend them. Even when protecting a negro is untrendy in this time. Mr. Underwood was also very outraged with Tom’s death and wrote a very zealous article. Scout pronounces this about his article, "Mr. Underwood simply figured it was a sin to kill cripples, be they standing, sitting, or escaping. He likened Tom 's death to the senseless slaughter of songbirds by hunters and children, and Maycomb felt he was trying to write an article poetical enough to be printed in The Montgomery Advertiser." ( 241). Mr. Underwood did not care about what anyone thought, or if he would lose advertising, he decided that he was going to write a powerful article about Tom’s death. He did this because he knew it was the right thing to do. Morality is shown by Mr. Underwood standing up for Tom on these two …show more content…
The courage that stood out the most would be Mrs. Dubose. Mrs. Dubose shows her courage by deciding to quit her morphine addiction; that is because she does not want to die addicted to morphine. One day, Jem ruins all of Mrs. Dubose 's’ flowers. The punishment is that Jem will go read to Mrs. Dubose after school everyday. Jem and Scout hated every minute of reading to her, and couldn’t wait to leave her house. The children soon realized that they were staying longer and longer each day. Although, they did not know why. Jem and Scout were helping to keep Mrs. Dubose off of her morphine. After Jem’s punishment is over Mrs. Dubose soon dies. After her death, Atticus tells them why they were enlisted to help, Atticus
The theme of injustice is presented when …show more content…
Underwood. Although, he was not a main character in the novel, he showed that he had a great moral compass to all the citizens of Maycomb. One night, when Tom was in the jail, Atticus knew a mob of men were going to come to the jail cell. That night Atticus waited with Tom until the mob had come and gone. Immediately after they had left, a voice came from Mr. Underwood’s office that said, “You’re damn tootin’ they won’t [hurt you]. Had you covered all the time, Atticus.”(155). Mr. Underwood despised Negroes yet he was still willing to sit late in the night with his double-barreled shotgun in his office to defend them. Even when protecting a negro is untrendy in this time. Mr. Underwood was also very outraged with Tom’s death and wrote a very zealous article. Scout pronounces this about his article, "Mr. Underwood simply figured it was a sin to kill cripples, be they standing, sitting, or escaping. He likened Tom 's death to the senseless slaughter of songbirds by hunters and children, and Maycomb felt he was trying to write an article poetical enough to be printed in The Montgomery Advertiser." ( 241). Mr. Underwood did not care about what anyone thought, or if he would lose advertising, he decided that he was going to write a powerful article about Tom’s death. He did this because he knew it was the right thing to do. Morality is shown by Mr. Underwood standing up for Tom on these two …show more content…
The courage that stood out the most would be Mrs. Dubose. Mrs. Dubose shows her courage by deciding to quit her morphine addiction; that is because she does not want to die addicted to morphine. One day, Jem ruins all of Mrs. Dubose 's’ flowers. The punishment is that Jem will go read to Mrs. Dubose after school everyday. Jem and Scout hated every minute of reading to her, and couldn’t wait to leave her house. The children soon realized that they were staying longer and longer each day. Although, they did not know why. Jem and Scout were helping to keep Mrs. Dubose off of her morphine. After Jem’s punishment is over Mrs. Dubose soon dies. After her death, Atticus tells them why they were enlisted to help, Atticus