To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel which displays the racial divide which occurred in the South during the 1930s. This divide made sure that black people wouldn't be treated the same as white people even though they both were human beings. The main characters, Jem and Scout, are the children of Atticus Finch, who is a well-respected lawyer in both communities (black and white). Although Atticus dislikes criminal law, he decides to fight for Tom Robinson, a black worker who was accused of raping a white woman. As a result, this action angers most of Maycomb County, the town located in Alabama and the home of the Finch’s. This also creates obstacles for Jem and Scout in their everyday lives. Throughout the story, Jem and Scout have to face several
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Throughout the novel, characters make decisions that can make them seem gallant and turn them into a new and better person. Furthermore, these characters aren’t afraid of what they are doing and believe that they are right. For example, Atticus’s decision to defend Tom Robinson can make him really courageous. At a time when blacks were not treated the same as the white, Atticus knew that his actions had to be fair. This decision also created chaos and caused several people to misbehave with Atticus, Jem, and Scout. Atticus still went to court to testifying that Tom hadn’t raped the woman. He told his children that even when someone says something wrong about their father that, “[y]ou 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. Try fighting with your head for a change”(101). Atticus knows that his bold world will teach his children how to react when they are disrespected and how not to behave. On the other hand, Jem and Scout change throughout the novel and become courageous in different ways. When Atticus was at the jail cell talking to a mob who were concerned about Tom’s actions, Jem appeared and refused to leave when Atticus asked him to. Jem and Scout both knew that their father’s life was in danger because people disliked how he was defending a black man. While
Throughout the novel, characters make decisions that can make them seem gallant and turn them into a new and better person. Furthermore, these characters aren’t afraid of what they are doing and believe that they are right. For example, Atticus’s decision to defend Tom Robinson can make him really courageous. At a time when blacks were not treated the same as the white, Atticus knew that his actions had to be fair. This decision also created chaos and caused several people to misbehave with Atticus, Jem, and Scout. Atticus still went to court to testifying that Tom hadn’t raped the woman. He told his children that even when someone says something wrong about their father that, “[y]ou 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. Try fighting with your head for a change”(101). Atticus knows that his bold world will teach his children how to react when they are disrespected and how not to behave. On the other hand, Jem and Scout change throughout the novel and become courageous in different ways. When Atticus was at the jail cell talking to a mob who were concerned about Tom’s actions, Jem appeared and refused to leave when Atticus asked him to. Jem and Scout both knew that their father’s life was in danger because people disliked how he was defending a black man. While