No person should be defined by his/her looks, but instead by the qualities that make them who they are. To Kill a Mockingbird, a novel by Harper Lee, is about a family with good morals towards everyone, regardless of race or social standing. From a child’s point of view, the reader experiences events that occur in the racist town of Maycomb, and how it affects the lives of the town’s residents. Employing a plethora of unique characters and recording their interactions, the novel is able to prove its point in a resounding fashion. As expressed through Harper Lee’s detailed characters, things are not always as they appear to be. The main characters , Scout and Jem, realize this theme is when they get to know Mrs. Dubose. Mrs. Dubose lived on the same street as Scout and Jem, and even though they were children she would rake
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Throughout the first few chapters in which Mrs. Dubose was involved it seemed like her appearance was her reality, even to Atticus, the kids’ father, who was very polite to her, she would act as a vile and mean old lady. Scout and Jem only ever interact with Mrs. Dubose’s crude remarks walking by her house until one day Jem destroys her camellias because of something particularly mean that she said earlier that day. As punishment the kids are forced to spend time with Mrs. Dubose, and the first time they enter her house Scout notices her “lying under a pile of quilts and almost looked friendly”(141), as well as a disgusting odor and that Mrs. Dubose was extremely sick. Doubt about what the cranky old lady was really going through spread throughout Scout’s mind and made her think if Mrs. Dubose was really as she appeared to be. One day Mrs. Dubose dies, and leaves Jem a camellia which
Throughout the first few chapters in which Mrs. Dubose was involved it seemed like her appearance was her reality, even to Atticus, the kids’ father, who was very polite to her, she would act as a vile and mean old lady. Scout and Jem only ever interact with Mrs. Dubose’s crude remarks walking by her house until one day Jem destroys her camellias because of something particularly mean that she said earlier that day. As punishment the kids are forced to spend time with Mrs. Dubose, and the first time they enter her house Scout notices her “lying under a pile of quilts and almost looked friendly”(141), as well as a disgusting odor and that Mrs. Dubose was extremely sick. Doubt about what the cranky old lady was really going through spread throughout Scout’s mind and made her think if Mrs. Dubose was really as she appeared to be. One day Mrs. Dubose dies, and leaves Jem a camellia which