Leah Glucksman 3/28/15
To Kill a Mockingbird Essay
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view … until you climb into his skin and walk around in it” (Atticus Chapter 3). Absorbing facts handed out by one’s teacher or reading words on a page during a history class does not reflect the true brutal conditions humans used to live through in the 1930’s. The extreme racial prejudice in the 1930’s left an impact on racial relations that is still present today. Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” describes this infamous era in a point of view that has never been looked at before. Scout Finch, a young girl, is living through a time of unnecessary hatred. She was raised by her father, Atticus Finch, to look at …show more content…
By accepting Calpurnia into the family despite her race, Scout and Jem have inherited their father’s value of tolerance. Calpurnia exposes the two children to experiences typical white children during the 1930’s did not have the opportunity to partake in. ““I wants to know why you bringin‘ white chillun to nigger church” (Lula chapter 12). While Atticus was away, Calpurnia decided to bring Jem and Scout to her church on Sunday. The assumption of this time period is that discrimination was only present against people who were black. Although black people had complete right to react the way Lula did in chapter 12 of “To Kill a Mockingbird”, Harper Lee reveals truth in the novel. Lula was reluctant to accept two white children into her church accompanied by Calpurnia. Children should always be welcomed anywhere they go, especially one’s as young as Scout, because they are too new to society to have any opinions. Calpurnia is currently the connecting factor between two different worlds which allows Jem, Scout, and the reader to look through a different set of eyes. One who supports and accepts both
To Kill a Mockingbird Essay
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view … until you climb into his skin and walk around in it” (Atticus Chapter 3). Absorbing facts handed out by one’s teacher or reading words on a page during a history class does not reflect the true brutal conditions humans used to live through in the 1930’s. The extreme racial prejudice in the 1930’s left an impact on racial relations that is still present today. Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” describes this infamous era in a point of view that has never been looked at before. Scout Finch, a young girl, is living through a time of unnecessary hatred. She was raised by her father, Atticus Finch, to look at …show more content…
By accepting Calpurnia into the family despite her race, Scout and Jem have inherited their father’s value of tolerance. Calpurnia exposes the two children to experiences typical white children during the 1930’s did not have the opportunity to partake in. ““I wants to know why you bringin‘ white chillun to nigger church” (Lula chapter 12). While Atticus was away, Calpurnia decided to bring Jem and Scout to her church on Sunday. The assumption of this time period is that discrimination was only present against people who were black. Although black people had complete right to react the way Lula did in chapter 12 of “To Kill a Mockingbird”, Harper Lee reveals truth in the novel. Lula was reluctant to accept two white children into her church accompanied by Calpurnia. Children should always be welcomed anywhere they go, especially one’s as young as Scout, because they are too new to society to have any opinions. Calpurnia is currently the connecting factor between two different worlds which allows Jem, Scout, and the reader to look through a different set of eyes. One who supports and accepts both