The differences in both of the novels include modernization, conservatism, and religious conflict. To Kill a Mockingbird and Go Set a Watchman review the thematic issues of injustice and judgment. National political conflict is prevalent and centers the main plot around the two novels. The thematic issues addressed in these novels include law and identity, which review the insight of the main characters.
Scout observes Maycomb’s landscape and how modernized it has become. Maycomb in Go Set a Watchman has modernized to paved streets and the new invention of its time, the television. “They painted their parents’ houses atrocious colors; they whitewashed Maycomb’s store and put up neon signs; they built red brick houses of their own”(Lee 45) To …show more content…
She is now diplomatic liberal of the story. Atticus was the eye opener to multi-cultural view, when he chooses to defend Tom. Now that Scout is older she speaks up to her father racist ways and puts herself at a lot of risk to do so. She does this primary when she sits down with Atticus and asks him why he is openly attending white supremacy meetings and what this means for the Finches as a family. This is how Scouts character changed between the two novels
. Law and identity are the thematic issues introduced in both of the novels. Law is portrayed in To Kill a Mockingbird under Tom Robinson jurisdiction. He did not receive a fair trial because Tom was outnumbered by the entirety of a white jury. The only reason he is being prosecuted is because it is “what makes sense in the eye” of a segregated society. The assumption that Mayella is a victim to rape is not following the American justice system’s idea of equality. Mandate and order are corrupt in the legal system which creates an acceptance for racism in the …show more content…
Atticus is a lawyer but now does not value law as he did when defending Tom Robinson. His white supremacy ideals disrupt his good character and evolves another side of him. He makes remarks about African American lawyers invading what he believes should be an all white jury. The NAACP delivers justice to the American people and Atticus doesn’t by it. He discusses the flaws and his personal opinions of protecting African American rights.
We also see the theme of law put into play in Go Set a Watchmen when Atticus changes his standpoint of his racism and the law. This conflict between Atticus and his job as a lawyer endure the real definition of justice. How can someone represent the law if they don’t agree with it? This ongoing theme alters our perceptions of Atticus’s integrity. Contemporary racism doesn’t jeopardize Atticus’s career because he keeps it out of the court room. He becomes vocal with his bigotry in his personal home life in Maycomb. Legislation conflict is a reoccurring theme in the
Scout observes Maycomb’s landscape and how modernized it has become. Maycomb in Go Set a Watchman has modernized to paved streets and the new invention of its time, the television. “They painted their parents’ houses atrocious colors; they whitewashed Maycomb’s store and put up neon signs; they built red brick houses of their own”(Lee 45) To …show more content…
She is now diplomatic liberal of the story. Atticus was the eye opener to multi-cultural view, when he chooses to defend Tom. Now that Scout is older she speaks up to her father racist ways and puts herself at a lot of risk to do so. She does this primary when she sits down with Atticus and asks him why he is openly attending white supremacy meetings and what this means for the Finches as a family. This is how Scouts character changed between the two novels
. Law and identity are the thematic issues introduced in both of the novels. Law is portrayed in To Kill a Mockingbird under Tom Robinson jurisdiction. He did not receive a fair trial because Tom was outnumbered by the entirety of a white jury. The only reason he is being prosecuted is because it is “what makes sense in the eye” of a segregated society. The assumption that Mayella is a victim to rape is not following the American justice system’s idea of equality. Mandate and order are corrupt in the legal system which creates an acceptance for racism in the …show more content…
Atticus is a lawyer but now does not value law as he did when defending Tom Robinson. His white supremacy ideals disrupt his good character and evolves another side of him. He makes remarks about African American lawyers invading what he believes should be an all white jury. The NAACP delivers justice to the American people and Atticus doesn’t by it. He discusses the flaws and his personal opinions of protecting African American rights.
We also see the theme of law put into play in Go Set a Watchmen when Atticus changes his standpoint of his racism and the law. This conflict between Atticus and his job as a lawyer endure the real definition of justice. How can someone represent the law if they don’t agree with it? This ongoing theme alters our perceptions of Atticus’s integrity. Contemporary racism doesn’t jeopardize Atticus’s career because he keeps it out of the court room. He becomes vocal with his bigotry in his personal home life in Maycomb. Legislation conflict is a reoccurring theme in the