To Kill A Mockingbird Attitudes

In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird written by Harper Lee there is a conflict that shows the attitude of the characters. This conflict is the conflict between white and black people. The attitude of the characters that are shown through this conflict are Bob Ewell, Tom Robinson and The Jury. Each of these character’s attitudes remind me of something I can link to the outer world. Bob Ewell reminds me of Hitler, Tom reminds me of a child from a short story and the jury remind me of the history of black civil rights.
The first attitude of a character demonstrated by the conflict between black and white is Bob Ewell. The conflict between black and white helps us as the readers to understand Ewell’s attitude. Bob Ewell is considered low class in …show more content…
Tom is a black man whom was accused of raping a white woman. Tom’s attitude towards whites is kind, he is kind to them even though they are the ones that have treated his past family like slaves and like nothing. But most of all they are the ones that accused him of a crime he did not commit. Tom may not like the white Americans inside but that dislike or hate does not show through, he keeps a calm facade. An example of his attitude from the novel is during his trial, although out his trials Tom did not once speak badly towards anyone white or black He uses proper language. (Find Quotes) He was kind towards the colour that have caused hard times and pain to his family. Tom’s attitude is one I can personally relate to the child in the short story ‘Night’. This child is abused and is constantly conflicting within whether to leave or to stay. He up until the end, he always stayed and continued to show love and kindness towards his father. The father that came home every night and abused him and the father who never showed any type of emotion except for hate towards him. These two characters are both similar in the fact that they both show kindness to the ones that are constantly hurting them both emotionally and