Education in To Kill a Mockingbird Education is one of the many rights we’re entitled to, Us as humanity strive for knowledge. To Kill a Mockingbird is no exception to this, in this Pulitzer Prize-winning book, education is the basis of every struggle. Education is the basis of society, it’s what sets every person from the rest, education is the process of gaining information about the surrounding world.
Harper Lee symbolizes the importance of education in To Kill a Mockingbird, through Scout’s experiences at school. On the first day, Scout meets her teacher, Miss Caroline, who’s teaching style is the Dewey System which is as Scout says, The Dewey Decimal System consisted, in part, of Miss Caroline waving cards at us which were printed the, …show more content…
We take what the community inputs about many topics including people and places. This is even true in Maycomb County, this education of prejudice is addressed by Atticus in his closing arguments at the court case, “the witnesses for the state.have presented themselves to you gentlemen.in the cynical confidence that their testimony would not be doubted, confident that you gentlemen would go along with them on the.evil assumption.that all Negroes lie, that all Negroes are basically immoral beings, that all Negro men are not to be trusted around our women, an assumption one associates with minds of their caliber” (Lee 204). Education is a key to unlocking ignorance that causes prejudice, Jem and Scout both learn this when they wonder that their family status is based more on education than bloodline. Social standing is more based on education than bloodline because you could be related to a king, you still can be treated poorly, but if you’re a genius that could revolutionize the world, then you’ll be treated better and get a great job, making large of amounts of wealth. In conclusion, education are the roots of issue, education created terrorism, prejudice, and many other issues, but
Harper Lee symbolizes the importance of education in To Kill a Mockingbird, through Scout’s experiences at school. On the first day, Scout meets her teacher, Miss Caroline, who’s teaching style is the Dewey System which is as Scout says, The Dewey Decimal System consisted, in part, of Miss Caroline waving cards at us which were printed the, …show more content…
We take what the community inputs about many topics including people and places. This is even true in Maycomb County, this education of prejudice is addressed by Atticus in his closing arguments at the court case, “the witnesses for the state.have presented themselves to you gentlemen.in the cynical confidence that their testimony would not be doubted, confident that you gentlemen would go along with them on the.evil assumption.that all Negroes lie, that all Negroes are basically immoral beings, that all Negro men are not to be trusted around our women, an assumption one associates with minds of their caliber” (Lee 204). Education is a key to unlocking ignorance that causes prejudice, Jem and Scout both learn this when they wonder that their family status is based more on education than bloodline. Social standing is more based on education than bloodline because you could be related to a king, you still can be treated poorly, but if you’re a genius that could revolutionize the world, then you’ll be treated better and get a great job, making large of amounts of wealth. In conclusion, education are the roots of issue, education created terrorism, prejudice, and many other issues, but