“Inside each of us, there is the seed of both good and evil. It's a constant struggle as to which one will win. And one cannot exist without the other.” Good versus evil is a constant conflict in our world today and the idea of the coexistence of good and evil is seen in Harper Lee's “To Kill a Mockingbird.” This novel is a classic piece of American literature that is set in the 1930s in Alabama’s South which was a time of great intolerance, prejudice and racial inequality. This is shown throughout the novel through the eyes of a girl named Jean Louise Finch, better known as Scout. Many themes are explored in this novel like justice, innocence, good and evil, childhood, courage and racism. The themes of good and evil and innocence and harsh experience are seen through the events that take place in the characters’ lives.
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When she hears her classmates saying mean things about her father, because he's defending a black man, she defends him. She doesn't see the wrong in what her father is doing and when she asks Atticus what her classmates meant, Atticus explains to her that what he is doing is not really a bad thing, but that some people see it that way. This shows her innocence as she is too young to understand prejudice and injustice and Atticus tries to preserve her innocence by raising her to believe that there is nothing wrong with defending a black man.
Scouts innocence is also seen through her dialogue. When Scout talks to Dill about where babies come from, Dill tells Scout that you must “order a baby from a special man who rows across from an island.” Scout then tells him that it’s a lie and her Aunty told her “God drops 'em down the chimney.” Scouts innocence, naivety and has a lack of knowledge on “grown-up” ideas is clearly shown. Scout is too young to know or to be told about where babies really come from and so her aunt had to make up a story to explain to Scout where they come
When she hears her classmates saying mean things about her father, because he's defending a black man, she defends him. She doesn't see the wrong in what her father is doing and when she asks Atticus what her classmates meant, Atticus explains to her that what he is doing is not really a bad thing, but that some people see it that way. This shows her innocence as she is too young to understand prejudice and injustice and Atticus tries to preserve her innocence by raising her to believe that there is nothing wrong with defending a black man.
Scouts innocence is also seen through her dialogue. When Scout talks to Dill about where babies come from, Dill tells Scout that you must “order a baby from a special man who rows across from an island.” Scout then tells him that it’s a lie and her Aunty told her “God drops 'em down the chimney.” Scouts innocence, naivety and has a lack of knowledge on “grown-up” ideas is clearly shown. Scout is too young to know or to be told about where babies really come from and so her aunt had to make up a story to explain to Scout where they come