To Kill A Mockingbird Human Nature Analysis

Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird examines the many sides of human nature in an extremely repressive society. When it was discovered that Atticus Finch accepts the job to defend Tom Robinson, a black man, in court, there is social prejudice towards, not only him, but also Jem and Scout. The children’s only escape is when they play with their best friend, Dill, creating stories about their mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. Although the trial is unsuccessful on Tom’s part, Atticus’s solid case and the children’s courage throughout the book are the things that help Maycomb see the true side of racism and inequality. Thus, To Kill a Mockingbird suggests that human nature varies in everyone by showing the consequences of the actions the citizens of Maycomb display. The people of Maycomb were extremely racist and did not understand the consequences of their actions. Opinions of parents were then forced on children, giving way to a new generation of inequality in the world. These negative views were not always consistent, seeing the moral integrity of Atticus, Jem, and Scout Finch. This internal strength is shown when the three stand up to a lynch mob coming for Robinson at his holding cell in the county jail. When the …show more content…
Throughout the story, the “innocents”, Jem, Dill, and Scout, were exposed to the darkness and saw just how cruel the world really was. The children start off without a care in the world but are soon crushed to know what is really going on around them. After the trial’s outcome, they come to the realization that though the law is on their side, there is nothing they can do about people’s inner intentions to hurt others because they are different (Lee 226). The three try hard to understand why society worked like that, but no real answers were found. The span of these years, through their childhood and the trial, truly killed their innocence, thus the title To Kill a