People have a tendency to exalt themselves above others. Pride is a dominate feature of what we tend to think of as modern cultures. This is no less the case in Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, people place themselves and others in social classes, almost always placing themselves at the top, unaffected by the fact that they might be on the bottom of someone else’s list. People have a tendency to blindly push other humans below them in a way that is unchristian, prideful and humbling to its object.
The Bible never exalts a human to such a position that is greater than another, rather it calls for all to serve, and surely for all of those who have received the Holy Spirit to love all people unconditionally. Luke 6:27-28 says, “But …show more content…
There is division based on racial features, but also within races there are those who were considered the better than others; for example, the character Aunt Alexandria is a prideful snow-plough, or a steam-train, rolling over everyone and putting everyone below her. She is said to believe that the longer a family has been one patch of land the better it is, and is of the opinion that some families, such as the Cunninghams and Ewells aren’t good enough for her. Likewise, among the blacks there are some who are thought less worthy than others. The only people aunt Alexandria considers worthy enough to enter her house are those from the neighborhood, and even they have their mistakes, even though they are of the ‘highest social class;’ but none of them are as great as the aunt herself! Below them one rung down on the social ladder, are people like the Cunningham family and Sherriff Heck Tate; people who only come for business or on account of their occupation or needs. Below them there are the people like the Ewells, drunkards and rogues without a desire for honor, and if they do have that desire, don’t have the willpower to act on it. It is strange that the social class that is generally grudgingly admitted greatest, and that that is least, thinks of itself as greatest. The classes of people that are really impressive in To Kill a Mockingbird are those who do not think of themselves as the most upper;
The Bible never exalts a human to such a position that is greater than another, rather it calls for all to serve, and surely for all of those who have received the Holy Spirit to love all people unconditionally. Luke 6:27-28 says, “But …show more content…
There is division based on racial features, but also within races there are those who were considered the better than others; for example, the character Aunt Alexandria is a prideful snow-plough, or a steam-train, rolling over everyone and putting everyone below her. She is said to believe that the longer a family has been one patch of land the better it is, and is of the opinion that some families, such as the Cunninghams and Ewells aren’t good enough for her. Likewise, among the blacks there are some who are thought less worthy than others. The only people aunt Alexandria considers worthy enough to enter her house are those from the neighborhood, and even they have their mistakes, even though they are of the ‘highest social class;’ but none of them are as great as the aunt herself! Below them one rung down on the social ladder, are people like the Cunningham family and Sherriff Heck Tate; people who only come for business or on account of their occupation or needs. Below them there are the people like the Ewells, drunkards and rogues without a desire for honor, and if they do have that desire, don’t have the willpower to act on it. It is strange that the social class that is generally grudgingly admitted greatest, and that that is least, thinks of itself as greatest. The classes of people that are really impressive in To Kill a Mockingbird are those who do not think of themselves as the most upper;