The events that Harper Lee includes in To Kill a Mockingbird makes the readers think about what is going on in our world today by realizing that the problems haven’t been solved completely and still occur today. There are many themes in this novel like, inequality between class and race, don’t judge a book by it’s cover, and the symbolism of the mockingbird. It’s based on an innocent black man, Tom Robinson, being accused of raping a girl, Mayella Ewell. Tom already started at a disadvantage because of the color of his skin which leads to being the main reason he is named guilty. Today, the severity of racism has lowered but hasn’t fully disappeared.
While reading the novel, the thing that pointed out to me was when Atticus said, “It’s a sin to kill a mockingbird (Lee …show more content…
Recently this year, we’ve had multiple school shootings. This goes with the theme of “it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird” because the mockingbird symbolizes innocence and the students were nothing but innocent. They didn’t do anything wrong to experience what they did. Also, after Walter left the Finches’ house and Scout behaved poorly, Atticus says, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb into his skin and walk around in it (Lee 39).” While Atticus tries to teach this to his kids, he’s really the only person who obtains this rare characteristic. There are not many people in the world who would stop and consider the other person’s situation. This leads people to judging others and depending on how bad it is, it can make a person end their life. Suicide is a big problem and people talk about putting an end to it, but the percentages just keep rising. Suicide isn’t mentioned in the book but it’s related because a bully wouldn’t go out of their way to think about their victim’s situation and why it might be the way the are or maybe how it’s affecting them. Another quote from the book that caught
While reading the novel, the thing that pointed out to me was when Atticus said, “It’s a sin to kill a mockingbird (Lee …show more content…
Recently this year, we’ve had multiple school shootings. This goes with the theme of “it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird” because the mockingbird symbolizes innocence and the students were nothing but innocent. They didn’t do anything wrong to experience what they did. Also, after Walter left the Finches’ house and Scout behaved poorly, Atticus says, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb into his skin and walk around in it (Lee 39).” While Atticus tries to teach this to his kids, he’s really the only person who obtains this rare characteristic. There are not many people in the world who would stop and consider the other person’s situation. This leads people to judging others and depending on how bad it is, it can make a person end their life. Suicide is a big problem and people talk about putting an end to it, but the percentages just keep rising. Suicide isn’t mentioned in the book but it’s related because a bully wouldn’t go out of their way to think about their victim’s situation and why it might be the way the are or maybe how it’s affecting them. Another quote from the book that caught