To Kill A Mockingbird Theme Analysis

It was once said about a 6-year-old boy that, “He ain’t company, he’s just a Cunningham.” The little girl who said that was never taught to respect people’s differences, even if she thinks that she’s better than him. Three significant themes from the book are good and evil, moral education, and social inequality. First things first, the coexistence of good and evil. Atticus Finch decided to defend a black man in a trial even though he was certain that he was going to lose anyway (Lee 75). This shows that Atticus is willing to fight for an innocent man, even though he would obviously lose. This is important because Atticus is a man that stands for the good in Maycomb. Bob Ewell on the other hand, falsely accused an innocent man of raping his daughter because he was black (Lee 75). This shows that Bob Ewell is willing to have a man executed just because of his race. This is important because Bob Ewell is a man who stands for the atrocious people in Maycomb. To sum up, the coexistence of good and evil was a powerful theme from the book that is portrayed in specific ways throughout the entire …show more content…
Atticus told Scout, “From now on it’ll be everybody less one” when she said everybody uses the n-word at school

(Lee 104). This shows that Atticus teaches Scout about what is right concerning her morals. This is important because not a lot of children in Maycomb are taught similarly to Scout. Another thing
Atticus told Scout was, “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 30). This shows that Atticus is teaching Scout not to judge people until she understands what they have been through. This is important because people judge others on a daily basis, without knowing what they have been through, when they really could be going through a rough time. All in all, moral education is a symbolic theme in the