Novels, old and new, have the power to teach you important values. In To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, many life lessons are are shown to the reader. Values are taught through characters in this novel such as Atticus Finch, Calpurnia, and Tom Robinson. The values shown through these characters are still relevant today, 80 years after the book’s setting and 60 years after it was published. The important values that To Kill a Mockingbird teaches you with its diverse characters makes it an important novel to read, especially for students because it shows the read how one should treat people correctly.
One character that teaches good values to his children and anyone around him is the narrator's father, Atticus Finch. Atticus teaches his …show more content…
An example is how much Calpurnia values manners and respecting people is when she gets mad at Scout for being rude to Walter and says, "Hush your mouth! Don't matter who they are, anybody sets foot in this house's yo' comp'ny, and don't you let me catch you remarkin' on their ways like you was so high and mighty! Yo' folks might be better'n the Cunninghams but it don't count for nothin' the way you're disgracin' 'em—if you can't act fit to eat at the table you can just set here and eat in the kitchen!"(33). This demonstrates how even though Walter is poor and does not have the best manners, Calpurnia still believes that he should be treated with respect like any other company they have. Calpurnia also shows how much she cares about respecting people after taking scout and jem to the black church. In this section, she explains why she talks differently around the black people and says that just because she is more educated, does not mean she should show it off like she is better than them. Calpurnia also shows a lot of respect for Scout, Jem, and Dill. She feeds the, is kind to them, helps them, and goes above and beyond what …show more content…
Earlier in the novel, Scout and Jem are told that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird. Scout realizes that Boo is a mockingbird when she finds out Boo saved them by killing Bob and says, “Well, it'd be sort of like shootin' a mockingbird, wouldn't it?” (370). Scout teaches the reader that they were all respecting Boo because they know the townspeople would just judge him and hurt him more than they already do. Heck Tate, Atticus, and Scout do not tell anyone that Boo did it to respect the way he lives. Scout teaches the reader the value of respecting people’s wellbeing just by realizing this. Another thing Scout does that shows respect is when she saves Tom from the lynching mob, without realising it. She uses basic respectful conversational skills, taught to her by her father, to talk to Mr. Cunningham and make realize his own humanity. If Scout did not know how to have pleasant and respectful conversation, Tom could have died. this proves the importance of respecting other even when you do not know what is going on. Scout The idea of respecting others well being is also evident in the second argument I made, where Calpurnia defends how Walter is eating because that is who he is and that should be respected, and throughout the novel as a
One character that teaches good values to his children and anyone around him is the narrator's father, Atticus Finch. Atticus teaches his …show more content…
An example is how much Calpurnia values manners and respecting people is when she gets mad at Scout for being rude to Walter and says, "Hush your mouth! Don't matter who they are, anybody sets foot in this house's yo' comp'ny, and don't you let me catch you remarkin' on their ways like you was so high and mighty! Yo' folks might be better'n the Cunninghams but it don't count for nothin' the way you're disgracin' 'em—if you can't act fit to eat at the table you can just set here and eat in the kitchen!"(33). This demonstrates how even though Walter is poor and does not have the best manners, Calpurnia still believes that he should be treated with respect like any other company they have. Calpurnia also shows how much she cares about respecting people after taking scout and jem to the black church. In this section, she explains why she talks differently around the black people and says that just because she is more educated, does not mean she should show it off like she is better than them. Calpurnia also shows a lot of respect for Scout, Jem, and Dill. She feeds the, is kind to them, helps them, and goes above and beyond what …show more content…
Earlier in the novel, Scout and Jem are told that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird. Scout realizes that Boo is a mockingbird when she finds out Boo saved them by killing Bob and says, “Well, it'd be sort of like shootin' a mockingbird, wouldn't it?” (370). Scout teaches the reader that they were all respecting Boo because they know the townspeople would just judge him and hurt him more than they already do. Heck Tate, Atticus, and Scout do not tell anyone that Boo did it to respect the way he lives. Scout teaches the reader the value of respecting people’s wellbeing just by realizing this. Another thing Scout does that shows respect is when she saves Tom from the lynching mob, without realising it. She uses basic respectful conversational skills, taught to her by her father, to talk to Mr. Cunningham and make realize his own humanity. If Scout did not know how to have pleasant and respectful conversation, Tom could have died. this proves the importance of respecting other even when you do not know what is going on. Scout The idea of respecting others well being is also evident in the second argument I made, where Calpurnia defends how Walter is eating because that is who he is and that should be respected, and throughout the novel as a