What Is The Moral Of To Kill A Mockingbird

The novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee has continued to inspire people of all ages to this day. Through the words on the pages Ms. Lee teaches us lessons in courage and justice. This story takes place in the American South, during the Great Depression. The narrator Jean Louise “Scout” Finch is six years old when the story begins and she tells us about the different events happening in her small town of Maycomb county through her point of view. We learn about Scout, her brother Jem, and friend Dill, and how their innocence is threatened by various incidents that reveal the evil side of human nature. The main event that opens the children’s eyes is the Tom Robinson Trial and how the people of their town expresses their feelings toward the subject. Another main part in the story is the children’s obsession with their mysterious neighbor Boo Radley. As the story continues Scout and Jem begin to understand Boo …show more content…
Although times were different when the story was written we continue to make the same mistakes as the characters in the novel. Just as all the townspeople were judgmental of Boo Radley, Tom Robinson, and Atticus Finch, we to judge our fellow human beings. We need to learn to respect others and their beliefs, and promote equality as Atticus did. Moral education, loss of innocence and goodness, racism, and inequality are all included in To Kill a Mockingbird, and are relevant to us today. All you need to do is look around to see that these things still exist. In our neighborhood, school, and other public places these themes strive. In stores people are denied service, and in school children are bullied for their differences. People read the novel by Ms. Lee and do not make the connections to our world today. They think of the events in the book as things of the past, but it happens all around