In To Kill a Mockingbird, as Jem and Scout mature, Atticus teaches them how one must be courageous to be able to look beyond the social standards of their society, and fight for what is right. Overtime, Jem and Scout realize this as they understand Atticus’ reason for taking on Tom Robinson’s case. Atticus tells Scout that, “before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience,” (140). Atticus believes…
"Courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what" According to Atticus Finch, a lawyer in the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, courage is not a man with a gun in his hand.” Genuine courage is standing up for what you believe in rather than conforming yourself to what other think you should. Atticus Finch is a lawyer who has be given the task of representing a black man by the name of Tom Robinson who has been…
It is the tendency of adults to preserve the innocence of children as long as possible. This is true in both “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, and “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelo. In each of these novels, adults futilely attempt to protect the innocense of the children by shielding them from the adversities of society and this is evident in Scouts experience with Boo, Jem’s maturity, and when Maya was raped by Mr.Freeman. The first instance of the destruction of innocence…
To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, provides a vivid description of life in this small Alabama town where the existence of social inequality quickly turns into conflict. Scout Finch and her older brother, Jem Finch, frequently spend time with their friend, Dill, spying on their neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their father and an honorable lawyer, is told to defend an African – American accused of rape, it exposes the children to racism and stereotyping. Harper Lee develops the theme of…
In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, two children, Scout and Jem, who grow up in Alabama during the Great Depression, experience the adult world through countless adventures and the witnessing of a trial of a black man. Many of these adult world experiences the two children involve social inequality, whether they themselves are affected by it, or if they are witnessing someone else . In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses many different characters to develop the themes of social…
I view Atticus as a very interesting character. He is not my favorite, but he definitely in the top 3. Atticus is a very caring dad, and cares about his children a lot. He treats them like adults, and is aware about them being children and so he is patient whenever they make mistakes or ask too many questions. He also has his own moral codes, and he made sure to strictly follow them. This was because he didn’t want to seem like a hypocrite to his children and tell them to follow his moral codes…
she's “gettin’ more like a girl every day” (Lee 69) when she disagreed with something going on, Scout started to believe that being a girl is when you didn't live up to a boy's standards.…
In the book to kill a mocking bird there were a lot of trials and tribulations. Scout, Jem, Atticus, Calpurnia went through a lot, through this book all the racism, discrimination, shunning, and through it all they manage to get through it. Scout introduces us to Maycomb, “a tired old town” where people shuffle around with nothing to do, and to Calpurnia, her family’s servant, an African American woman with a hand as “wide as a bed slat and twice as hard.” Calpurnia is the…
I chose Reckless Love because everyone loved Jem and Scout in their own way. Reckless Love is a song about the unconditional love God has for us. When Scout had no one to talk to, or play with (when Dill and Jem were playing outside together and Jem said Scout wasn’t welcomed) Miss Maudie was there to lend an ear. Scout enjoyed that because Miss Maudie treated her like an equal and not a child. Boo was a person who dominated the imagination of Jem and Scout (also Dill.) Boo showed Reckless Love…
As any child her age, the start of the novel shows Scout as young and innocent. Scout has her own view on what happens in the world. Scout neither knows nor understands the way of life for the people of Maycomb. She believes that the world should make sense to her own ways. She is especially not compliant with the fact that girls are to wear dresses for everyday activities. On her first day of school, Scout encounters Walter Reed, the son of a farming family that was on the brink of poverty and…