Racism and Morality in To Kill a Mockingbird

that possesses the ability who can fathom what true courage meant is one who is fearful yet they rise to the challenge to overcome that fear and fight for what is right. Harper Lee's interpretation of true courage, as displayed in her book To Kill A Mockingbird, exhibits her views that true courage can come in many forms. The correspondence between nurturing one's integrity and acts of courage, is displayed when one distinguishes…

The changing and growth of children throughout their life is an inevitable thing that will happen. Scout Finch from the novel To Kill a Mockingbird is not only a child subjected to the age of racism and Jim Crow Laws, but narrated the horrible events that go on throughout. The time that they lived in after the abolishment of slavery subjects them to extreme bias on the way they viewed blacks and other races either for the better or worse. Some ideas and examples and good evidence for the cause…

Throughout the entire book, fairness and justice are two virtues that are extremely hard to find. Since this is the case, how can Atticus and Scout continue to believe in these morals and not get discouraged? People of color are always being discriminated for the duration of this book, and will never live up to those who are “high class and white.” Sexism is another conflict within this book that is caused by discrimination, along with classism. Individuals are constantly being discriminated…

of segregation, may seem effortless. Although, embedded into the ideology of prejudice and racism, two children named Jem and Scout, defined the age in which these issues become intolerable. To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel and a film about a young girl named Jean Louise Finch, also known as Scout, who lived in Maycomb, Alabama during the Great Depression. She and her brother, Jeremy, learned about morality and many life lessons, including to not destroy innocence. Throughout the narrative, the…

protect their family and friends from the virus of discrimination. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus Finch, the father of Jem and Scout, raise his children against to the social standards of inequity and racism to isolate them from the racist viewpoint of Maycomb. He builds his children and their views off of the wrongfully convicted Tom Robinson, and teaches them virtues based off of the idea that racism is prejudice. Throughout the story, Jem and Scout are educated in a way which…

“A man does all he must- in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressure- and that is the basis of all human morality”, the words of John F. Kennedy (Brainy Quote). To Kill A Mockingbird is a classic novel written by Harper Lee. It is studied worldwide due to it heart-rending theme. The book focuses on the lives of two growing children and their lawyer father who are living in a biased southern United States town during the 1930s. This is a very prejudiced and…

struggles (such as a hopeless war) in the past, life has progressed and will continue to progress, by people who learn every-day from their mistakes and problems. Desires and ideas such as money, or morality stay relevant today in consequence of our mistakes. However, Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird (TKAM), considerably one of the greatest works of literature in history, is accepted as being still relevant today, without mistake; the question, on the other hand, is why it is relevant today.…

Those that are for censorship believe it protects the minds of children from evils in our society, creates less conflict and makes life more orderly. Violence, rumors, and racism can be shielded from the public. Censorship protects the privacy of people. In reality, censorship creates more followers and less leaders. There is less intellectual stimulation, both sides of issues are often not presented and there is a decrease…

The novel heavily surrounds racism and is bound to reflect politics. The story begins during the Great Depression set in a small town in Alabama, where the story follows the life of an eight year old boy named Scout Finch, Jem, her brother and father which continue the next three…