Atticus Lie In To Kill A Mockingbird
Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is a story which includes racism but is a emotional life changing book at the same time. Along the story, we discover, with our narrator scout, what atticus, who is a lawyer and the father of scout, is going through and how he and his children are facing many threats to stop what he is doing- protecting a black man who is accused of rape that goes by the name of Tom Robinson. Most readers would suspect that he would give up his ground and surrender to the town, but he holds himself against the town because he knows that if he gives in, he will lose and tom robinson will get killed for something he didn't do. Throughout the story, Atticus shows us that when no one wants to do the good, then the good will do
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Atticus is the character from whom which the reader learns very much from such as the right and wrong. Atticus clarifies in the courthouse that the lie of “ all negroes lie, that all negroes are basically immoral beings, that all negro men are not to be trusted around our women”(232) is “ a lie as black as Tom Robinson’s skin” (232) and that the truth is that “some negroes lie, some negroes are immoral. some negro men are not to be trusted around women- black or white.” (232). Atticus states that this is a “truth that applies to the human race and no particular race of men”(232). This quote reveals to us atticus ethics and his way of thinking of the human race. This quote shows us that atticus is a mantle of tom robinson who is very caring of him, but this quote shows us something even deeper beyond the text listed on the book. This quote shows us that their are good people who are willing to stand up for people who are being judged on their skin color rather than the individual that they truly are. Many readers would suspect that it’s just a story and it's all fantasy, but when you take a look out of the book and into the real world, it’s a daily problem that is happening every day. All around the country, There are people-more specifically african american people- who are being convicted of doing certain things that
Atticus is the character from whom which the reader learns very much from such as the right and wrong. Atticus clarifies in the courthouse that the lie of “ all negroes lie, that all negroes are basically immoral beings, that all negro men are not to be trusted around our women”(232) is “ a lie as black as Tom Robinson’s skin” (232) and that the truth is that “some negroes lie, some negroes are immoral. some negro men are not to be trusted around women- black or white.” (232). Atticus states that this is a “truth that applies to the human race and no particular race of men”(232). This quote reveals to us atticus ethics and his way of thinking of the human race. This quote shows us that atticus is a mantle of tom robinson who is very caring of him, but this quote shows us something even deeper beyond the text listed on the book. This quote shows us that their are good people who are willing to stand up for people who are being judged on their skin color rather than the individual that they truly are. Many readers would suspect that it’s just a story and it's all fantasy, but when you take a look out of the book and into the real world, it’s a daily problem that is happening every day. All around the country, There are people-more specifically african american people- who are being convicted of doing certain things that