Atticus Life Lessons
To Kill A Mockingbird
In the book To Kill A Mockingbird, Atticus once stated “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… until you climb into his skin and walk around it.” In this essay, I’m going to discuss life lessons that can be learned from this novel and are still relatable today. The three life lessons that come to mind are racism, injustice, and don’t judge others based on their appearance.
On page 144, Scout was talking to Atticus about people calling her father a “nigger-lover” she seemed visibly upset but was also confused, she didn’t like the way they said it. Atticus responded to Scout “Scout, nigger-lover is just one of those terms that don’t mean anything-like snot-nose. It’s hard to explain-ignorant, trashy people use it when they think somebody’s favoring Negroes over and above themselves. It’s slipped into usage with some people like ourselves, when they want a common, ugly term to label somebody.”
“You aren’t really a nigger-lover, then, are you?”
“I certainly am. I do my best to love everybody…” He was explaining …show more content…
Earlier in the chapter Scout says “Atticus was feeble… he didn’t do anything” They later found out that in Atticus’s youth he was well known for being a good shooter, but they never heard of him brag about it or even knew he could handle a gun. Later Atticus’s faces a rabid dog and is forced to shoot the dog, they get to see their father shoot the rabid dog and he did it perfectly. Later on Jem and Scout were talking to Miss Maudie and discovered that their father was an expert in playing checkers, and he has been letting both Jem and Scout win on purpose. “People in their right minds never take pride in their talents” Miss Maudie told them. Both Jem and Scout found out by them judging their father by his appearance was wrong. People shouldn’t judge until they know the person well
In the book To Kill A Mockingbird, Atticus once stated “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… until you climb into his skin and walk around it.” In this essay, I’m going to discuss life lessons that can be learned from this novel and are still relatable today. The three life lessons that come to mind are racism, injustice, and don’t judge others based on their appearance.
On page 144, Scout was talking to Atticus about people calling her father a “nigger-lover” she seemed visibly upset but was also confused, she didn’t like the way they said it. Atticus responded to Scout “Scout, nigger-lover is just one of those terms that don’t mean anything-like snot-nose. It’s hard to explain-ignorant, trashy people use it when they think somebody’s favoring Negroes over and above themselves. It’s slipped into usage with some people like ourselves, when they want a common, ugly term to label somebody.”
“You aren’t really a nigger-lover, then, are you?”
“I certainly am. I do my best to love everybody…” He was explaining …show more content…
Earlier in the chapter Scout says “Atticus was feeble… he didn’t do anything” They later found out that in Atticus’s youth he was well known for being a good shooter, but they never heard of him brag about it or even knew he could handle a gun. Later Atticus’s faces a rabid dog and is forced to shoot the dog, they get to see their father shoot the rabid dog and he did it perfectly. Later on Jem and Scout were talking to Miss Maudie and discovered that their father was an expert in playing checkers, and he has been letting both Jem and Scout win on purpose. “People in their right minds never take pride in their talents” Miss Maudie told them. Both Jem and Scout found out by them judging their father by his appearance was wrong. People shouldn’t judge until they know the person well