Nothing is what it seems, including people. People judge other people by their appearances and actions without even knowing people. We see this theme a couple times in the book “To Kill A Mockingbird”, by Harper Lee. Harper Lee’s appearance message shows that people judge based on looks but the rumors and looks are never trusting.
The theme Harper Lee followed in her book was, “ appearances do not always reflect reality.” One way she followed this theme was when she introduced the character Arthur “Boo” Radley. Boo Radley is a mysterious character who never comes out of his house after he randomly stabbed his father in the leg when he was kid. The two main characters Jem and Scout hear the stories of Boo Radley and how crazy he is and start to believe the stories without actually knowing the guy. “Boo was about six-and-a-half-feet tall, judging from his tracks;he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch, that’s why his hands were bloodstained-if you ate an animal raw, you could never wash the blood off. There was a long jagged scar …show more content…
When talking about the ladies in Maycomb this quote perfectly describes them. Everyone sees the ladies as refined and upright, christian and caring, but when they have their ladies tea time their true selves are revealed. They are really just bigoted and cruel, thoughtless and proud. Some of the ladies in the town aren’t like that like Miss Maudie for example. The ladies come off as nice christian women but when they’re together they are rude and proud of it.
In the book “To Kill a Mockingbird’ the theme for appearances do not always reflect reality is telling us just that, we can’t trust what people say about other people based off their looks. Because that person could actually surprise you by showing who they really are. Don’t always believe what people say about another person and that is a great message Harper Lee portrays throughout her