Judging Others In To Kill A Mockingbird
The Wrongs of Judging Others
The characters in To Kill A Mockingbird quickly judge others because of rumors they’ve heard about someone which then makes the person being judged look bad, even though they’re a good person, which in turn makes others judge the judged as well because the one person judged him/her. An important thing to think about before you make assumptions about people is something Atticus told Jem. You never know a person until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes. It’s way easier to jump to conclusions because of one thing you heard than to do more research and find out more about what you are making conclusions about. Remember, nobody is perfect, nobody deserves to be perfect, and no one has it easy, just because everybody has their own issues. Take a moment before you start judging, …show more content…
Take Boo Radley for example. For the entire book he was thought of as nothing but a squirrel eating ghost in Scout and Jem’s eyes. Dolphus Raymond is assumed to be a low-life drunk because he hangs out with black people and he drinks from a paper bag. Just because of the reason that he was a black man Tom Robinson was quickly concluded by the community that he definitely raped Mayella Ewell. These are all examples of how people don’t take the time to know somebody before making speculations about them.
Judged individuals in To Kill A Mockingbird look bad even though they’re good. Boo Radley seemed like a harmful monster to Scout. It was only when she took the time to look at him is when she realized that he wasn’t a bad person, but rather ignored and kept hidden. There is nothing wrong with black people in Dolphus’s mind and it’s not whiskey he’s drinking... it’s just plain coca-cola. All Tom Robinson ever did was help Mayella with chore around the house because he felt sorry for her, and that’s
The characters in To Kill A Mockingbird quickly judge others because of rumors they’ve heard about someone which then makes the person being judged look bad, even though they’re a good person, which in turn makes others judge the judged as well because the one person judged him/her. An important thing to think about before you make assumptions about people is something Atticus told Jem. You never know a person until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes. It’s way easier to jump to conclusions because of one thing you heard than to do more research and find out more about what you are making conclusions about. Remember, nobody is perfect, nobody deserves to be perfect, and no one has it easy, just because everybody has their own issues. Take a moment before you start judging, …show more content…
Take Boo Radley for example. For the entire book he was thought of as nothing but a squirrel eating ghost in Scout and Jem’s eyes. Dolphus Raymond is assumed to be a low-life drunk because he hangs out with black people and he drinks from a paper bag. Just because of the reason that he was a black man Tom Robinson was quickly concluded by the community that he definitely raped Mayella Ewell. These are all examples of how people don’t take the time to know somebody before making speculations about them.
Judged individuals in To Kill A Mockingbird look bad even though they’re good. Boo Radley seemed like a harmful monster to Scout. It was only when she took the time to look at him is when she realized that he wasn’t a bad person, but rather ignored and kept hidden. There is nothing wrong with black people in Dolphus’s mind and it’s not whiskey he’s drinking... it’s just plain coca-cola. All Tom Robinson ever did was help Mayella with chore around the house because he felt sorry for her, and that’s