Lessons Learned In To Kill A Mockingbird
“If you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."(39). By Harper Lee as the author of To Kill A Mockingbird. This book had been published in 1960 but the story was taking place in the 1930’s at this time era the Great Depression, In the south where racism is most Severe. Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird Portrays many life lessons, but the most important are Discrimination, Racism, and Justice.
For example, discrimination was very big in the 1930’s such as things like social classes. The Finch were the top of the ladder or the one of highest standing in the country. The family that come after the Finch’s are the Cunninghams. They are poor but only because their farmers and suffering from the Great Depression, still thought well of. However, the Ewells were “white trash” because they didn’t have money as well as never clean. They’re dad was a drunk and the kids never …show more content…
went to school. When they did it was very rare for them to go, the kids only went when it was the first day of school. Burris Ewell's was one of the kids. He had made on of the teacher cry because he had lice, cooties, and he also cruised at the teacher. This family was very dirty and the father would pooch to get found for the family. In this country Robinson’s were last in the society why? because they were (Black) that was the only reason they were last but these family were very clean and church going a lot as well as respect to others not just they’re kind. Unfortunately, at this time period (colored people) meant a lot which was that the Ewells were still higher than the Robinson’s even if they were all dirty and just nothing to the town. Ewell’s will always be a higher social class than the Robinson’s because of the skin color. Ultimately, there was people of mixed race (white/black) and they were lower than the robinson’s because they would not fit in with the white or black just because they were mix.
Another, live lesson was racism, this was mainly was the book was based on. A trial to be exact, Tom Robinson was being accused of rape which was not true because atticus had showed enough evidence to prove that tom did not do it at all. Atticus showed things such as tom couldn’t use his left hand unlike bob Ewell hand could use both of his hands and was writing with his left hand when atticus told him to write down his name. Mrs.mayella had bruises all over her neck and was punch on her right side of her face (eye), which means that she got punched by someone with their left hand. With just the fact that tom could not use his left hand was where he was proven innocent to the crime that had happened. Since it was around this time period it where black had no saying into anything and people would have to deal with it. Even if they didn’t do anything they could be accused and lose the case because of their skin color. In the south is where racism was incredibly bad for them to be at.
Finally, Lee touches the theme of justice with the fact of how Bob should have been imprisoned because he was the person who had hit Mrs.mayella and was the one who had raped her.
He had been doing this since she was little. Bob had used Tom as a cover up when he hit her, Tom had taken all the blame for rape and for hitting a white woman. Justice was served when Bob had died, Arthur Radley had killed him because Bob was trying to kill Atticus’s kids. The sheriff Mr.tate had made up a story to cover Boo “Arthur” because he knows that Tom should have been innocent from the trial so he made the story up because he know if Boo was in trial in front of all the people it would just kill him. Boo never showed his face and never went out in the daylight only at night. Mr.tate had said that Bob had fell on his known knife chasing the kids, and Boo was not going to be mentioned in the report as well as this is justice for
Tom.
In conclusion, Harper Lee’s teaches many life lesson things like discrimination, racism, and justice this book has taken a big effect in today’s society. We read this book to prove how much more our generation has changed since then and people will probably read it later on in life also.
For example, discrimination was very big in the 1930’s such as things like social classes. The Finch were the top of the ladder or the one of highest standing in the country. The family that come after the Finch’s are the Cunninghams. They are poor but only because their farmers and suffering from the Great Depression, still thought well of. However, the Ewells were “white trash” because they didn’t have money as well as never clean. They’re dad was a drunk and the kids never …show more content…
went to school. When they did it was very rare for them to go, the kids only went when it was the first day of school. Burris Ewell's was one of the kids. He had made on of the teacher cry because he had lice, cooties, and he also cruised at the teacher. This family was very dirty and the father would pooch to get found for the family. In this country Robinson’s were last in the society why? because they were (Black) that was the only reason they were last but these family were very clean and church going a lot as well as respect to others not just they’re kind. Unfortunately, at this time period (colored people) meant a lot which was that the Ewells were still higher than the Robinson’s even if they were all dirty and just nothing to the town. Ewell’s will always be a higher social class than the Robinson’s because of the skin color. Ultimately, there was people of mixed race (white/black) and they were lower than the robinson’s because they would not fit in with the white or black just because they were mix.
Another, live lesson was racism, this was mainly was the book was based on. A trial to be exact, Tom Robinson was being accused of rape which was not true because atticus had showed enough evidence to prove that tom did not do it at all. Atticus showed things such as tom couldn’t use his left hand unlike bob Ewell hand could use both of his hands and was writing with his left hand when atticus told him to write down his name. Mrs.mayella had bruises all over her neck and was punch on her right side of her face (eye), which means that she got punched by someone with their left hand. With just the fact that tom could not use his left hand was where he was proven innocent to the crime that had happened. Since it was around this time period it where black had no saying into anything and people would have to deal with it. Even if they didn’t do anything they could be accused and lose the case because of their skin color. In the south is where racism was incredibly bad for them to be at.
Finally, Lee touches the theme of justice with the fact of how Bob should have been imprisoned because he was the person who had hit Mrs.mayella and was the one who had raped her.
He had been doing this since she was little. Bob had used Tom as a cover up when he hit her, Tom had taken all the blame for rape and for hitting a white woman. Justice was served when Bob had died, Arthur Radley had killed him because Bob was trying to kill Atticus’s kids. The sheriff Mr.tate had made up a story to cover Boo “Arthur” because he knows that Tom should have been innocent from the trial so he made the story up because he know if Boo was in trial in front of all the people it would just kill him. Boo never showed his face and never went out in the daylight only at night. Mr.tate had said that Bob had fell on his known knife chasing the kids, and Boo was not going to be mentioned in the report as well as this is justice for
Tom.
In conclusion, Harper Lee’s teaches many life lesson things like discrimination, racism, and justice this book has taken a big effect in today’s society. We read this book to prove how much more our generation has changed since then and people will probably read it later on in life also.