Life Lessons In To Kill A Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird Life Lessons
In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, both Scout and Jem learn many important life lessons as they journey from childhood into young adolescence. Both Jem And Scout first learn about empathy from Atticus. Then Later on in the novel they both learn about Mockingbirds and how it is a sin to kill them. Also they start to understand and learn about what the real courage is. Lastly Atticus shows Scout integrity from defending the black man in the case even though he will still go to jail. The first life lesson takes place early on in the novel when Scout does not want to go back to school because of the way her teacher Mrs. Caroline treated Scout. It was Mrs Caroline;s first day of teaching and …show more content…
The kids get these air rifles and Mrs. Maudie tells them you can shoot anything you want like the blue jays, but do not shoot a mockingbird. Mocking birds do not do anything to harm or hurt anyone. She said "they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird"(Page 119). If they do not do anything to bother us they should not shoot them. The third life lesson occurs for Jem when Atticus shows him what real courage is. He did not want Jem to get the idea that "courage is not a man with a gun in his hand"(Page 149). because this does not show courage. He made Jem think this because Atticus got a gun and shot the mad dog. So Jem thought Atticus showed courage for what he done but that is not the case. The Final life lesson has to do with personal integrity. In a conversation between Scout and Atticus, Scout asks her father why he is defending Tom Robinson. Atticus answers her by saying, "For a number of reasons," said Atticus. "The main one is, if I didn't I couldn't hold up my head in town, I couldn't represent this county in the legislature, I couldn't even tell you or Jem not to do something again"(Page 100). He did it because he could not live with himself if he didn't defend him. The black man was innocent and Atticus wanted to defend him even though he would still be put in jail because the people of Maycomb are
In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, both Scout and Jem learn many important life lessons as they journey from childhood into young adolescence. Both Jem And Scout first learn about empathy from Atticus. Then Later on in the novel they both learn about Mockingbirds and how it is a sin to kill them. Also they start to understand and learn about what the real courage is. Lastly Atticus shows Scout integrity from defending the black man in the case even though he will still go to jail. The first life lesson takes place early on in the novel when Scout does not want to go back to school because of the way her teacher Mrs. Caroline treated Scout. It was Mrs Caroline;s first day of teaching and …show more content…
The kids get these air rifles and Mrs. Maudie tells them you can shoot anything you want like the blue jays, but do not shoot a mockingbird. Mocking birds do not do anything to harm or hurt anyone. She said "they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird"(Page 119). If they do not do anything to bother us they should not shoot them. The third life lesson occurs for Jem when Atticus shows him what real courage is. He did not want Jem to get the idea that "courage is not a man with a gun in his hand"(Page 149). because this does not show courage. He made Jem think this because Atticus got a gun and shot the mad dog. So Jem thought Atticus showed courage for what he done but that is not the case. The Final life lesson has to do with personal integrity. In a conversation between Scout and Atticus, Scout asks her father why he is defending Tom Robinson. Atticus answers her by saying, "For a number of reasons," said Atticus. "The main one is, if I didn't I couldn't hold up my head in town, I couldn't represent this county in the legislature, I couldn't even tell you or Jem not to do something again"(Page 100). He did it because he could not live with himself if he didn't defend him. The black man was innocent and Atticus wanted to defend him even though he would still be put in jail because the people of Maycomb are