Manners And Customs In To Kill A Mockingbird
Manners, Morals, Customs, and Public Perception was written in the July of 2001 by Judge Paul Heath Till of Sidney, Texas. He writes this article to point out that people are behaving very rudely to each other in the South, where he is from, and Judge Till is very discouraged with this kind of act, and believes that these three traits can show a profile into identifying a culture. In Harper Lee’s masterful novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, manners, morals, and customs were clearly shown throughout the entirety of the novel. Judge Paul Heath Till’s explanation of Southern civility is contradicted in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird.
To start off, Judge Till’s article, Manners, Morals, Customs, and Public Perception, describe how the majority …show more content…
She grew up in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama, and goes on to describe her life in Maycomb, as well as Maycomb history in general, and what is one thing that is shown? The respect for others in Scout’s community. The Maycomb County community is extremely strong, and almost everybody knows each other. In chapter eight of the novel, Scout’s neighbor and friend, Miss Maudie Atkinson’s home goes on fire because of the unusual weather events in Maycomb that winter. One detail that is very crucial is how the community helps each other during this time of crisis. It states that, “The men of Maycomb, in all degrees of dress and undress, took furniture from Miss Maudie’s house to a yard across the street. I saw Atticus carrying Miss Maudie’s heavy oak rocking chair, and thought it sensible of him to save what she valued most,” (Lee 69). This quotation shows how the community comes together to help one another. Also, this shows how much they know about each other, when Atticus takes Miss Maudie’s rocking chair. Today, according to Judge Till, nobody in the South would be willing to put their lives on the line to help out somebody.
As you can see, time is really a virtue. In To Kill a Mockingbird, the respect for one another in a community is well shown and very genuine over the course of the novel. This is not shown at all in Judge Till’s article, as it shows the change in people of the South since
To start off, Judge Till’s article, Manners, Morals, Customs, and Public Perception, describe how the majority …show more content…
She grew up in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama, and goes on to describe her life in Maycomb, as well as Maycomb history in general, and what is one thing that is shown? The respect for others in Scout’s community. The Maycomb County community is extremely strong, and almost everybody knows each other. In chapter eight of the novel, Scout’s neighbor and friend, Miss Maudie Atkinson’s home goes on fire because of the unusual weather events in Maycomb that winter. One detail that is very crucial is how the community helps each other during this time of crisis. It states that, “The men of Maycomb, in all degrees of dress and undress, took furniture from Miss Maudie’s house to a yard across the street. I saw Atticus carrying Miss Maudie’s heavy oak rocking chair, and thought it sensible of him to save what she valued most,” (Lee 69). This quotation shows how the community comes together to help one another. Also, this shows how much they know about each other, when Atticus takes Miss Maudie’s rocking chair. Today, according to Judge Till, nobody in the South would be willing to put their lives on the line to help out somebody.
As you can see, time is really a virtue. In To Kill a Mockingbird, the respect for one another in a community is well shown and very genuine over the course of the novel. This is not shown at all in Judge Till’s article, as it shows the change in people of the South since