Overlooked People In To Kill A Mockingbird
“...if you 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” (30).
Atticus is trying to instill in Scout the idea of compassion and empathy. Scout has previously only seen things from one perspective: hers, without considering all the other aspects that come along with a person’s actions. He implies that people cannot be prejudged and deserve to be given full range of thought. Being a main theme in the novel, the lesson directly relates to the ‘overlooked’ people in the novel such as Arthur Radley and Tom Robinson.
“Gracious child, I was raveling a thread, wasn’t even thinking about your …show more content…
Cunninghams basically a good man… he just has blind spots along with the rest of us. A mob’s always made up of people, no matter what. Mr. Cunningham was part of a mob last night, but he was still a man. Every mob in every little southern town is always made up of people you know- doesn’t say much for them, does it?” (157).
Atticus explains how, Mr. Cunningham, a proven decent man, could be blind to his own racism. Mr. Cunningham never have even contemplated lynching a convicted white man, but almost did a black. Furthermore that mobs are made up of individuals, all with their own humanity. Even though they may plan to do something bad, they aren’t inherently evil.
“You know the truth, and the truth is this: some Negroes lie, some Negroes are immoral, some Negro men are not to be trusted with women- black or white. But this is a truth that applies to the human race and to no particular race of men” (204).
The rule of notice with the repetition of the word ‘some’ calls out the categorization. Atticus stating you cannot categorize a complete race because there are always anomalies to each group. Instead of stereotyping, you should recognize each person as their own individual with their own set of
Atticus is trying to instill in Scout the idea of compassion and empathy. Scout has previously only seen things from one perspective: hers, without considering all the other aspects that come along with a person’s actions. He implies that people cannot be prejudged and deserve to be given full range of thought. Being a main theme in the novel, the lesson directly relates to the ‘overlooked’ people in the novel such as Arthur Radley and Tom Robinson.
“Gracious child, I was raveling a thread, wasn’t even thinking about your …show more content…
Cunninghams basically a good man… he just has blind spots along with the rest of us. A mob’s always made up of people, no matter what. Mr. Cunningham was part of a mob last night, but he was still a man. Every mob in every little southern town is always made up of people you know- doesn’t say much for them, does it?” (157).
Atticus explains how, Mr. Cunningham, a proven decent man, could be blind to his own racism. Mr. Cunningham never have even contemplated lynching a convicted white man, but almost did a black. Furthermore that mobs are made up of individuals, all with their own humanity. Even though they may plan to do something bad, they aren’t inherently evil.
“You know the truth, and the truth is this: some Negroes lie, some Negroes are immoral, some Negro men are not to be trusted with women- black or white. But this is a truth that applies to the human race and to no particular race of men” (204).
The rule of notice with the repetition of the word ‘some’ calls out the categorization. Atticus stating you cannot categorize a complete race because there are always anomalies to each group. Instead of stereotyping, you should recognize each person as their own individual with their own set of