The Nature Of Evil In To Kill A Mockingbird
A mockingbird is innocent and generous in every way; they do no harm to us whatsoever but what happens when you rip that away from them? You suffer the same complications as Boo, Scout and Tom. These characters (just as a mockingbird) were innocent and generous until someone misunderstood or disregarded it and tore their innocence away from them. Boo never harmed anyone in fact! Kids started rumors and games. Boo is shy and misunderstood. No one really knew Boo, he was like a shadow in a dark place. He was mysterious and dark seeming. This led to nothing but ignorance and misunderstanding towards Boo. Boo did everything he could to help these boys but they made a mockery of him. Scout was so out to lunch on the thought of Boo helping him and
was a little marveled by such kind acts “I looked down and found myself clutching a brown woolen blanket”. Secondly this was the same type of innocence as Tom. Tom always helped others, kept the peace and didn’t do nothing to harm anybody. When he was caught kissing Mayella in front of Bob, Bob had someone to accuse for beating Mayella. He knew that Tom was colored and that if he blamed it on him, it’d be much more believable. He raped his own daughter, beat her then blamed Tom. While Tom was a generous, kind man, he was robbed of his innocence because of his race. These are people who have maintained innocence all their life but what happens when your innocence is taken before you even realize it? Lastly, this happened to Scout. Scout had her innocence that every child has. So impressionable and carefree, Scout is forced to grow up and lose her innocence. She is forced to realize things and change the way she outlooks on things. She is forced to grow up and become aware of the racism and prejudice in their society. Jem, Atticus and Calpurnia made her believe she was childish and susceptible. She quickly changed and was made to lose that innocence along with her childhood. While all different reasons, they were all robbed because of the standards in their society. Boo was considered an outcast by society because he didn’t socialize, Tom was considered a criminal by society because of his race and Scout was considered immature because of her age. They gave everything to be good people and only got judged in return. This just shows, you don’t get to choose your innocence, society does.
was a little marveled by such kind acts “I looked down and found myself clutching a brown woolen blanket”. Secondly this was the same type of innocence as Tom. Tom always helped others, kept the peace and didn’t do nothing to harm anybody. When he was caught kissing Mayella in front of Bob, Bob had someone to accuse for beating Mayella. He knew that Tom was colored and that if he blamed it on him, it’d be much more believable. He raped his own daughter, beat her then blamed Tom. While Tom was a generous, kind man, he was robbed of his innocence because of his race. These are people who have maintained innocence all their life but what happens when your innocence is taken before you even realize it? Lastly, this happened to Scout. Scout had her innocence that every child has. So impressionable and carefree, Scout is forced to grow up and lose her innocence. She is forced to realize things and change the way she outlooks on things. She is forced to grow up and become aware of the racism and prejudice in their society. Jem, Atticus and Calpurnia made her believe she was childish and susceptible. She quickly changed and was made to lose that innocence along with her childhood. While all different reasons, they were all robbed because of the standards in their society. Boo was considered an outcast by society because he didn’t socialize, Tom was considered a criminal by society because of his race and Scout was considered immature because of her age. They gave everything to be good people and only got judged in return. This just shows, you don’t get to choose your innocence, society does.