The Theme Of Morality In To Kill A Mockingbird
The novel, To Kill A Mockingbird displays the theme morality. Morality is shown through conflicts between society and individuals. To one, standing up for your beliefs can cause trouble. However, if your beliefs are moral, then you may end up pointing a community in a better direction. In the 1930’s in Maycomb, Alabama, Scout learns about how society works with the help of friends and family around her. After all, a community's morals are the sum of what individuals believe, whether the ideas are purely correct or incorrect.
Morality is shown by the plot. The plot is concerned with a white town conspiring to convict an innocent black man. Atticus said to Scout, “Simply because we were licked one hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win”(Chapter 9). Atticus is saying you have to judge yourself before you judge someone else. His own self respect is bound to his good morals. If he knew he did something wrong, even if justified, he would lose all moral authority over the people of Maycomb.
Moral standards are the backbone to success. Having morals is everything to Atticus Finch. He believes to not only choose the path that is less traveled by, but also the path that …show more content…
In doing so the audience receives a specific time period, a relationship to the historic attitudes and emotions of the people, a message of moral ethic, and a manner in which to apply those ethics. Although Harper Lee has never publicly announced an intent to morally educate her reader by such a radical and bold story, the reader of To Kill a Mockingbird should clearly see the message that regardless of an individual’s socioeconomic status, race, or culture, one should get to know others or “climb into his skin and walk around in it” (Lee 30) before passing
Morality is shown by the plot. The plot is concerned with a white town conspiring to convict an innocent black man. Atticus said to Scout, “Simply because we were licked one hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win”(Chapter 9). Atticus is saying you have to judge yourself before you judge someone else. His own self respect is bound to his good morals. If he knew he did something wrong, even if justified, he would lose all moral authority over the people of Maycomb.
Moral standards are the backbone to success. Having morals is everything to Atticus Finch. He believes to not only choose the path that is less traveled by, but also the path that …show more content…
In doing so the audience receives a specific time period, a relationship to the historic attitudes and emotions of the people, a message of moral ethic, and a manner in which to apply those ethics. Although Harper Lee has never publicly announced an intent to morally educate her reader by such a radical and bold story, the reader of To Kill a Mockingbird should clearly see the message that regardless of an individual’s socioeconomic status, race, or culture, one should get to know others or “climb into his skin and walk around in it” (Lee 30) before passing