Tkam Theme In To Kill A Mockingbird

TKAM Theme
In the book To Kill a Mocking Bird there are many events, feelings, and experiences, the reputation of Arthur “Boo” Radley, the court jury in Tom Robison’s case, and Mr. Heck Tate’s analyses of Bob Elwell’s attack on the children are three examples of biased consideration. In each of these instances the character or characters ignore one piece of information, while emphasizing another. This gives a biased report or knowledge of an event, leading to the conclusion that the theme of “To Kill a Mockingbird” is that people only see what they want
They were given plenty of evidence that prove, practically beyond a doubt, yet they went with their own racial prejudices. They ignored the obvious and only considered what they wanted to see. Atticus was shown in this book to a very competent lawyer, he threw everything he had at this case even though he knew it was hopeless. He saw the truth, he didn’t only see what he wanted to, he saw the whole truth, but pushed though regardless. Tom Robinson’s jury should have followed Atticus’s example. Racism comes from fear. Fear of revenge, fear of being equal to black people, fear of facing that what they have done and are doing is and was wrong. So to protect themselves from this fear, they see crime where it isn’t, they are blind to innocence where there is plenty, they create and ignore facts and opinions, seeing only what they want to
After the Elwell’s won the court case life relatively went back to normal for Jem and Scout. But the Elwell’s obviously felt defeated, abused, and mocked. After Bob Elwell’s attack on the children, he is found dead with a knife in him. Scout originally sees 3 options, Mr. Radley got him, Jem got him, or it was an accident. Mr. Tate, being the county sheriff, had to think of an explanation for what happened, he had to try and deduce the truth. He knew that Arthur Radley had stabbed him, but it was done so to protect the children. He knew that Mr. Radley didn’t deserve prison. Because of this he had to think of a believable deduction, so he did just that. He explained in great detail what he thought happened, in short Bob tripped and stabbed himself. Mr. Tate knew what happened, yet he only choose to see what he wanted so that the outcome that he believed to be right would come about. These three examples show that the theme of To Kill a Mockingbird is that people only see what they want to. It is clear that Harper E Lee wanted to show everyone that people, mostly racist people, only see what they want to. It is a reoccurring event thought the book, people only believe, and see what they want to. Her message was clear: this is an issue in our society, and it needs to be