To Kill A Mockingbird Consequences
Remembering the Consequences The general thought among all people is that the only things that truly matter in life are “what we do”. In the end, the only people who are actually aware of “what we think”, or more importantly “what we believe”, is our ourselves. One’s beliefs and ideals may fade, but the only legacies that can never be erased is our deeds. Great men and women are never remembered for beliefs or thoughts, for “only consequence is what we do.” The beliefs that humans hold so dear, are meaningless without actions to back up them up. For example, in Harper Lee’s Novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, the protagonist’s father Atticus, a lawyer in the town of Maycomb, Alabama took action in defending Tom Robinson an accused black man. Atticus
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For example, everyone is aware that Adolph Hitler was responsible for the mass genocide that almost wiped out a culture, but what people have forgotten was that he legitimately thought that he was helping his country by exterminating the Jewish race. Much in the same way, in the wake of the Civil War and the Thirteenth Amendment, the South was quick to try and rid itself of the evils that blacks inherently brought with them. Southerners felt that Africans would corrupt America if not kept in check. Sometimes, even if one has remarkable beliefs, ones actions do not live up to expectations. Even Thomas Jefferson, a great founding father, could not make his actions as spectacular as his beliefs. While he may have coined the phrase “all men are created equal”, what history remembers was the fact that Jefferson’s actions didn’t live up to his beliefs (Jefferson 167). It’s hard to believe that Jefferson wanted equality for all people when he himself kept slaves. In the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, articulates perfectly that it doesn’t matter what people think because “when it's a white man's word against a black man's, the white man always wins” (Lee 187). Not a single juror thought that Robinson was guilty, but rather than deal with the social ramifications of Mayella and Tom’s relationship they gave him the death penalty. Clearly, it doesn’t matter why one does what they do, the only thing that matters is what they actually
For example, everyone is aware that Adolph Hitler was responsible for the mass genocide that almost wiped out a culture, but what people have forgotten was that he legitimately thought that he was helping his country by exterminating the Jewish race. Much in the same way, in the wake of the Civil War and the Thirteenth Amendment, the South was quick to try and rid itself of the evils that blacks inherently brought with them. Southerners felt that Africans would corrupt America if not kept in check. Sometimes, even if one has remarkable beliefs, ones actions do not live up to expectations. Even Thomas Jefferson, a great founding father, could not make his actions as spectacular as his beliefs. While he may have coined the phrase “all men are created equal”, what history remembers was the fact that Jefferson’s actions didn’t live up to his beliefs (Jefferson 167). It’s hard to believe that Jefferson wanted equality for all people when he himself kept slaves. In the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, articulates perfectly that it doesn’t matter what people think because “when it's a white man's word against a black man's, the white man always wins” (Lee 187). Not a single juror thought that Robinson was guilty, but rather than deal with the social ramifications of Mayella and Tom’s relationship they gave him the death penalty. Clearly, it doesn’t matter why one does what they do, the only thing that matters is what they actually