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To Kill A Mockingbird Good Vs Evil Analysis
Being one of the major themes in 'To Kill A Mockingbird'. Good vs Evil is portrayed throughout the book in numerous occasions. However we do believe that the topic is missing a component, because of the way it is represented. This whole story is around the co-existence of good and evil, rather than them being separate things. There are countless scenes where both these factors are depicted in one character or setting. We have chosen to explore good and evil, in one person and in different places too. Firstly we have the most obvious situation of Boo Radley. Firstly depicted as an evil presence to the town, he is late revealed as kind fellow. When he was young, Boo got in trouble with the police, and therefore his family keep him locked inside. …show more content…

Maycomb County is a town filled with mostly friendly people. They are very close to each other and know everyone well; this is proven as Scout is quoted saying “no one needs introduction while talking in the phone, in Maycomb everyone knows everyone else’s voices well enough”. Their closeness might be reasoned from their ever-recurring social activities such as such as what is faced by Atticus who is “related by blood or marriage to nearly every family in the town” Besides that, they are very cooperative and help each other whenever problems arise. This shown when Miss Maudie's house catches on fire, as the onomatopoeia “muffled scurrying sounds” gives the idea that everyone in the neighbourhood (including Mr Nathan Radley who very seldom mingles with others) wakes up from their midnight sleep to help to save Miss Maudie’s belongings and to put out the fire. From here, it is very obvious that the strong relationship of the people in Maycomb County leads them to be very sociable and helpful people. But on the other hand Maycomb has its bad points too. They also face “Maycomb’s usual disease”, which is prejudice. Their closest prejudice victim’ is Boo Radley, who is shunned from the society just because he is very different from them a very mysterious and reclusive man. As they had never really known anything about Boo, they spread bad stories and rumours about him. Things are worst when any small crimes done in …show more content…

The school in Maycomb County is build with good intention: to provide the children of Maycomb with good education. This is proven by the introduction of the new teacher, Miss Caroline, and the new educational theories of John Dewey (which Jem had mistakenly called as “Dewey Decimal System” as in page 20). They are newly implemented into the school to improve the literacy level of the students of Maycomb County. The school had also provided the children with useful knowledge. Jem, for instance, had learnt lots of things from the school and one of it is about the Egyptian culture (page 59). They also care about the children's welfare as Miss Caroline asks Burris Ewell to go back home out of the fear that he might cause other students to have cooties (pg.

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