To Kill A Mockingbird Morally Right
Defending someone because it’s right. Taking care of others in a bad situation. Helping someone even though one has chores to do. In To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, characters take action and show they are good in many ways. The definition of good is morally right. All of these characters show they are morally right in many different ways. Tom Robinson, Boo Radley,and Atticus Finch, are all examples of good people because they stand up and help others instead of walking on by. Tom Robinson shows he is a good and moral person in many ways. He is accused of a crime, that he did not commit. In fact, Tom Robinson is very hard-working and kind. Mayella, the daughter of a nasty and ruthless man, Bob Ewell, asks Tom continuously to help her
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Boo Radley stays inside his house all day because his father, Mr. Nathan Radley, keeps him inside. While the children are in school he sneaks outside and puts small gifts in a knothole. This shows he is good because instead of keeping these special items for himself he decides to give them to Scout and Jem. Jem eventually figures out Boo Radley is leaving the items and says “ ‘... Mr. Nathan put cement in that tree, Atticus, an’ he did it to stop us findin’ things - he’s crazy, I reckon, like they say, but Atticus, I swear to God he ain’t ever harmed us, he ain’t ever hurt us, he coulda cut my throat from ear to ear that night but he tried to mend my pants instead… he ain’t ever hurt us, Atticus-,’ ” (Lee 96). Whenever Jem, Dill, and Scout go to the Radley house because they want to get a look at Boo, Jem gets stuck in the fence trying to escape and rips his pants. Later that night Jem goes back to get them and sees Boo has stitched up his pants and laid them across the fence. Instead of telling his father that the children did it Boo choose to help them. This was very kind of him because they were just being curious. Boo also, saves the children from being killed by Bob Ewell. Bob wanted to hurt the children, to get back at Atticus for defending Tom Robinson. This shows he is good because he risked his life to save theirs. All of these things show Boo Radley is
Boo Radley stays inside his house all day because his father, Mr. Nathan Radley, keeps him inside. While the children are in school he sneaks outside and puts small gifts in a knothole. This shows he is good because instead of keeping these special items for himself he decides to give them to Scout and Jem. Jem eventually figures out Boo Radley is leaving the items and says “ ‘... Mr. Nathan put cement in that tree, Atticus, an’ he did it to stop us findin’ things - he’s crazy, I reckon, like they say, but Atticus, I swear to God he ain’t ever harmed us, he ain’t ever hurt us, he coulda cut my throat from ear to ear that night but he tried to mend my pants instead… he ain’t ever hurt us, Atticus-,’ ” (Lee 96). Whenever Jem, Dill, and Scout go to the Radley house because they want to get a look at Boo, Jem gets stuck in the fence trying to escape and rips his pants. Later that night Jem goes back to get them and sees Boo has stitched up his pants and laid them across the fence. Instead of telling his father that the children did it Boo choose to help them. This was very kind of him because they were just being curious. Boo also, saves the children from being killed by Bob Ewell. Bob wanted to hurt the children, to get back at Atticus for defending Tom Robinson. This shows he is good because he risked his life to save theirs. All of these things show Boo Radley is