To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird Essay
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view . . . until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” says Atticus, as he gives his 6- year- old daughter, Scout, a lesson she will never forget. In the book,” To Kill a Mockingbird,” Jem and Scout experience a rape case, and learn that you never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, like Boo Radley. As they grow up, Atticus, their father helps them realize that not everybody is not what they first seem like. To Jem and Scout, Atticus has always been there for them; whether guiding them through racial prejudice, answering their question on unknown words, and most importantly being there for them through the ups and downs. It's Atticus that changes these two children's lives, and, in my opinion, has the most courage out of all the characters in the book.
First of all, Atticus was brave enough to accept a case to defend a black man. Atticus knows that his choice would have consequences, but he still takes it up because he knows it's the right thing to do. The consequences would be that people would say ugly things about him to his children and that his children would have to listen to the ungracious things they said about him. Even though that happens, he tells his children to keep their heads high and to ignore all the negative comments about him. His reasons for taking the case are: “I couldn't be able to hold up my head in town, I couldn't represent this county in legislature, and I couldn't ever tell Jem or Scout not to do something again.”
After Mrs. Dubose died, Atticus told Jem that the reason he wanted Jem to read to her was to get him to see what real courage is, which he stated: “It's when you know you're being licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.” That is exactly what Atticus does; he takes the case and goes through with it. Atticus knows
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view . . . until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” says Atticus, as he gives his 6- year- old daughter, Scout, a lesson she will never forget. In the book,” To Kill a Mockingbird,” Jem and Scout experience a rape case, and learn that you never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, like Boo Radley. As they grow up, Atticus, their father helps them realize that not everybody is not what they first seem like. To Jem and Scout, Atticus has always been there for them; whether guiding them through racial prejudice, answering their question on unknown words, and most importantly being there for them through the ups and downs. It's Atticus that changes these two children's lives, and, in my opinion, has the most courage out of all the characters in the book.
First of all, Atticus was brave enough to accept a case to defend a black man. Atticus knows that his choice would have consequences, but he still takes it up because he knows it's the right thing to do. The consequences would be that people would say ugly things about him to his children and that his children would have to listen to the ungracious things they said about him. Even though that happens, he tells his children to keep their heads high and to ignore all the negative comments about him. His reasons for taking the case are: “I couldn't be able to hold up my head in town, I couldn't represent this county in legislature, and I couldn't ever tell Jem or Scout not to do something again.”
After Mrs. Dubose died, Atticus told Jem that the reason he wanted Jem to read to her was to get him to see what real courage is, which he stated: “It's when you know you're being licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.” That is exactly what Atticus does; he takes the case and goes through with it. Atticus knows