To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill A Mockingbird Courage and the development of maturity are two main universal themes, which teach people about life. There is courage in almost every single character in this book. Jem, Scout and Dill learn real courage in their childhood and are forced to face the reality at young age and understand it. Difficult for children filled with innocence in their heart, to understand the reality of unfairness. However, they did see it through people living in Maycomb and watching the trial. Jem is able to conquer his fear of Mrs. Dubose when he was able to apologize to her. Scout has the courage to run to her father when people were trying to harm Atticus. Atticus has courage to stand for what he believes even though the whole community believes it was wrong. The development of maturity shows great change and achievements in one's life. Scout in the beginning is a young innocent child. But as she experiences different situations and faces their reality, she gains the knowledge about life and her understanding allows her to grow. In the exploration of human morality, the book presents a constant conversation regarding the inherent goodness or evilness of people. Atticus, father of Scout and Jem, believes that people usually contain aspects of both good and evil, but that good will usually prevail. Atticus teaches this to his children, but also to the town, as he works to defend Tom Robinson, an innocent black man accused of raping a white woman. This is a Herculean task. Despite the challenge of overcoming the town's deeply ingrained racism and forcing people to change their social perspectives, Atticus struggles on, because he believes that one day, goodness will prevail over the evils of racism and racial equality will exist. "Atticus derived a reasonable income from the law. He liked Maycomb, he was Maycomb County born and bred; he knew his people, they knew him, and because of Simon Finch's industry, Atticus was related by blood or marriage to