To Kill A Mockingbird Conscience Quotes

“To Kill a Mockingbird” written by Harper Lee is an award winning novel published in the 1960’s it explores the main theme of racial differences in the early 1930’s and the many struggles, acceptance challenges and problems that black people faced during this time period. Set in the country town of Maycomb County, Southern Alabama it follows the story of a family, a lawyer named Atticus Finch and his two children Scout and Jem. As the two children, Scout and Jem grow up their father teaches them life lessons which in that time and in their community were said to be different and unlike everyones else’s ideas which were therefore redeemed as un normal. Proceeding through the story it uncovers the harsh ways of growing up and being introduced

Quoted from Atticus, ”The one thing that does not abide by majorities rule is a persons conscience” (page 116) this quote is very important as it links to the general story and identifies the problematic views of what people agree with. The quote that Atticus mentions does not only describe his family it also brings to detail that although a democracy will choose the way people act it does not and can not control what one person thinks. This occurs strongly when Tom Robinson is being accused of being guilty as although the jury found him guilty it does not mean everyone else agreed with the decision. At many times Scout and Jem are pressured in to thinking different or are told different but they always stick to their conscience of what they think is right. Atticus teaches his children about the importance of tolerating and to be patient, when Scout had problems with a fellow classmate Walter Cunningham Atticus simply told her to understand what things are like from Walter’s point of view. Many other times has Atticus instilled the importance of conscience in to Scout and Jem of the right to understood from others. “You never really do understand a person until you really consider things from his point of view or until you climb in to his skin and walk around in it” (page 30) quoted by Atticus, it describes the reality of his