Anne Frank, a Jewish girl who was in hiding during World War II stated, “No one has ever become poor by giving.” The quote means that you are never too poor to do something nice for someone. This quote relates to the book,To Kill a Mockingbird, as we learn about the Ewell family who didn’t understand that they could be nice. Atticus notes, “You never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them.” (Lee 30) In To Kill A Mockingbird Scout learns about cruelty, courage, and compassion.
Scout learns about cruelty. Scout learns that people are not always what them seem to be, such as rumors that are spread by adults that are most often not true. In chapter 23 one example is when Aunt Alexandra calls Walter Cunningham “trash”.
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Atticus tried to explain about the name calling. “Scout,” said Atticus, “nigger-lover is just one of those terms that don’t mean anything like snot-nose. It’s hard to explain.. Ignorant, trashy people use it when they think somebody’s favoring Negroes over and above themselves. It’s slipped into usage with some people like ourselves, when they want a common, ugly term to label somebody.” (Lee 144). Another example in chapter 23 is when Atticus tells everyone that even though the jury was filled with ordinarily reasonable men, sometimes things get in the way of that reason. African-Americans have had struggles when compared with whites. Atticus says, “As you grow older, you’ll see white men cheat black men everyday of your life, but let me tell you something and don’t forget it. Whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes from, that white man is “trash” (Lee 295). Scout learns that many adults will judge each other based on money, skin color, and family …show more content…
Scout learns that courage doesn't just happen, it takes real life lessons. Atticus played a big role on showing her to have courage. One example is in chapter 9 when Atticus puts himself in the middle of the conflict with Tom Robinson. His brother compares him to Christ by making the comment, “let this cup pass from you, eh?”(Lee 88) The children see that, especially Scout, and when Atticus is standing between the mob and Tom Robinson, the children stand with him. Scout learned to act courageously. Scout learns about true bravery. Another example is when Mrs.Dubose says, “I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do.” (Lee 149). That's what she did as she knew she was going to die but she didn't take the easy route out by getting a quick painless drug to kill her or to carry on taking morphine to kill the pain but she took the hard way out as she didn't want to be dependent on the drug. Another example was Boo Radley, when he left the house to rescue Scout and Jem. At first, they didn’t know who had rescued them. They didn’t realize what they have been witnessing until later and they figured out it was Boo Radley. Throughout the novel, Scout has witnessed lots of act of courage and gained courage in her dealings with
When scout stands up to the mob(Lee 205) this shows courage because she is standing up to a mad drunken mob that could kill her. Also, this shows courage because if she didn’t stand up to her the mob would’ve been 10 times worse and it takes courage to stand up to any adult when she was still a kid. A quote for this is “Do you remember me Mr. Cunningham?”(Lee 205) this shows courage because it shows that scout is using a kind of guilt thing to make Mr. Cunningham stop the mob and tell everyone to go home that takes a lot of courage to stand up to a mob like that and to talk to the leader of it when he is 2 or more feet tall. The next example for courage is when Mrs Dubose(Lee 147) tries to get off of her morphine addiction. This shows courage because it is very hard to get off of an addiction especially a drug addiction.
To Kill a Mockingbird is full of heart wrenching and painful moments that shaped and defined each and every inhabitant of Maycomb, Alabama. Atticus Finch, the father of the main protagonist, once said, "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," (Lee 51). This was a lesson he taught to Scout, the narrator and main protagonist of the story. Scout never fully grasps the idea of this concept until the very end of the story, but throughout the story she exhibits this lesson and is empathetic without even knowing it. No character felt others emotions quite like Scout, even if it was right away, a little while after, or even the whole book.
Scout comes to realize that the world is not as it seems and that it takes true courage to do the right thing with the help of her brother Jem, her dad Atticus, her Mysterious neighbor Boo Radley, and her
People that show courage in hard times know what could happen to them yet they act upon it to win a battle. In To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, many characters show true courage when they are under pressure or should not as they know something bad will happen to them. Mrs. Dubose, Atticus Finch, and Jem Finch all show courage and perseverance even though they know that something bad will happen to
To finalize, Scout gets some words of wisdom from Miss Maudie. One day when Scout was at Miss Maudie’s house, she asks her about Boo Radley. Even though Miss Maudie tells her, she explains to Scout that “The things that happen to people, [others] never know” (61). This lesson that Miss Maudie teaches is about not using rumors to form your opinions about others. In the future this will help Scout learn that she needs to get to know a person before she really judges them.
“It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare,” said Mark Twain. The novel To Kill a Mockingbird is a coming of age story about two young children, Jem and Scout Finch, growing up in Alabama in the 1930s and learning what real courage is through their father, Atticus, and the people of Maycomb. They learn to see the world from other points of view, which is also how they express empathy towards others, persevering and standing up for what you believe in, and putting yourself in danger to help others. One message that Harper Lee provides us with is that courage is when you persevere to do something even when it gets more difficult.
Quote and page # Paragraph "'Your father does not know how to teach. You can have a seat now.' I mumbled that I was sorry and retired meditating upon my crime." (Question) page: 2 In this quote it seems like it is very interesting.
Evil: I think that Bob Ewell's should be in this column. On pages 227-234 is where Atticus is asking Bob questions about what happened the night of Mayella’s “rape”. During this whole court case Bob was joking in the beginning about Mayella and it was clear that he doesn’t care much for Mayella. He also uses very inappropriate language in the courtroom. On page 230 Bob says “I got to the fence I heard Mayella screaming like a stuck hog inside the house.”
Hatred has always been around in history, including from all of our literature that we’ve read this semester, and what we’ve learned. Some, more than others. And some still to this day. In our Holocaust unit, there has been many, many examples of hatred, but I’ll talk about the hatred from Defiance.
People can be seen as courageous for standing up for themselves or going to war, when courage should really be recognized when someone goes out of their comfort zone, such as talking to someone new to saying an opinion. As E. E. Cummings says, “It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.”. Courage is not only an act; it is what makes a person. To Kkill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a book that portrays the acts of courage both large and small that happen every day. Many people such as Boo, Jem and Scout show courage through the book but one person in particular that shows a great deal of courage is Atticus who shows courage in many different ways in order to protect himself, his family and the town of Maycomb.
"The main one is, if I didn't I couldn't hold up my head in town, I couldn't represent this county in the legislature, I couldn't even tell you or Jem not to do something again.” (Lee, 100). I think this exposure to courage at a young age prepares Scout for the future and makes her a stronger person. Her dad is a big influence in her life and I think that he is a positive role model that she learns a lot from. The next way Atticus teaches Scout courage was
Atticus is a fully developed character in this book, who is willing to give up up his life and job to protect a falsely accused- Tom Robinson. As Atticus pusts his life on the line he uses this quote in court “But there is one way in this country and that is all men are created equal” This phrase was used in the Decleration of Independance, as a lawyer Atticus uses this sequence of words to portray that all men should have the same opportunities. Atticus refers to men in this quote as all men even if they're black, white, asian, or any other ethnic background. He is saying that it isn’t fair for people of a certain race to be discriminated against when it's not a person's fault for the color of someone's skin. Another way that shows that his image was ruined was when he shot the mad dog “You shoot him Atticus, you know I can’t shoot that well” In chapter 10 there is a mad dog that starts walking around their neighborhood.
The Dangers of Revenge in To Kill a Mockingbird In my opinion in To Kill a Mockingbird revenge has a lot to do in the book. Revenge is the action of hurting, harming or getting payback at someone for doing something bad. One of the main acts of revenge in To Kill a Mockingbird is about Bob Ewell. After the Halloween pageant Jem and scout went to, they were walking home and Bob Ewell had been following them and then attacked Jem and Scout.
Think back to when you were little kid around 7 or so and you had no worries about life or anything. All you would think about is candy and toys and nothing about the world of adults. No worries of the weather or what the grown ups would talk about. Scout’s childhood innocence takes a turn from her care free days to the real world of racism and bad people. In To Kill a Mockingbird Scout witnesses the trial of Tom Robinson and how racism is taught to her unknowingly from it.
He says, As you grow older, you 'll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and don 't you forget itwhenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes from, that white man is trash." (Lee 250) Atticus explains the harshness of the way white men treat and act around black people. He tells them that there is not excuse for behavior like that, and so the children choose not to act that way. This method of combating prejudice can be very effective on the children being taught,