When Atticus fails to understand that Boo was the one who killed Bob, Scout explains Atticus a lesson which is usually visa versa, that you must never kill a Mockingbird and by exposing and giving him the negative publicity towards Boo it would be like killing him in a way. This is the major turning point in Scouts maturity because she finally sees Boo not as evil but as a gentle creature just stuck in a bad situation. Although Scout matured drastically she still managed to be daddy’s little girls when she falls asleep on Atticus’ lap when he reads to her. This is only normal because even though Scout learned so much she is still so young and has a lot more to learn in
When eating breakfast one day, her father hears a loud noise and immediately starts shooting at a crow. To his surprise, the neighborhood where they recently had just moved in did not think of shooting crows as a “national pastime.” For this reason, Sarah liked her new Bozeman house. When Sarah was fourteen years old, she began arguing with her father at every election starting with the 1984 Democratic National Convention. Nowadays her father jokes that he canceled her vote. Ms. Vowell uses military jargon to describe how her home was divided into a gun workshop for her father and a music and art workshop for her.
Walter is a Cunningham, so he is inferior and should be treated as such. Scout embraces the racism thrust on her and fails to see any other path. Also early in the novel Scout, Jem and Dill are afraid of Boo Radley, they think he is a monster and try to play tricks on him. They don’t know Boo Radley and have never seen him but still judge him on stories they have heard. They are threatened by him, and are scared to go on his property.
Scout takes this lesson all through the book and keeps reminding the readers of this life lesson. The life lesson of it's a sin to kill a mockingbird is shown when Atticus buys Jem and Scout air rifles for Christmas. Upon receiving the air rifles Atticus tells Jem” Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." Scout asks Miss Maudie why it is a sin to kill a mockingbird "They don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird" From this life lesson Scout learns that, that life lesson doesn't just apply to birds but also humans in fact Tom Robinson.
Understanding is more than knowing a broad generalization of an idea; it is to fully comprehend complex emotions behind a situation. In Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird“, Scout is portrayed as someone who is blunt and mischievous, but as the story progresses, she begins to learn the true understanding of compassion by her surroundings. Scout is very irrational and doesn’t think before she acts, but as she experiences various events, she learns to feel compassion for people instead of being insensitive. Scout has an impetuous nature that causes her to act without thinking. A good example from the book that portrays Scout‘s nature is when she scares Walter, not thinking about how unfortunate and harsh Walter’s life is.
How did Scout’s understanding of prejudice develop throughout the film? The masterful film ‘to kill a mocking bird’ directed by Robert Mulligan is a story of innocence to experience. The central protagonist Scout Finch initially presents as a naïve ‘six year old’ whose understanding of people and her community is superficial, however her perspective is soon enriched by a myriad of confronting and compelling experiences. Her ‘longest night’ towards realisation and a subtle epiphany is predominantly nurtured by her father Atticus and also a racially fuelled trial that engulfs the town. Scout’s limited knowledge of the intricate nature of those around her is immediately obvious as the film opens on her front porch.
This shows that one should think by themselves using common sense and that one solution/answer does not fit all situations. “How Some Children Played at Slaughtering” was very strange. I think that it would be categorized as a cautionary tale that teaches children not to play at slaughtering and not to play with sharp objects. This is because it shows kids dying because of this and people being upset, and in the second part, the whole family ended up dying through a series of misfortune. It could also be teaching parents and adults to be careful of what they do in front of children, but the first part is strange because there doesn’t really seem to be any moral or lesson to learn.
At that mental age, they would not have been able to handle reality. One may say that it is sinful to end a life in general, however what George did was a truly good action by sending Lennie to a better place instead of receiving torture from Curley, a very abusive and cruel man to Lennie. A good example that is similar to this is when Candy had to make the decision to end the life of his dog. Many workers disliked Candy’s dog because it was elderly and smelled horrendous, therefore wanted it dead. Like George, Candy only wanted his dog dead to prevent it from enduring the suffering that they both face from oppressors.
There are a few individuals, however, who have acknowledged the inhumanity going on, and they are the ones who walk away from Omelas. They know that the treatment of this child is not worth the happiness that they have had. In this way, they are the heroes of Le Guin’s story because they are willing to give up their happiness for the sake of someone else. They could not live in a place and be happy with the knowledge that their happiness is to product of someone else’s misery. The theme of Rand’s “Anthem” is just the opposite.
Atticus told Scout and Jem that being called a “nigger-lover” does not matter because it has no meaning to Atticus. If this mentality was present throughout the entire world, the amount of prejudice would decrease drastically. If we are taught that people who are different from us are bad, the cycle of hate will continue and mutate into something