They have done it before and they did it tonight and they still do it again and again and when they do it – seems only children weep.” (Lee 213) Therefore through the characters of Atticus Finch and Tom Robinson, the roots of behaviour were portrayed in the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. Innocence and cruelty were portrayed through the treatment of Tom Robinson. He was an innocent man treated cruelly by the people of Maycomb. Even the title of the book had something to do with innocence. This can be seen in the famous quote where Atticus refers to the mockingbirds as innocent creatures: “It is a sin to kill a mockingbird.
Murders come in all shapes and sizes. They commit their crimes for different reasons and play them out in different ways. Some are very precise in their act, while others are careless. Some murderers, like Ed Gein are so horrible that their problem comes from mental instability and do unbelievably horrible things like using human beings to create different outfits and furniture. Ed Gein has to be one of the most sick people in the world.
To Kill a Mockingbird One of the most important themes of To Kill a Mockingbird is the book’s message on the nature of human beings, whether people are good or evil. The book portrays Scout and Jem’s as two young characters with a sense of innocence, because they make assumptions that all people are good because they do not fully understand evil. As Scout and Jem mature, they slowly begin to acknowledge evil to a more adult perspective. As the novel continues, Scout and Jem develop a better understanding between the world and evil. Scout and Jem’s transition from innocence to experience can lead into other side themes, such as hatred and racism tend to face the other innocent characters like, Tom Robinson and Boo Radley.
It’s similar to racism and has the same effects. Harper Lee has great examples from Tom Robinson’s court case and the Radley situation that show this. Characters like Aunt Alexandra show prejudice, yet Atticus does not. Prejudice is a strong point in To Kill a Mockingbird and it has strong effects on people. Works Cited MacAskill, Ewen.
Civil rights marches were led by Martin Luther King and Malcolm X in the 1960’s. The novel shows us how one single incident of persecution can effect a whole community. In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Tom Robinson was charged with raping Mayella Ewell, found guilty by a racist jury, and was killed whilst trying to escape prison, even though Atticus proved to the jury that it was obvious that he was innocent. He was found guilty, however, because he was a Negro and seen to be less than human. Even though all of the jury were racist, some members of Maycomb County began to see that the unfair way in which they treated the Negroes was wrong.
The people gave them to much power, and they became power hungry tyrants. Both Grant and Hale stood there grounds, and helped the innocent people that don't deserve to die. Grant makes a good point when talking to Vivian, when he says “Suppose someone said something about you-would you want me to just walk away?” (Gaines 209). I remember in 7th grade I overheard a boy talking bad about my friend, and I went up to him and told him to shut up, and that he was a jerk. It felt good because it was the right thing to do.
"-Jem (240) They begin to understand Boo and that helps them realise (Chapter 26 “Boo Radley was the least of our fears,) Atticus says in pg 217 “The witnesses for the state have presented themselves to you gentlemen, to this court, in the cynical confidence that their testimony would not be doubted, confident that you gentlemen would go along with them on the assumption-the evil assumption-that all Negroes lie, that all Negroes are basically immoral beings, that all Negro men are not to be trusted around our women, an assumption one associates with minds of their caliber. Which, gentlemen, we know is in itself a lie as black as Tom Robinson's skin, a lie I do not have to point out to you. You know the truth, the truth is this: some Negroes lie, some Negroes are immoral, some Negro
Separate bathrooms were not unusual. And of course, prejudice was not unusual. Atticus knows prejudice is a terrible thing and tries to sway the jury and audience away from prejudice, much like he does with his children through the lessons he teaches them. In this case, he makes the jury and audience feel the unnecessary guilt that Tom Robinson and all blacks feel as a result of prejudice. He does this in an attempt to soften the people of Maycomb and make them think in a non-racist way.
They contrast each other making each more black or more white. In this paragraph Mr. Harvey and just how evil he is will be discussed. On page 26 we see that Mr. Harvey is so evil he has convinced himself he is innocent. “He wore his innocence like a comfortable old coat.” He has gotten away with murdering people so many times it has just become natural to him. Right from the very beginning it is apparent that Mr. Harvey is evil.
The excerpt under analysis is taken from the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee. It gives a deep insight into human society and into the nature of every individual. The author brings to light the theme of moral nature of the human beings – that is whether they are good and merciful or cruel and evil. It also deals with the problems of racial prejudices, inequality and discrimination. Atticus Finch, the principal character of the novel, becomes a fighter for justice and truth.