Atticus Perspectives
Harper Lee, the author of To Kill a Mockingbird, wrote her novel with the intentions of showing people that people's actions and perspectives or ways of thinking reflect their morals or beliefs. Each perspective of each person was different according to their age, sex, race, economic background and many other factors. Reading this novel showed that not everyone sees things the same way or understands why some people do the things they do. Atticus teaches Scout that sometimes breaking the rules is necessary, Jem realizes with great power comes great responsibility, and that violence is never the answer.
In chapter three when Scout gets home from school, she is ranting to Atticus about her day regarding her Miss Caroline and Walter Cunningham. …show more content…
Atticus in this quote is discussing with his son, Jem, that because mockingbirds do nothing but create music, they should not be harmed. Atticus is trying to teach his son that it is okay to have power, but not to abuse it when really he is referring to Tom Robinson. Black people were known as less in Maycomb compared to white people, which meant white people had nearly more power than blacks. Atticus thinks it is not right that people can judge people and punish them just because of their race or color of skin because if they did not do anything wrong, why be punished? Having Calpurnia as his maid or cook has shown him that blacks are truly no differently than whites so why should they be treated any different especially when they are doing nothing …show more content…
In certain ways Jem did not understand his father's reasoning and in some circumstances, neither did Scout. The perspective of Atticus from Harper Lee was a very strong willed reflection of what his idea of right and wrong was. Lee was able to show his knowledge throughout the whole novel while trying to teach his kids his ways and strong morals. He did not just show his kids his perspective on things, he was able to reflect his beliefs on the things he was doing in his community in order to show the small town of Maycomb his way of looking at things. Everyone has a different perspective and most times there's not a right or wrong way of looking at things, just
In chapter three when Scout gets home from school, she is ranting to Atticus about her day regarding her Miss Caroline and Walter Cunningham. …show more content…
Atticus in this quote is discussing with his son, Jem, that because mockingbirds do nothing but create music, they should not be harmed. Atticus is trying to teach his son that it is okay to have power, but not to abuse it when really he is referring to Tom Robinson. Black people were known as less in Maycomb compared to white people, which meant white people had nearly more power than blacks. Atticus thinks it is not right that people can judge people and punish them just because of their race or color of skin because if they did not do anything wrong, why be punished? Having Calpurnia as his maid or cook has shown him that blacks are truly no differently than whites so why should they be treated any different especially when they are doing nothing …show more content…
In certain ways Jem did not understand his father's reasoning and in some circumstances, neither did Scout. The perspective of Atticus from Harper Lee was a very strong willed reflection of what his idea of right and wrong was. Lee was able to show his knowledge throughout the whole novel while trying to teach his kids his ways and strong morals. He did not just show his kids his perspective on things, he was able to reflect his beliefs on the things he was doing in his community in order to show the small town of Maycomb his way of looking at things. Everyone has a different perspective and most times there's not a right or wrong way of looking at things, just