Examples Of Ethical Dilemmas In To Kill A Mockingbird

Many ethical and moral dilemmas are portrayed through out To Kill a Mockingbird. The most obvious being the racial tension surrounding not only the court case but most of America at the time. Atticus (the main character's father) doesn't see the world in black-and-white (pun not intended) as the many other members of the community. Atticus believes that people should be judged by their actions without bias (bias being race). A more intricate dilemma felt by the main characters (mostly Atticus) is that he is going against the community by defending a black man. Atticuis must either stick to his unwavering moral code and risk vilification of not only him but his children by the town's locals, or see a man who the reader and Atticus know is innocent