To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee
In the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the plot is over a span of three
years. This essay answers the question “What is the most valuable lesson that To Kill A
Mockingbird teaches the reader?” To Kill A Mockingbird focuses on a county named Maycomb in
Southern Alabama during the Great Depression. This book includes many racists and unpleasant
comments to racially discriminate, and antagonize others. A majority of the folks in Maycomb county
are selfish, arrogant and bias, however Atticus Finch is not one of those people. He is a hard working
lawyer and the father of a ten-year-old boy named Jem and a six-year-old daughter named Scout. A
black woman named Calpurnia is also considered a part of the family, because she …show more content…
In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, the most valuable lesson it teaches the reader is to
be open-minded; this is shown through diction, plot, and characterization. Being different is basically a sin in To Kill A Mockingbird, it is extremely uncommon for
someone to be distinctive in Maycomb. Arthur Radley (Boo) is one those people who dislike the
outside world and prefer to remain indoors. He got into a heap of trouble at a very immature
age and was practically grounded for life, this made him shy around others as growing up. Atticus says
to Jem, Scout and Dill “If he wanted to stay inside his own house he had the right to stay inside free
from the attentions of inquisitive children, which was a mild term for the likes of us.”(54) Atticus is a
perfect example of an open minded person, he understands how other people feel because he looks at
everything from the their point of view before making up his mind. At the end of the book Jem says “I think I’m beginning to understand why Boo Radley’s stayed shut up in the house all this time…it’s
because he wants to stay inside.” This is where Jem finally looks at the world through Arthur’s eyes
years. This essay answers the question “What is the most valuable lesson that To Kill A
Mockingbird teaches the reader?” To Kill A Mockingbird focuses on a county named Maycomb in
Southern Alabama during the Great Depression. This book includes many racists and unpleasant
comments to racially discriminate, and antagonize others. A majority of the folks in Maycomb county
are selfish, arrogant and bias, however Atticus Finch is not one of those people. He is a hard working
lawyer and the father of a ten-year-old boy named Jem and a six-year-old daughter named Scout. A
black woman named Calpurnia is also considered a part of the family, because she …show more content…
In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, the most valuable lesson it teaches the reader is to
be open-minded; this is shown through diction, plot, and characterization. Being different is basically a sin in To Kill A Mockingbird, it is extremely uncommon for
someone to be distinctive in Maycomb. Arthur Radley (Boo) is one those people who dislike the
outside world and prefer to remain indoors. He got into a heap of trouble at a very immature
age and was practically grounded for life, this made him shy around others as growing up. Atticus says
to Jem, Scout and Dill “If he wanted to stay inside his own house he had the right to stay inside free
from the attentions of inquisitive children, which was a mild term for the likes of us.”(54) Atticus is a
perfect example of an open minded person, he understands how other people feel because he looks at
everything from the their point of view before making up his mind. At the end of the book Jem says “I think I’m beginning to understand why Boo Radley’s stayed shut up in the house all this time…it’s
because he wants to stay inside.” This is where Jem finally looks at the world through Arthur’s eyes