What Are The Lessons Learned In To Kill A Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee has been required for many years to be read by high school students. It is often referred to as one of the best books written, and it can teach us many things about life. Although there are many things going on throughout the book. Harper Lee shows many virtues being learned by Scout Finch and Jem Finch. They most commonly seem to be learning lessons from family figures or grownups that surround them. Throughout the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Scout and Jem learn several important lessons as they grow up including courage, respect, and tolerance. Throughout the novel, one extremely important lesson learned by Jem and Scout is respect. Calpurnia is one the figures that had showed them what real courage is. For example, Calpurnia tells Scout "hush your mouth! Anybody who sets foot in this house is yo' company, and don't let me catch you remarkin' on their ways like you was so high and mighty. Yo folks might be better than the Cunninghams, but that doesn’t count for nothing the way you're disgracing them,"(27) when Scout thinks she is better than the other people in the town. Calpurnia told Scout that even if you
Jem and Scout learn to respect others throughout the novel from the actions of Atticus, who told Jem and Scout to respect Mockingbirds, and Boo Radley, and Calpurnia. Scout and Jem also learned the virtue of tolerance from Atticus, Calpurnia, and Boo Radley when he tolerated the kids bothering him constantly and Boo not doing anything back to them. Lastly, courage was taught by many figures including Dolphus Raymond, Mrs.Dubose who overcame her morphine addiction before she died, and Atticus. In the end, Jem and Scout learned many important lesson throughout the novel that changed the way they thought and acted in the end of the