Common Human Experience In To Kill A Mockingbird
Common Human Experiences in To Kill A Mockingbird
In To Kill A Mockingbird there are three common human experiences. All of these common human experiences act as learning experiences for the narrator of the story, Scout.
The main common human experience of the novel is prejudice. Scout has many confrontations with prejudice throughtout the novel. There are many levels and divisions in the characters such as race, sex, and social status. With all of these levels and divisions there is a lot of prejudice in the novel.
The first prejudice in the story occurs at the Tom Robinson trial. Tom
Robinson does not receive a fair trial because he is black and Mayella Ewell, the woman Tom is accused of raping, is white. Atticus proves …show more content…
Boo Radley was also the victim of prejudice. The people of Maycomb county did not understand Boo, he was not seen outside of his house and people did not know what to think. They made up their own ideas of what he was like and made him out to be some sort of monster. They pre-judged him because he was different than they were. Scout later met Boo and discovered that there judgements of him were false.
The second common human experience is courage. Atticus displays two different types of courage in the novel. the first is a mental courage when he defends
Tom Robinson even though the chances of winning are almost hopeless. This act is also couragous because he knows by defending Tom he will shunned by his peers and people will see him as a traitor. The second type of courage is a more physical act of courage when he shoots a charging mad dog.
The third common human experience of the story is a right of passage. Scout goes through a right of passage and becomes more mature through a number of learning experiences throughout the novel. She learns to look at situations through other peoples eyes and Atticus taught her to respect all
In To Kill A Mockingbird there are three common human experiences. All of these common human experiences act as learning experiences for the narrator of the story, Scout.
The main common human experience of the novel is prejudice. Scout has many confrontations with prejudice throughtout the novel. There are many levels and divisions in the characters such as race, sex, and social status. With all of these levels and divisions there is a lot of prejudice in the novel.
The first prejudice in the story occurs at the Tom Robinson trial. Tom
Robinson does not receive a fair trial because he is black and Mayella Ewell, the woman Tom is accused of raping, is white. Atticus proves …show more content…
Boo Radley was also the victim of prejudice. The people of Maycomb county did not understand Boo, he was not seen outside of his house and people did not know what to think. They made up their own ideas of what he was like and made him out to be some sort of monster. They pre-judged him because he was different than they were. Scout later met Boo and discovered that there judgements of him were false.
The second common human experience is courage. Atticus displays two different types of courage in the novel. the first is a mental courage when he defends
Tom Robinson even though the chances of winning are almost hopeless. This act is also couragous because he knows by defending Tom he will shunned by his peers and people will see him as a traitor. The second type of courage is a more physical act of courage when he shoots a charging mad dog.
The third common human experience of the story is a right of passage. Scout goes through a right of passage and becomes more mature through a number of learning experiences throughout the novel. She learns to look at situations through other peoples eyes and Atticus taught her to respect all