Examples Of Compassion In To Kill A Mockingbird
Macy Wilks
S. Brewer
English 9
16 October 2013
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird has several themes such as compassion, sympathy, and compassion. The author, Harper Lee, did an amazing job showing these themes many times during the whole book. Throughout this book example several examples of each are found. Compassion is shown when Atticus Finch is kind to Ms. Dubose despite the harsh words she spoke about him. One of the examples of sympathy is when all the black people stood up in the court room even though Atticus had lost the case. Tolerance is shown many times throughout the entire book, but is shown the most when Ms. Dubose verbally harasses Atticus to his children and his neighbors and Atticus choose to tolerate them and do nothing about them.
Compassion is a strong lesson that is taught during the entire book. Compassion is showing kindness to those who may not deserve it or are in a struggling time. Atticus shows a lot of compassion for Tom Robinson by taking his case and working endlessly trying to prove …show more content…
Tolerance is the act of putting up with something even though it is annoying or rude. The example before about Atticus and Ms. Dubose is an extremely good example because of the fact that Atticus just ignores it. “They 're certainly entitled to think that, and they 're entitled to full respect for their opinions... but before I can live with other folks I 've got to live with myself.” (35) In this quote Atticus shows true tolerance because not only he ignores it, but he tells his children, Jem and Scout, to ignore it also. Even though Ms. Dubose speaks truly harsh words towards Atticus and his kids he does not get mad and act out of anger he simply respects her opinion and does nothing. Atticus could easily get mad and act out, but he chooses not to, therefore, showing tolerance towards
S. Brewer
English 9
16 October 2013
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird has several themes such as compassion, sympathy, and compassion. The author, Harper Lee, did an amazing job showing these themes many times during the whole book. Throughout this book example several examples of each are found. Compassion is shown when Atticus Finch is kind to Ms. Dubose despite the harsh words she spoke about him. One of the examples of sympathy is when all the black people stood up in the court room even though Atticus had lost the case. Tolerance is shown many times throughout the entire book, but is shown the most when Ms. Dubose verbally harasses Atticus to his children and his neighbors and Atticus choose to tolerate them and do nothing about them.
Compassion is a strong lesson that is taught during the entire book. Compassion is showing kindness to those who may not deserve it or are in a struggling time. Atticus shows a lot of compassion for Tom Robinson by taking his case and working endlessly trying to prove …show more content…
Tolerance is the act of putting up with something even though it is annoying or rude. The example before about Atticus and Ms. Dubose is an extremely good example because of the fact that Atticus just ignores it. “They 're certainly entitled to think that, and they 're entitled to full respect for their opinions... but before I can live with other folks I 've got to live with myself.” (35) In this quote Atticus shows true tolerance because not only he ignores it, but he tells his children, Jem and Scout, to ignore it also. Even though Ms. Dubose speaks truly harsh words towards Atticus and his kids he does not get mad and act out of anger he simply respects her opinion and does nothing. Atticus could easily get mad and act out, but he chooses not to, therefore, showing tolerance towards