Perspective In To Kill A Mockingbird
The perspective many people have to society's ways, has a great impact on the way people think, believe, and hold, when faced with the issue of their ethical principles. Harper Lee, tackles this predicament and explains it through the ideas in her novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, by showing how perspective affects the beliefs people attain to. Through Atticus Finch the heroine of the novel, and the father of the protagonist Jean-Louise (Scout) and her brother, Jeremy Atticus Finch (Jem), Lee displays the wisdom of Atticus in the events surrounding the air-rifles, Scouts fighting habits, and Mrs. Dubose’s addiction, and the way that Atticus’ perspective has shaped these beliefs.
“Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember …show more content…
Long before that Atticus teaches Jem a lesson, completely exemplifying the case, to deal with Mrs. Dubose. “I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.” (Lee pg. 149). Mrs. Dubose, a morphine addict, was told she would only have a couple weeks more to live, and she spent those last days and hours, ridding herself of the drug to die a free woman. With the help of Jem and Scout reading to her periodically, she struggled through the gate to god, and as the quote states, showed real courage. Atticus braves this subject again by accepting the Tom Robinson case and begins, already positive of the outcome. In the process of growing up, and experiencing the attitude toward the colored division, Atticus’ witnesses the beliefs of others and how their perspective fueled these. His job as a lawyer has him defending someone and forcing him to believe someone’s side of the story. His perspective has the truth of both parties and he demonstrates true courage by seeing through on the case defending Tom Robinson no matter what, even though he knows he can not
“Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember …show more content…
Long before that Atticus teaches Jem a lesson, completely exemplifying the case, to deal with Mrs. Dubose. “I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.” (Lee pg. 149). Mrs. Dubose, a morphine addict, was told she would only have a couple weeks more to live, and she spent those last days and hours, ridding herself of the drug to die a free woman. With the help of Jem and Scout reading to her periodically, she struggled through the gate to god, and as the quote states, showed real courage. Atticus braves this subject again by accepting the Tom Robinson case and begins, already positive of the outcome. In the process of growing up, and experiencing the attitude toward the colored division, Atticus’ witnesses the beliefs of others and how their perspective fueled these. His job as a lawyer has him defending someone and forcing him to believe someone’s side of the story. His perspective has the truth of both parties and he demonstrates true courage by seeing through on the case defending Tom Robinson no matter what, even though he knows he can not