To Kill A Mockingbird Theme Essay
Themes of To Kill a Mockingbird “Real courage is when you know you’re before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what” (Harper Lee). In the south during the 1920’s, life was hard on everybody before and during the Great Depression. Life was especially hard on the blacks. Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird was a huge punch in the face to people of the south. She showed how much our society during that time period was screwed up. In Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird many life lessons are taught, those that are most influential include, Injustice, the importance of family, and the discrimination in society.
Injustice is an important theme in To Kill a Mockingbird. An example of where injustice is shown in the book is when …show more content…
Family are the closest people to in life, they are the ones that stick with you through everything even if what you did was wrong. In this book it shows how family has your back through everything. Even though Boo Radley was not blood related to Jem and Scout. He looked out for them and made sure that they were okay at all times throughout the novel. Such as the time when they were on their way back from the Halloween pageant and Bob Ewell tried attacking them. But he did not succeed because Boo Radley had an eye out for Jem and Scout. Boo did not even know them personally yet, but that was his family and he was ready to give up his life and privacy for his family. Another person that shows great importance in family values is Calpurnia. She is a colored women working for a white family trying to support herself, like most colored women during that era.” There’s some folks who don't eat like us,” she whispered fiercely, “but you ain't called on to contradict ‘ em at the table when they dont. That boy’s yo’ comp’ny and if he wants to eat up the tablecloth you let him, you hear?” (32). Hear she is telling scout almost in a motherly tone about how rude she was being to Walter Cunningham. Because she cares for Scout and she wants her to be educated and well rounded with her
Injustice is an important theme in To Kill a Mockingbird. An example of where injustice is shown in the book is when …show more content…
Family are the closest people to in life, they are the ones that stick with you through everything even if what you did was wrong. In this book it shows how family has your back through everything. Even though Boo Radley was not blood related to Jem and Scout. He looked out for them and made sure that they were okay at all times throughout the novel. Such as the time when they were on their way back from the Halloween pageant and Bob Ewell tried attacking them. But he did not succeed because Boo Radley had an eye out for Jem and Scout. Boo did not even know them personally yet, but that was his family and he was ready to give up his life and privacy for his family. Another person that shows great importance in family values is Calpurnia. She is a colored women working for a white family trying to support herself, like most colored women during that era.” There’s some folks who don't eat like us,” she whispered fiercely, “but you ain't called on to contradict ‘ em at the table when they dont. That boy’s yo’ comp’ny and if he wants to eat up the tablecloth you let him, you hear?” (32). Hear she is telling scout almost in a motherly tone about how rude she was being to Walter Cunningham. Because she cares for Scout and she wants her to be educated and well rounded with her