What Is The Treasure In To Kill A Mockingbird
To kill a mockingbird “The true treasure lies within. It is the underlying theme of the songs we sing, the shows we watch and the books we read. It is woven into the Psalms of the Bible, the ballads of the Beatles and practically every Bollywood film ever made. What is that treasure? Love. Love is the nature of the Divine” (Radhanath Swami`). The novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, published in 1960 is set during the Great Depression. During this time all the people of our country were suffering, difference between them was the black communities; and really that black population in general, were hit harder than everyone else. In reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, racism, bravery, and loss of innocence is prevalent,
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They choose their friends by who was kind to them. It doesn't matter what your skin color was if you were playing in a sandbox together having fun. But adults, they don't have a sandbox to all play in and get along they only see blacks as workers who do whatever you tell them to do. And when that's your only image of someone it's kinda harder not to see them as a lower class than you.
Atticus was one of the rare few that saw blacks as equals. he once said you'll never truly understand someone until you consider things from his point of view until you crawl into his skin and walk around in it. (pg 30) to me this shows that Atticus sees people just as kids do. This is basically what my poem is talking about, The treasure lies within. Why judge people by their appearances. The color of your skin is just a color.
In conclusion, in To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee teaches readers many lessons about life including racism, bravery, and a loss of innocence. Lee wrote this novel to teach our nation that racism was overwhelming and we needed to change. This book has had many readers and still has many to come, its importance is just as much today as it was the day it was
They choose their friends by who was kind to them. It doesn't matter what your skin color was if you were playing in a sandbox together having fun. But adults, they don't have a sandbox to all play in and get along they only see blacks as workers who do whatever you tell them to do. And when that's your only image of someone it's kinda harder not to see them as a lower class than you.
Atticus was one of the rare few that saw blacks as equals. he once said you'll never truly understand someone until you consider things from his point of view until you crawl into his skin and walk around in it. (pg 30) to me this shows that Atticus sees people just as kids do. This is basically what my poem is talking about, The treasure lies within. Why judge people by their appearances. The color of your skin is just a color.
In conclusion, in To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee teaches readers many lessons about life including racism, bravery, and a loss of innocence. Lee wrote this novel to teach our nation that racism was overwhelming and we needed to change. This book has had many readers and still has many to come, its importance is just as much today as it was the day it was