To+Kill+A+Mocking+Bird+Essay



In the 1930’s one would be prejudice against black people according to the novel __To Kill A Mocking Bird by Harper Lee__. This book is about a town in the south. It’s a small town, and there are many prejudice people. Also, the people are judgmental, and there are many stories about people in the town of Maycomb.

In this novel there is a black man named Tom Robinson. This man was accused of raping a white woman, which in Maybcomb County is a death penalty. But, what really happened was that tom would help the women do chores for free. This woman was lonely, and one day kissed tom. The dad saw this and beat the girl, then framed tom of rape. This shows that tom is a nice man and just does good things without doing any bad things, just as a mocking bird would do. But, when this went to court, even though everyone knew tom was innocent, the jury found him guilty all because he was a colored man. After this, people didn’t care much. “Well, after all he was just a negro.” (Page 199) this was the general attitude towards black men including tom. All of this proves that all adults didn’t care much about black people, but the white kids did.Scouts treatment towards boo Radley was fairly shallow, negative, mean, etc. she had many stories about Boo Radley. In reality none of these stories were true. The way scout would describe boo was, “he went out when the moon was up, and peeked into the children’s windows. When people’s azaleas froze, it was because boo breathed on them.” This is one of the harsh ways/stories scout would say about Boo. Also, scout would imply boo was half ghost and half man. In reality though, Boo was just a nice man who would leave presents such as candy for kids. Also, Boo saved Jem and Scout from getting killed by Mr. Ewell, right when Mr. Ewell was about to stab Jem, Boo stabbed Mr. Ewell and killed him. If Atticus told on Boo it would be like killing a mocking bird because Boo is a quiet, reserved person, and the media would be all over Boo if they found out. This is the last thing that Boo wants.

In this town, adults were taught and learned to hate Negros and be prejudice. In their minds they aren’t very open to the idea that all people are created equal. In a kids mind they have not learned to be prejudice yet, and still know wrong from right. When Tom was killed the adults would say “he was just a Negro.” When Dill heard this, he would reply, “I don’t care one speech. It just ain’t right.” This proves that kids know what is right and that adults aren’t fair and believe that whites are better than blacks. So in my opinion I think that the government in this community should consist of kids and not adults, this way trials would be fairer, and not discriminate Negros.

In conclusion, I think that Tom and Boo are ‘mocking birds’ and to kill Tom, or Boo would be a sin. This is because all they do for the county is good deeds. Also, kids know what’s right so they should run Maycomb County, and not prejudice adults.