He then tries his very best to hold it all in like Atticus . Even after being scared by it. Atticus is also approached by many men threating to kill him. Even Bob Ewells spat in his face and all he said was “I just wished he didn’t chew tobacco” he said to Jem and Scout. All this so that Jem or Scout wouldn’t be affected by the Maycomb disease
“ I have nothing to pity in my heart for the chief witness for the state, but my pity does not extend so far as to her putting a man’s life at stake, which she has dine in an effort to get rid of her guilt.” (203). Atticus is explaining how Mayella would lie to the judge and put Tom Robinson’s life at stake because she felt guilty of kissing him; which also comes to show you how far someone will for to get rid of them. “Democracy,’ she said. Does anybody have a definition?’ ‘What do you think Jean Louise?’ “Equal rights for all, special privileges for none,” I quoted. .
In the beginning of the book, Atticus teaches Scout a valuable lesson, “If you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you’ll get along better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… until you climb into his skin and walk around in it” (Lee, 30). From this, Scout learns that each person goes through their own battles no matter who they are. Scout’s Aunt Alexandra becomes an example of this class bias, as she assumes she is superior due to her wealth. When Scout asks Aunt Alexandra why she can’t play with Walter Cunningham, Aunt Alexandra replies “Because-he-is-trash, that’s why you can’t play with him.” (Lee, 225).
I couldn’t believe after I hurt myself and was almost in tears because of pain she wanted to yell at me and call me names like it was my fault. I was shocked about how selfish and uncaring she was being. She wasn’t at all worried about how I felt or anything to that nature only herself missing out on a few extra hours of good time. This reminds me of Jack because there were times where he didn’t care about the wellbeing of the rest of the group there, he just wanted to hunt and kill. Jack wasn’t into getting saved or keeping safe on the island, he wanted to be in charge and make sure people knew he was boss.
Scout’s experiences with Boo Radley teach her about how other people might want to live and to accept it. Throughout the story, people make choices that Scout doesn’t understand at the time, until her dad tells her, “You never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them.” (Lee 374.) This means that she won’t know why someone does something until she has gone through what they’ve gone through. At the end of the book, she is on Boo Radley’s porch and understands why Boo never wanted to come out; he could see everything from his house. She also learned that you have to know someone before you judge them.
By killing Tom and alienating Boo from society, people are symbolically destroying their innocence, so they are also killing a mockingbird. Moreover, racism convicts Tom and distances Boo from society, but the South has changed dramatically since then. However, there is still much that individuals can do to conquer racism and end it in society once and for all. Eradicating racism from society would assure that no one’s innocence is destroyed and no more mockingbirds are
I didn't want a bunch of stupid rubbernecks looking at me when I was all gory." (p.104) Holden wants to die because everyone is a phony but he wants to live because the phonies would judge him if he jumped. During the same part of the book, Holden talks about how he was trying to find some kind of “good-by” to Pencey, he says “What I was really hanging around for, I was trying to feel some kind of good-by. I mean I’ve left schools and places I didn’t even know I was leaving them. I hate that.
Then he steals his father’s bike and rides away from his community as well. He broke three important rules of his society “and he had taken Gabriel, too.” (166). Breaking any one of these rules would have caused his release. By taking Gabe he not only commits a major transgression but also expresses his love towards the new child. This shows that Jonus thinks that killing Gabe is horribly wrong and wants to prevent it even though means he has to leave the community earlier and is less prepared.
Atticus says, “When it’s a white man’s word against a black man’s the white always wins” (220). This is exactly how it was in the 1930’s. Blacks are considered inferior and sit in their own section during Tom’s trial. Atticus does not want his children to be racist or “catch Maycomb’s awful disease”
No one should ever have to go through this but in this case, George was forced to take the life of his dear friend. George kills Lennie because if he doesn’t, Curley will torture him or he will rot in jail for murdering Curley’s wife. Lennie, being someone as innocent as he is, can’t handle that. Some may say that George was only trying to get Lennie off his back and that he shouldn’t have ended Lennie’s life but he had to kill him. He didn’t want to kill him but he needed to in order to save his friend from suffering.