Equality In To Kill A Mockingbird

Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird was published in the year of 1960, and is one of the few American classic novels awarded the Pulitzer Prize. The racism that is prevalent in many southern American towns in the 1930s is brought to life with profound imagery in To Kill a Mockingbird. There are several characters in the book, yet the true main character is the narrator's father, Atticus Finch. He is a man of great integrity and intelligence. A very heroic figure in more ways than one, Atticus possesses traits like being principled, determined, and, more importantly, he teaches others. When looking at To Kill a Mockingbird, one can see that Lee uses lots of description, dialogue, and actions to portray Atticus as a heroic individual.

Q1“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 you see through it no matter what.”

Imagine a world filled with hard working and loving people. In today’s society we lack love and empathy. Many people are lackadaisical and not determined to succeed in life. In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird the character Atticus represents a hero by demonstrating patience and love.

Throughout the years, most people have said that the social and racial fairness of the human race has been getting closer and closer to reaching full equality, but in my opinion, I really don’t think it has changed much. Just like in To Kill A Mockingbird, the world has just as many prejudiced people that will turn away to the sight of anything discriminatory and act like it isn’t any of their business, and that is a huge issue. For example, during Tom Robinson’s case, nobody believed that he was innocent just because he was a black man. And because of that, they were going to execute him. Just like today, many African Americans are treated the same way. Even though it might not be as harsh as execution, there have been many incidents of hatred

A hero is a person who is admired for great or brave acts or fine qualities. They do not always wear a cape or have superpowers, some heroes live in Alabama, in a district called Maycomb County. Atticus Finch is a hero that transcends all other heroes for his understandings of how the world is. In the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Atticus Finch was the father of Scout And Jem, two rambunctious kids in the beginning but learn throughout the book everything isn’t always what you think it is. Atticus Finch was named the greatest hero by The American Film Institute in June of 2003.

Martin Luther King Jr’s. famous speech once said, “I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls”. King wanted equality for all. In Martin Luther's dream for equality, the novel To Kill a MockingBird by Harper Lee, makes people more aware of racial inequality, especially whites to blacks. Racism is an evident theme in the novel To Kill a MockingBird by Harper Lee. This is shown in the character Tom Robinson, a black man in the novel. Racism is also shown from Miss Caroline Fisher, the racist teacher from the south. Adding to the theme of racism in the novel, Aunt Alexandra is also racist to Calpurnia, who is the housekeeper for the Finches.

In the Justice system’s eyes everyone is equal, or at least should be. The Tom Robinson case exemplifies the fact that our courts are supposed to be the “great levelers” in the justice system (Lee 173). Unfortunately, this fantasy has never been fully accomplished by people deciding the terms of equality. It should be the court deciding equality, not the people, because with people deciding, they tend to go with personal preferences. However, even with this logic, very little changes.

Equality is not earned or achieved easily. However, it is like a law. Often people assume they are better than someone else, but are taught otherwise. Society judges one another to the point where they believe they are more prevalent than someone else. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, fairness and equality is confused, and not treated right.

Atticus, throughout the book, has been showing some mixed traits, but it seems to become more stable throughout the growth of Scout Finch, his daughter. In Chapter 10, Atticus somewhat showed some frustration and resort to giving up in one scene. “Atticus shook his head vehemently; ‘Don’t just stand there, Heck! He won’t wait all day for you-’” (Lee 1960, page 127).

Atticus is a very fair and smart character. Throughout the book we see how Atticus has such great pride when defending what he thinks is right also teaching his children Scout and Jem what is wrong. He always speaks his mind. He is not afraid of what other people think of him or his family. People of Maycomb have a lot of respect for Atticus because he sticks to what he believes in.  “You just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anybody says to you, don't

His character is designed to be a calming presence, as he never over-reacts to even to most cruel and offensive acts done by other people. All Atticus does is “fight the good fight” this meaning he does no harm, and helps the people that need him. It is one of his quotes that really drives home the author’s point, “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”. This is truly the pinnacle of what the author intended this book to be. What this quote shows is that in all of Atticus’s time, he has really begun to understand how the world works. In this one quote he shows the reader how to sympathize with the evil within someone, and how you should go about living your

Atticus was different than most of the parents as described from this passage, he was much older, and weakening than them. He had no interest in guns, or violence as he had told Jem “I’d rather you shot at tin cans in the back yard, but I know you’ll go after birds.” (5th paragraph of Chapter 10) The book uncovers the act of human nature

In conclusion to the novel to kill a mocking bird it gives a big impact in my life that first, as a youth you should know how to respect other people despite of their different race that was administer as their unique individuality. Second, equality if you accept the difference of each race you know the word equality because you don’t care what their stand in our society was. And lastly, n terms of discrimination it is very important to accept the flaws of each other because no body’s perfect so you should not discriminate other people because you don’t know what they will feel if you continue to judge them.

If there is a favorable circumstance under which one can achieve equality, wouldn’t one pursue it? Humans are created to be unbiased, however intense circumstances ignite the reinforced barrier that fortifies the human race and instead, thrusts the other, more marginalized members of humankind over to the other side of this barricade, who are later bombarded and harassed amplifying the hatred amongst individuals. This concept distinctly accentuates the comprehensive impression of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, where a modest and trustworthy black man, Tom Robinson who represents the black community, is used as an excuse to support the white privilege, and is condemned for a scandal he does not perpetrate. Therefore,

He’s also eager to talk about his beliefs, even when the only people who really listen are Jem and Scout. When any other person would back down or give up, Atticus still tries to see himself succeeding. His biggest goal is upholding his integrity, along with his opinions, doing his best to spread the word and let everyone know the reality of the issue of racism that is so prominently displayed, even when almost everyone else he knows is against him.