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Examples Of Injustice In To Kill A Mockingbird

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7. As you may be able to tell the youth saw a lot of bad things, and it doesn’t even stop there. Injustices were heavily displayed in Macomb such as Tom Robinson’s case. They knew Tom was an innocent man, but he still got charged as guilty. Tom didn’t rape Mayella, but in fact he the only connection to someone outside of her home. He helped her out when she needed it and talked to her, but she still accused him to save herself. I think this probably had a negative effect on the kids outlook on life, but at the same time they could grow to change it. Another injustice is Boo Radley’s situation with the town. Boo hadn’t done what the rumors claimed he had and he still suffered from them. The world became too much to handle so he locked himself …show more content…

Jem Finch also changed quite a lot in the novel, maybe even more than scout. In the start Jem was still a child and so he acted like one. He encouraged risky behaviour like sneaking into the Radley yard, spying on him and even playing games they made up about him. Jem also liked to disclude Scout because she’s a girl and would taunt her when she would question it. Simple things everyone does as a child soon started to fade away and Jem began to mature. He stopped playing games with Scout and Dill and started to become serious like his father. He tried acting like a role model or a wise older brother for Scout to influence her even though she really didn’t like it, and helped her when she needed it most. MIss Maudie even recognised the changes and stopped making him his own individual cake. Everyday Jem became more and more like his father which leads us to my next example. Jem used to want to do things his own way and not listen to anyone. Like when Scout tried to stop him from messing with Boo Radley and he did it anyways, or when he wanted to take things into his own hands and control every game. Soon enough with him maturing he began to understand how things worked and became more obedient. He now takes everything Atticus says with great consideration and follows the rules like he should. He’s very protective over Scout and looks out for her and explains things to her when their father can’t. Jem grew into quite the gentleman towards the end of the book and I think his …show more content…

Now as everyone knows there are some faults to every belief and saying and Atticus’s is so exception. In many ways putting yourself in someone else’s shoes is very beneficial and a good way to go about things, but in other ways it’s not so good. Arthur Radley was a very polite and kind man who never wanted to harm anyone, but as mentioned several times before, he still had a bad reputation for things he didn’t do. Early on in the book the children didn’t know who Arthur really was and even by the end they didn’t even know, but he saved their lives after being a shut in for who knows how long. The children probably did not know that Boo had grown so close with them by watching their silly little games and listening to them talk and laugh, but they had given him friendship and hope without even realizing it. In the second half of the book Jem starts to understand Mr Radley as Jem says to Scout “‘I think I’m beginning to understand why Boo Radley’s stayed shut up in that house all this time… it’s because he wants to stay inside.’” This is the first time they ever understood why he was the way he was. In this instance it was a good thing for them to put themselves in his shoes because it gave them a better understanding of people. An example that his belief doesn’t work is with Bob Ewell. It’s probably not a very wise idea for the children to understand why he did what he did because it’s a little too complicated. It could be damaging to Jem and Scout to comprehend Bob’s

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