How To Kill A Mockingbird Be Kept In School

Within Many novels we encounter multiple messages, to help us grow and mature. Specifically in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, we learn that it is important to consider other people's perspective, situations, and choices. Starting from Boo Radley's isolation away from the town of Maycomb, because of what has happened to him in the past. To Atticus’ choice to treat everyone as an equal by deciding to help a black man, and treat them all the same. And lastly, the Cunningham's life style, as they are farmers who don't gain a lot of money, and are seen as lower class people. Throughout the novel we see there's more behind all three of theirs stories and choices towards them teaching us a greater lesson. Preparing us as we get older,

Atticus is appointed to defend a black man named Tom Robinson who has been accused of raping Mayella Ewell, a white woman. She is a member of the Ewell family, who is looked down upon by Maycomb society and referred to as "white trash." Atticus knows that Tom has almost no chance because he is black and will be tried by an all white jury. Nevertheless, he wants to help him reveal the truth.

To Kill a Mockingbird was once a book “every adult should read before they die.” The book is a classic, and a great example of American literature. However, many have complained about the book, too. I’ve read it and I personally think that it’s great book. I totally disagree on banning the book. Although I do think that there should be some sort of label on the book warning people about what’s in the content.

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee has been banned and/or challenged over thirty times since its publication in 1960. Effectively preventing many students from enjoying the novel and benefitting from its message. To ignore racism is no different than denying it ever existed. To Kill a Mockingbird is appropriate for mature adolescence/students and should not be banned from schools. Despite its sexual related content, or profanity, a valuable lesson remains that should be taught to students.

In this essay I will be describing and telling you whether or not To Kill A Mockingbird should or shouldn't be taught in the 9th grade. To Kill A Mockingbird is a very good and intellectual book to read. It is a winner of the pulitzer prize and a wonderful book it talks about this family(Atticus, Scout, and Jem) back in the day when black people didn't have many right and privileges. They live in a little town called birmingham Alabama, the kids father is a lawyer and is defending a black guy(Tom Robinson) that got accused of Rape. The reason for the father (Atticus)defending this man is because he knows that Tom Robinson didn’t rape this girl. Overall this book shows how you should act toward someone if you know they are not guilty even if they are black(Everyone Is Equal). So in my opinion this book should be taught in the 9th grade because it shows how white people acted toward blacks back in the day.

First, To Kill A Mockingbird should not be banned in public schools because people need

Have you ever heard or seen someone being racist to somebody else? Well if you have, you know it’s not right. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, author Harper Lee uses unforgettable characters to explain civil rights and racism in the Southern United States of the 1930’s. I think schools should teach that book (To Kill a Mockingbird) because I think students will learn how racism hurts people. I believe it is an important book because it also shows its readers good examples of character development. This book also has great characters that students can relate to. I think that schools need to have a requirement to read this book because it shows students the right way to treat people even if they are different and that it is wrong to discriminate against people.

First, this book changed my point of view on injustice when people from the town talked bad to Atticus when he decided to take the case for Tom Robinson. “Then why did Cecil say you defended niggers?” (Lee pg.100) This quote is showing how people think of Atticus because he's defending Tom which is really racist

Walter cunningham is poor and less fortunate then the Finches. Calpurnia uses this opportunity to teach Scout a moral lesson and moral uprightness. Scout learns that acting like you are better than others who are less fortunate them you proves that you are not. This influences scout’s view of justice, it made him realize that people should be treated with respect despite their differences because that’s

To Kill a Mockingbird (TKAM) by Harper Lee, based in 1930’s Alabama, follows Scout, a six year old girl, as she navigates through the moral jungle of the racist south while her father defends an alleged black rapist. Although it is often glorified for pioneering new racial awareness but in this new reality of racism, that is 2017, it fails to provide students with a proper education of the issue at hand. Scout, being one of the many white main characters, explores racism but lacks the ability to properly educate today’s ninth graders. Therefore, TKAM should not be a core 9th-grade book at BHS because it negatively portrays people of color and mismatches today’s classroom.

Lastly, a black man named Tom Robinson is also destroyed by racism. Tom Robinson is falsely accused of raping Mayella Ewell who is a young white women. In the novel he is accused of raping Ewella simply due to his skin colour. Mayella’s abusive father, Bob Ewell uses Tom’s ignorance as an advantage, he proclaims that Tom Robinson is the guy who sexually assaults his daughter. Atticus decides to defend Tom Robinson because he believes that he is innocent. As he provides strong evidences that proves that Tom is innocent. At the trial, Atticus closes his argument with an outstanding closing statement that expresses his feelings towards the white jury’s view. He declares “ ‘(…) The witnesses for the state, with the exception of the sheriff of Maycomb County, have presented themselves to you gentlemen, to this court, in the cynical confidence that their testimony would not be doubted, confident that you gentlemen would go along with them on the assumption--the evil assumption--that all Negroes lie, that all Negroes are basically immoral beings, that all Negro men are not to be trusted around our women, an assumption one associates with minds of their caliber.’ ”(Lee 273) Atticus speech illustrates what the mind set of the people in Macomb is.

Tom Robinson an innocent, targeted man and a member of Maycomb County had been accused of raping a young girl with an abusive father, her name is Mayella. Atticus defended Tom Robinson and proved his innocence; Mayella continued to twist and lie about the story as her father threatened to beat her, when in reality the father was the guilty one after all; now of course everyone would believe Tom did it, he was a black man with a bad reputation with plenty of twisted rumors that pondered around the town, who would believe he was innocent? No one. Maycomb never thought for a second that a white man would ever do such a thing, even if so a black man would still be targeted due to the racism the town endured.

Tom Robinson was a black male who was put on trial for raping Mayella Ewell, a white woman. Tom Robinson did not get a fair trial because of his skin color. The jury did not give him a fair trial, because it was easier to blame someone who was already lower class. In the story Lee makes people pity Tom because she showed that the town was judging Atticus, Toms attorney, for defending Tom. This shows that the towns

One day, Atticus got a job to defend a black man. This brings condemnation on himself and his family. At that time, defended a black man rated as inappropriate acts. However, Atticus stated that for justice, no matter the background or the color of his skin. Atticus defends Tom Robinson is a black man accused of raping a white man. There are several reasons used to defend Tom Atticus, one of which is that Atticus believes Tom is innocent. Handle this case, so draining attention and Atticus mind, causing her sister, Alexandra decided to stay at home Atticus. Alexandra also has a mission to change the behavior of Scout that is tomboy and inappropriate for a girl.

Atticus had done everything he could and it was clear that Tom was innocent but he still didn't get acquitted, just because it was a black man’s word versus a white man’s. I then understood what Atticus had been trying to tell us about trying to avoid falling into Maycomb’s “usual ways” of racism and judging. Knowing this helped me become a better and more mature person because I knew what was going on in Maycomb wasn’t right. Experiencing what had happened in the Tom Robinson court allowed me to see the people of Maycomb in a different way than I did