Lessons In To Kill A Mockingbird

What are three qualities every person should have? Empathy, tolerance, and courage. From a young age, Scout and Jem Finch were able to display these qualities better than most adults in their hometown due to their father’s lessons. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee displays the story about an innocent man named Tom Robinson, who was accused of Rape. Atticus Finch takes the case to defend him and goes out of his way to win. During the time of the case, his children Scout and Jem learn a lot of valuable lessons as they grow up. Throughout To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus teaches his children to show empathy, tolerance and courage through the example he sets.

Children sit in school for eight hours a day for at least twelve years in their lives, learning how to read and multiply. However, children learn the most important lessons in life outside of the classroom walls. In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, Scout and Jem discover powerful lessons about life through their father, Atticus, community and experiences. They view an unjust trial of a black man against a white woman, and find that the world is cruel and that they must treat all people with respect. They judged and bothered their neighbor Boo Radley, but he later saves the two of them. Through this, Scout understands not to make assumptions about people until she gets to know them. Also, through Scout’s experiences in school, she finds that

Atticus Hill cherished and fostered his role as the bad boy in the family. He always dressed in all black, rode a Harley, and had long, shaggy black hair. But now that all his brothers had found their Mr. Right he thought maybe, at age thirty-nine, it was time to look around for a partner. He thought the drummer at the gay bar was sexy, so headed off there to check him out.

Although the people of Maycomb view Dolphus Raymond as a disgraceful man, Scout learns that his true personality does not match what others think of him. Once she discovers that Mr. Raymond actually drinks coke, she asks why he still pretends to be intoxicated, and he replies by saying, “it’s mighty helpful to folks. Secretly, [...] I’m not much of a drinker, but [..] they could never, never understand that I live like I do because that’s the way I want to live” (268). Through fathoming the reality of Dolphus Raymond, Scout learns that there is more to a person than what meets the eye. She is enlightened of the fact that Maycomb’s citizens are not like Atticus. They “could never, never understand that” Mr. Raymond wants to live among the coloured people. Due to their inability to “really understand a person”, a man who is “not much of a drinker” must allow “folks” to think that his behaviour is due to being intoxicated. Scout’s conversation with Dolphus Raymond furthers her comprehension of empathy and leads her to learn that it is important to understand everyone, even those who are seen as sinful by society. Scout is also capable of instructing others to be empathetic, such as Uncle Jack. After being punished by Jack for fighting with Francis, Scout says, “you don’t understand children [...] you never stopped to gimme a chance

Chapters 2-4 (homework): This section of the book begins by Scout telling of Dill’s leaving is September, and the start of school. Scout develops a dislike for her teacher, Miss Caroline, when she tells her that Atticus can no longer teach her any further because he’s already caused enough “damage.” Jem tells Scout not to worry about it, though. Before the students are dismissed for lunch, Miss Caroline corners Walter Cunningham in an awkward position when she offers him money for his lunch.

In the novel, “To Kill A Mockingbird," written by Harper Lee, two children learn the roads of life at a young age. Scout and Jem are very educated when it comes down to racial prejudice. Racism was a very big issue in the 1930s, when the novel took place. Blacks were separated from whites. Also, white people would accuse black people of false claims to get them killed. That issue was a big part of “To Kill A Mockingbird”. At the beginning of the book, Scout and Jem were very clueless about racial prejudice. Now, at the end of the book, they are like new people, older and wiser.

"No matter who tries to teach you lessons about life, you won't understand it until you go through it on your own." Lessons are an important part of everyday life. They help people learn through tough times or teach them how to avoid terrible situations. Lessons can be passed down from adults to their children, or other important people in their lives. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Scout understands not everyone is fortunate, there is more than meets the eye, and that you can not trust rumors.

Mayella testifies next, a reasonably clean nineteen-year- old girl who is obviously terrified. She says that she called Tom Robinson inside the fence that evening and offered him a nickel to break up a dresser for her, and that once he got inside the house he grabbed her and took advantage of her. In Atticus' cross-examination, Mayella reveals that she has seven siblings to care for, a drunken father, and no friends.

In the course of the story in chapter one of To Kill A Mockingbird there was first person narration from Scout’s perspective. Scout a six year old female from Maycomb county Alabama is a tomboy that has a special relationship with her father Atcis, who is a lawyer. Further, Scout was also influenced by two other characters a boy named Dill who stayed in Maycomb over the summer to visit his Aunt and her brother Jem. Both characters are relatively the same age, about four years older, than scout. However Dill had to return to his home in the conclusion of the summer time. And this leads into Scout going back to school as well as her brother. Unintentionally however when Scout goes to school she finds out that the new first grade teacher Miss.Caroline doesn't like her advanced literacy, which she got from the people surrounding her and reading newspapers.

Chapter 1- The book starts out with Scout, Jem, and Dill and this little boy from Mississippi meet during the summer. Dill tries and plays all these games to get a plan for Boo to come outside. Jem finally runs into the Radley’s yard and touches the outside of the house. Chapter 2- Dill goes back to Mississippi for school and Scout is starting first grade.

In this book you will read about a bunch of good people like atticus but then you will run into characters that are mean like the Ewells. In To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee she is an extraordinary author she puts lessons that you will have to learn she teaches you right from wrong. In this book she puts a character in there his name is Atticus he's a lawyer and has two kids and a servants to help him out with them and every night him and his daughter read the daily newspaper. One day he takes a stand for Tom Robinson, Tom is a black man that was accused for rape and abuse.

Throughout history, many people have had trouble finding the courage to take risks and do what they believe is right, instead choosing to follow the crowd. In Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, the reader learns and grows along with Scout, a young citizen of the town of Maycomb during the 1930s. Scout’s Father, Atticus, is asked to be the defendant lawyer of Tom Robinson, an African American man unfairly accused of raping a white woman. In the town, many people still hold on to stereotypical and prejudicial ideas such as their angry neighbor Mrs. Dubose. This prompts them to disagree with Atticus’s choice to take on the trial and defend Tom Robinson. These unfair conceptions lead to encounters with people who are furious with Atticus, and act out against him and his family. As Scout grows in these experiences with Atticus and Mrs. Dubose, she learns that when given the choice between the easy route and the right route, one should always pick the way that will do the most good for the world.

Confucius once said: “By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.” (Goodreads). In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the children in the story obtain a lot of wisdom in these three ways. When their father is asked to defend an African American in their small prejudiced town in Alabama they learn many lessons. These lessons are heartbreaking and painful, but the characters come out of the book as better individuals. The book shows that wisdom is gained by experience and learning from others, and that even though wisdom is gained from hardship it will change you for the better. The characters learn to understand others,

Within the fiction novel, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, many lessons were taught that had paramount effects on the characters. The quote, “Life is a matter of what you learn and how you learn it” means what we experience in life teaches us things. Furthermore, it describes that life is about the things one learns from different people or scenarios and there are many ways this relates to the book To Kill a Mockingbird.

In To Kill A Mockingbird, Scout learns many valuable lessons from all of the ever present role model figures. She grows and matures throughout, not necessarily physically, but mentally. She learns a lot about society and who cruel it can be. I think we could all benefit from these lessons.