Morality In To Kill A Mockingbird

One factor that influences our moral growth is our parental guidance. Naturally, as being children of our parents we seem to pick up traits from them such as beliefs in things, passionate for the same thing, etc. Moral growth isn't that much different. Parents are role models and are always teaching their children right and wrong. In “To kill a mockingbird”, Atticus is constantly teaching Jem and Scout what is the right thing to do. He tells her to look at Miss Caroline’s point of view instead to better understand her. Scout applies in the last chapter of the book when he she was standing on Boo Radley’s porch. She finally understood that if you put yourself in any other person’s shoes, you don’t know how you will be perceived. One of the things, Atticus teaches them is in chapter 3 on page 30 when he states, "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.” Scout doesn’t understand Miss Caroline’s philosophy about not getting taught at home anymore and becomes infuriated with Miss Caroline. Another thing Atticus teaches

“Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy, that’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” The novel To Kill a Mockingbird is a book of exploration of the moral nature of human beings—that is, whether people are essentially good or essentially evil. A young girl named Scout deals with the issues of racism while gaining knowledge, experience, strength, and courage, while her father, a lawyer, is persecuted for defending a falsely accused black man being charged with raping a white girl. Many characters are judged upon their race, behavior, and social class.

Lawrence Kohlberg was an American psychologist and educator known for his theory of moral development. He was a professor at Harvard University before he was a developmental psychologist. He later moved into the field of moral education. Jean Piaget (Swiss psychologist), John Dewey (American philosopher), and James Mark Baldwin (American philosopher and psychologist) all influenced Kohlberg’s theory of moral development, though Piaget 's work heavily influenced Kohlberg’s. Kohlberg ran tests to prove his theory.He tested 72 boys from middle and lower class families who were either 10, 13 or 16. Later in his research, he tested both boys and girls from different states and countries other than Chicago. Kohlberg found

Scout is one of many characters in the historical fiction book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee that develop as the story progresses. She grows throughout the novel by becoming more aware of her surroundings as the story progresses and reveals more to the reader. Also, Scout over the course of the book starts to realize what kind of man Boo Radley actually is and begins to trust him more towards the end of the book. She even walks with him and talks to him as if he were a friend of her, which he could very well be at the end of the book. Finally, Scouts morals develop by in the beginning of the book having started at level one of Kohlberg's moral development chart, but towards the end of the book reaching level two.

Lawrence Kohlberg is known for his theory of moral development developed in 1958. His theory was dependent on the thinking of Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget and American philosopher John Dewey. It consists of three levels of moral reasoning: preconventional, conventional, and postconventional. These levels are based on the degree to which an individual accommodates to the conventional standards of society. Each level aquires two stages that serve as different standards of sophistication in moral reasoning. Overall, Kohlberg affirms that moral development is a process of maturing that emerges from thinking about about moral issues (“Kohlberg’s Moral Development”).

By Atticus teaching his children to stand up for what they believe in is right shows him as a man of unshakable morals because he is true to his word. Thus, Atticus displays his solid morals by teaching his children many good values such as respect.

We live in a world where people are constantly discriminated against because of their gender, race, or ethnicity, in a world where people no longer worship God-but people in power, in a world where people are not just homeless, but stateless, and in a world where no one feels safe. The book “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee tells the story through the eyes of Scout Finch, who talks about her father, Atticus Finch, an attorney who hopelessly strives to prove the innocence of a black man unjustly accused of rape; and about Boo Radley, a mysterious neighbor who saves Scout and her brother Jem from being killed. The book emphasizes on the theme of ‘morality and ethics’ by portraying juxtaposing characters, prejudiced characters and conflicting

In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, morality is a central topic of the novel. Moreover, Atticus Finch expresses morality in the midst of deep, Southern prejudice.

Throughout the page turning novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, I have discovered multiple themes and lessons that not only Scout has learned, but many other characters have learned, as well. Over time in the book, Scout’s perspective changes on various people and things, such as Tom Robinson, Boo Radley, her father Atticus, and even the people in Maycomb. After finishing the book, Scout realizes that you should get to know a person, and you “have to walk around in someone else’s skin” sometimes. You shouldn’t judge a person by what others say about that person, but instead get to know a person for yourself. In different parts of the story, Atticus’ words about walking around in other people’s skin are constantly repeated, and Scout refers to them at times in certain chapters. After reading Lee’s novel, one other theme in To Kill a Mockingbird is that you should stick to your morals, despite what others say about a person or thing. Throughout the book, Atticus is the only one who really believes Tom Robinson is innocent. Sticking to Atticus’s morals, he defends Tom Robinson, and does not pay any attention to what the rest of the people in Maycomb do or say. This is a prime example of morality, which is doing what is right despite what others think or say. To conclude, I created a collage to demonstrate these two themes in Harper Lee’s book with various different images.

In the small town of Maycomb, Alabama not everybody is treated the way they should be. Many characters in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird have to make difficult decisions to try to make the wellbeing of others better. To Kill A Mockingbird takes us through the life of the Finches and dealing with their towns unethical views and problems that arise from it. People like Atticus Finch try their best to fight for what is right through peaceful ways.

A moral: “To be concerned with the principles of right and wrong behaviour, and the goodness or badness of a character”. Harper Lee’s, “To Kill a Mockingbird”, evidently shows the importance of morals, and how Jem and Scout's development is affected and modified as the plot unfolds. In the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird”, there are multiple debatable morals induced by Jem and Scout, and both their ways of being. Scout was able to progress throughout the plot, exceeding herself along the way. Jem as well had an increase of growth as the novel developed.

As children grow up they start to see the harsh truth of the society they once thought was impeccable. That is what transpired to the main character in Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Jean Louise “Scout” Finch was a little girl growing up in the town of Maycomb, her father was a lawyer with high moral standards. Scout, her brother Jem and their friend Dill are intrigued by the local rumors about Boo Radley who lives in their neighborhood and never emerges. He is portrayed as the boogie man of the town. The story takes place in a time when Atticus decides to take a case involving a black man named Tom Robinson who was incriminated of raping a white girl. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, the moral development of the protagonist Scout

Aristotle once said, “We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence but we rather have those because we have acted rightly.” The meaning behind Aristotle’s quote is that being ethical is important because it is what a person does, that defines a person. Morality and ethics play a huge role in life, especially doing what is right over what will be accepted, and is shown throughout To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Lee uses the novel’s moral compass, Atticus Finch, and his foil, the hypocritical Maycomb townspeople, to show the moral obligations society has to do what is right rather than what is accepted.

“In real life, the hardest aspect of the battle between good and evil is determining which is which” (Martin). Everyone struggles with what is good and what is evil, what is unjust and what is just. Life is not easy and to make these decisions can be nerve wracking. As a child grows up they face many roadblocks and confusing predicaments but figuring out what is a wise and good decision is very difficult for some and to overcome it is challenging. In To Kill a Mockingbird the author presents the main characters of the book with complicated situations which makes them concentrate on what is right or wrong and it describes how the ongoing battle in Maycomb County is allegorical for the age old conflict between good and evil. In Harper Lee’s novel

In Harper Lees’s masterpiece, To Kill a Mockingbird, moral education is a theme that only seems to bloom within the Finch household and is severely lacking in all of Maycomb County. The main character, Scout Finch, is growing in an environment where manners and education matter, this is a quality that can be attributed to the teachings of Atticus Finch and Calpurnia. In a world that is corrupted by prejudice, moral education is form of behavior that stands out, Harper Lee provides examples of this in Calpurnia’s discipline at home, Atticus’s ethical guidance and explanations for the reasoning behind his defense of Tom Robinson, and Scout’s bewilderment at Ms. Gate’s hypocrisy. Moral education is a theme that plays a core role in the development of the title characters as well as the deterioration of the town’s moral standards.