Intolerance Quotes In To Kill A Mockingbird

“Knowledge is power” Sir Francis Bacon. Atticus, a character in To kill a Mockingbird, understands that his knowledge has the power to do many things, including influence the lives of many people. Atticus does his best to influence his children, and educate them every chance he gets. Atticus does his best to teach his children what is right and what is wrong, and in doing this Atticus made one point immensely clear. It is a sin to kill a Mockingbird.

What exactly is power? Is it being able to control someone or simply being able to have everything under control. In To Kill A Mockingbird we will see different perspectives on things and on situations. For example, would you believe a colored man or a white woman. Is Mayella powerless because of her class and gender or is she powerful because of her race?

In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, during chapters seventeen through twenty-one, one of the leading characters, Atticus, has to defend a black man in a court case against two white people. Before the jury is sent to make their decision, Atticus gives a closing argument speech. During his speech, Atticus uses three main types of persuasion called: ethos, pathos, and logos.

There are many instances in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird that show how kindness and generosity are more effective than rudeness and disrespect. One example of this is when Atticus is talking to Scout about understanding other people’s point of view. He tells her, “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” (Lee 36). This passage illustrates how Atticus is trying to instill good morals and values in his children. He believes that if you try to look at another point of view, you will be more successful in understanding others. Many people are closed-minded and unwilling to accept any perspective except their own. This can lead to a lot of misunderstandings and

This was after Jem, Scout, and Dill had escaped with their lives from the Radley yard. Jem had just been through a traumatizing experience so he was silent.

In Harper Lee’s ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’, one of the most prominent themes used in the novel is the action of intolerance and the affect it has on all people. The theme of intolerance is fully explored in the case of Tom Robinson and the underlying racism shown in the treatment of him. Intolerance is met by all three main characters, Scout, Atticus and Jem but is experience by many of the other supporting characters. There was no one kind of intolerant person; they all came from different background, which is testimony to the point of the book ‘You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of views.’ This quote shows that you have no idea why a person does what they do until you experience things from their

In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the characterization of Aunt Alexandra helps to reveal the theme of how reputation contradicts identity the theme is presented throughout the plotline of To Kill a Mockingbird. The way Aunt Alexandra shows this theme vocally is when she expresses her opinion to others of how family reputation should be followed by each family member. An example of this is when Scout is talking to her cousin Francis after they have eaten at the Finch's landing. As they were talking Francis brought up the subject of her dad and his case. After hearing what Francis says she gets mad at him and he replies that was what their Aunt Alexandra had said. Scout's cousin Francis says, "Grandma say it's bad enough he lets you all

There are many memorable quotes in the thousands of novels around the world, but there is definitely a good number of them in the popular novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. These quotes vary from many different kinds of topics. Some of these topics include being courageous, seeing something from someone else’s point of view, and mockingbirds. Courage sticks out out of all these examples. Quotes of courage and what it means, plus the different variations of it, are scattered around the book and can be tracked and analyzed to a few specific quotes.

Lee (1960) explains a story to oppose racial discrimination by using Scout’s perspective who is a 6 year-old girl in the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird”. The center person is Atticus, Scout’s father and a virtuous and impartial lawyer. The climax of this story was appeared when Atticus defended for a black man in the court. The black man is Tom who was accused of raping a white girl. In final presentation, Atticus said that “What was the evidence of her offense? Tom Robinson, a human being. … In the name of God, do your duty.”(p272-p275). This a great presentation by using clear organization to persuade people to believe that Tom is innocent.

These assumptions creates a bad reputation for all Negroes. Atticus speech demonstrates Maycomb’s citizens awful viewpoint towards all black Negroes, including Tom Robinson. A black men cannot win a trial with a white racist jury even with evidence and prove that shows he's innocent. In despite of all the evidences shown, the white jury still believes that Tom is guilty. He then gets sentenced to prison, and attempts to escape from prison. But unfortunately fails and gets shot seventeen

William Godwin lives his life by the meaningful quote he wrote, “No man knows the value of innocence and integrity but he who has lost them.” A variety of characters in the eye opening novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird”, can deeply connect to this quote. Each time someone who is innocent gets pushed over by death or situations they do not deserve, it’s as if someone are killing or threatening a mockingbird. Everyone in life, no matter who they are, needs to realize they cannot judge others based off of their physical appearances. Instead, they need to realize who people are internally.

James A. Forbes said, “when people rely on surface appearances and false racial stereotypes, rather than in-depth knowledge of others at the level of heart, mind, and ability to assess and understand people accurately is compromised.” Forbe’s ideas on injustice are addressed in Harper Lee’s Novel To Kill a Mockingbird that people will make assumptions based on racial stereotypes and physical attributes. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a novel about Scout and Jem as they struggle to understand social injustice and misunderstandings around them. Through the backdrop of racial tension and symbolism, Lee suggests that our court system isn’t inherently unequal to all men. By using historical context, Lee demonstrates that the court system doesn’t benefit colored people because of the prejudice and stereotypes established by white society.

“Cry about the simple hell other people give other people- without even thinking. Cry about the hell white people give coloured folks, without even stopping to think that they’re people too. ”(269) Prejudice is a strong word as well as a nasty act. It is shown throughout the Maycomb County in Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird”. Prejudice shows us just how it affects the different groups of people in this novel.

Is life nothing more than a journey with obstacles to conquer? In today’s culture, both men and women think they know how to handle every obstacle, but sadly they do not. What was not learned the first time will be accumulated to their overall life experience. The values that I learned from To Kill A Mockingbird were the importance of parenting, of not being cruel, and of making connections to the outside world.

Who would destroy something that contained a heart filled only with good? The answer to that can be found in the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee in an unjust time of unequal opportunity. The story follows the retelling of an 8-year-old girl named Jean Louis and those around her moral growth. She lives in Maycomb Alabama during the Great Depression. She has many chapters of growth including changing from afraid of a person to wanting to meet them, seeing people put on masks in order to avoid judgment, and watching an innocent man go to jail. Scout learns that to Kill a mockingbird is a sin for they have done no wrong, that people make that most meaningful mockingbirds, and the true significance of them because of the moral growth they bring about in people.