To Kill A Mockingbird Quote Analysis

In the book To Kill a Mockingbird there was a lot of quotes that really made you sit back and think about life. One quote Atticus said that was my favorite was, “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.” I like Atticus’ quote because it is saying to not judge someone by the way they look, judging a person defines who you are, and judging is sometimes false information.

Power, it is something that everyone wants, it classifies us. “To Kill a Mockingbird” is about a powerless black man, Tom Robinson, accused of raping a white woman, Mayella Ewell. Because of Mayella’s class and gender she is powerless, but her race makes her have a little more power.

“First of all,' he said, 'If you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view-”

This quotation quite literally means that when someone does something, they do not realize how it affects the person unless they experience it themselves. Atticus is saying “treat people the way you want to be treated” in this quotation. The mob that night was filled with regular people Atticus and the children saw on a daily basis, but there they were not themselves. Scout snapped them back into reality and let them know they were not doing the right thing. The use of wild animals symbolizing the mob truly showcases how strange they were acting due to a single court case. To me, the deeper meaning is that sometimes people do not do the correct thing and it makes them seem like animals, yet at the end of the day they are just like us. (Making a Connection/Interpreting)

In his book, Life, The Truth, and Being Free, Steve Maraboli wrote “Judging is preventing us from understanding a new truth. Free yourself from the rules of old judgments and create the space for new understanding.” This quote can be used to describe the changes many in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama felt after Tom Robinson, a black man, was killed for a crime he obviously didn’t commit. The people of Maycomb began to realize that the blacks of their community were judged, but no one thought of their lives from their perspective. The theme, before you can judge someone, you must walk a mile in their shoes, can be seen in both To Kill a Mockingbird and modern day society.

In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird there is a theme of courage throughout the story. Harper Lee’s message about courage is that adults and children can be equally courageous. Harper Lee wants her readers to know that courage can be shown in many different ways. Some of the courageous acts in this story are when Atticus takes the case for Tom Robinson, and when Scout stands up for Walter Cunningham. Other examples include, when Boo saves Scout’s life from Bob Ewell and when Mrs. Dubose overcomes her addiction. All of these actions display Harper Lee’s message of courage.

The connotation of real courage seems to be neglected due to courage mainly being associated with physical strength. Through the example of Ms. Dubose, Atticus attempts to debunk the misconception by teaching Jem that courage arises from mental persistence, rather than by a man with a gun in his hand. The women is an excellent example of real courage since she decides to conquer her morphine addiction despite the pain that her body endures during the process. Jem was commanded to read to her by Atticus, but it was more than merely a punishment. Atticus intended on teaching Jem a significant moral that implied to real courage.

A great American author and motivational speaker, Sean Covey, once said, “Seeing things from a different point of view can help us understand why other people act the way they do. We too often judge people without having all the facts.” This quotes represents how people today judge others based on what they see and not what the person sees through their eyes. Many people are not what they show to the outside world and are judged by assumption based on their age, religion, race, or sexual orientation. This quote is important for people to learn considering we live in a very diverse country and communities.

1. A. Jem/ Intelligence B.”Before Jem went to his room, he looked for a long time at the Radley Place. He seemed to be thinking again.” (Lee 27) C. After finding two Indian-heads in the tree outside the Radley Place, Jem and Scout attempt to deduce who the proper owner could be. In doing so, Jem begins to realize that the trinkets could have come from Boo Radley himself.

During the trial, Scout learns that people and things are not always what they appear to be at first glance. She learns this from the appearance of Tom Robinson. At first, Tom looks like a young and strong man who could have committed the crime easily. After looking closely, however, he had a crippled left arm. Due to this, it would not be possible for him to commit the crime, which the evidence showed was done by someone left-handed, but it looks like he could at first glance. The lesson that Jem learned from the trial was different. Jem learned that the court system is not always fair to those who are right. During the trial, Jem thinks with all of his heart that Tom is innocent due to the lack of evidence against him and that the jury would let him go because that would be fair. However, the jury finds Tom to be guilty, causing Jem to realize that, even though Tom was innocent, he was a victim of the court system that found an innocent man guilty. The court did not give Tom a fair trial, meaning that, right or not, trials are not always fair in Jem’s eyes. Also during the trial, both children learned that bigotry and discrimination can cause people to overlook facts in favor of emotion. During the trial, the evidence, such as Tom’s crippled arm, Mayella and Bob Ewell’s uncredible and weak testimony, and Mr. Ewell’s left-handedness being consistent with Mayella’s injuries, shows that Mr. Ewell is most likely guilty of beating his daughter. This would make Tom innocent. Despite this, the jury finds him guilty. They do this because of their bigoted views towards Tom because he is black and their support of Bob Ewell because he is white, with not even one jury member voting for an acquittal. This causes the children to learn this lesson and the fact that the case was lost long ago. From the trial of Tom Robinson, Scout learns

Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird shows how the three protagonists are faced with tough situations without a hint of fear. The first character to show this is Atticus Finch who defends Tom Robinson, puts Tom’s life ahead of his own, and let his son fall for a crime he did not commit. Jem also shows courage when he stays at the jailhouse against his father’s request, goes back to get his pants from the Radley house, and when he fights Bob Ewell. Finally, Scout shows she can be brave when she walks away from the people who call her names, when she says the one thing no one else wants to, and when she runs into the circle at the jailhouse.

Life is like a thrill ride; one never knows what will be in store for them. Many characters in the story To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee feel the same way about life, having experienced many surprising and unexpected turns of events. This story is about a sleepy southern town filled with prejudice, and a lawyer’s quest, along with his children Scout and Jem, to take steps in ridding the town of its prejudiced attitude. Despite being a white man, a lawyer named Atticus, defends an innocent black man accused of raping a white woman. However, everything does not go as was hoped, and the mindset of the society overpowered Atticus’s fair-minded argument. From this emerges a theme regarding the bigotry and bias overwhelming Maycomb: A

To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, is about Scout, a young white girl from Maycomb County, Alabama during the depression, experiencing mysteries, conflicts, and wrongdoing all around her. She learns many lessons such as that most people are nice, everything is not what it seams, and through this she no longer needs to be interrupted when she does not get the basics of her society. Scout grows up as she experiences a loss of innocence, which is illustrated through the lessons she learns, and the evolution of her conversations throughout the novel.

Scary houses, spooky people, and fun summer times are all a part of Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird. Set in the 1930s, this book describes the events of a broken elbow through the eyes of the sibling and narrator of the story, Scout. Up until chapter seven, Jem and Scout have been finding mysterious things in a neighborhood tree knothole. One day, they find that the tree’s hole had been filled in, suspecting that Nathan Radley did it to ward them off. There are a few gifts that I would have left Scout and Jem if I had an opportunity. Some of these gifts include a video camera and a million dollars.

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.