To Kill A Mockingbird Analysis

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“ You can kill as many blue jays and robins as your heart desires, but don`t kill a Mockingbird, that is a sin.” - Atticus Finch Pg, 93. Through the works of Harper Lee in the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, we are introduced to the question, it it worth taking a stand for yourself, and for others. The book “To Kill A Mockingbird” deals with a post reconstruction era in the south, and the effects of racism on the court system, with the main protagonist Scout dealing with the effect of the town lawyer and her father Atticus dealing with this racism when he is asked to defend an African American man for raping a white women. From Atticus taking a stand for Tom Robinson, to a person's consciousness taking a stand against killing innocence, Mrs.…show more content…
Your consciousness would always keep bothering you if you never took the stand. From this, we can infer that that if you do not take a stand, you will be filled with regret for the rest of your life, and this will go against the golden rule because you could have not caused yourself the trouble, but because you did not take the stand you caused somebody pain, which is against the golden rule. While talking to Jem about why Mrs.Dubose had went against her disease, Atticus stated that “I told you that if you hadn’t lost your head I’d have made you go read to her. I wanted you to see something about her—I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do. Mrs. Dubose won, all ninety-eight pounds of her. According to her views, she died beholden to nothing and nobody. She was the bravest person I ever knew." Pg (134) This piece of evidence supports that reason is…show more content…
If you stand up for yourself, you might allow other people to then stand up for themselves, and that is doing something good for them, which helps them further, and it the extension of the golden rule. While Scout was talking with Miss Maudie, Miss Maudie stated that , “ Judge Taylor usually gives a civil case new lawyer, but I guess he made an exception with Tom” Pg: 267 This evidence supports the reason that taking a stand for others is worth it because the Judge of the entire system gives Tom Robinson, an African American man, Atticus, one of the best lawyers in the town. This is taking a stand because when he gave him Atticus, the judge was taking a stand against the unwritten rule of prejudice in the court. The rule was that African Americans on trial did not deserve as much of a good defense as a white man. Judge Taylor broke this because he gave him Atticus, who defended hi even better than the prosecution brought the case forward. This was worth it because after the trial, the people in the town, and the jury saw the injustice of their crimes. They had a reasonable story, yet because of an unwritten rule of life, they had to go along with it and make him guilty, when he was not guilty. This opened up the publics eyes, and this is what he hoped for because
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