2+kill+a+mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird is a Novel about racism and prejudice. It is based on events in Harper Lee's life. Scout Finch is the character she made for herself. She explains who she thought Boo Radley was, the treatment of Tom Robinson, and the concept between right and wrong. Let me explain in a little more depth.

In Maycomb county, to be a Negro is looked down upon. To be a Negro and rape someone is like saying “come and lynch me”. Well, one of these people is Tom Robinson. Bob Ewell has accused Tom of raping his daughter Mayella. Scouts dad, Atticus is Tom’s lawyer. They go to court, have a full trial, and Mr. Ewell and his daughter lie about everything. Everyone knows it. “I don’t know, but they did it. They’ve done it before, and they did tonight, and they’ll do it again when they do it.” Atticus said on page 213. What he is saying is they have convicted innocent people, black people, before, they did it today, and they will do it again.

“He is about six-and-a-half feet tall, he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch. There was a long, jagged scar across his face; what teeth he had were yellow; his eyes were popped, and he drooled all the time.” Said Jem (page 13). This is the rumored version of Boo Radley, which Scout saw reasonable. When she first truly met him, he saved her life. He was nothing like Jem had described. The only thing unusual about him was that he was paler than most. Boo just spent a lot of time inside. When they talked about the previous incident, Scout showed him around. She let him pet Jem, and when she stood on his front porch, she saw the world in the shoes of Boo Radley.

Children and adults have different concepts of right and wrong. Children, even when really young, can see problems that people don’t want them to. They can see the problem right when it starts, and sometimes before. They can also tell when something is wrong. Adults can to, maybe just not as much. When Tom Robinson was convicted, they knew it was wrong. Every single person. But they let it happen. They knew it was wrong, but didn’t do anything about it, only because he is black. If he was white, the result would be different. “It seems only children weep.” Atticus said (page 213). In this case it’s true, only one person, a child, cried. His name was Jem. So maybe children and adults do have different concepts of right and wrong.

In conclusion, almost everything went back to racism. Like Tom’s trial. Boo Radley was the exact opposite of what scout thought (and what I thought). And that most children might have a better concept of right and wrong than adults do.