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To Kill A Mockingbird Lessons

             While reading the book To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee I noticed a lesson learned. This lesson was don't attack something if it hasn't harmed you. Atticus taught this lesson when he was teaching Scout and Jem about mockingbird. Here is a quote from the book which explains the lesson a bit more: "Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit em" but remember it is a sin to kill a mockingbird.Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy."(90) Two examples of people who were attacked in this book for no morally good reason were Tom Robinson and Boo Radley. I also have an example of this lesson in my own life, which deals with my first incident with my BB gun. .
             I feel that Tom Robinson represents a mockingbird because he was attacked by the entire white society of Maycomb for something he obviously didn't do. He was blamed for the beating and rape of Mayella Ewell when she claimed to be beaten on the right side of her face but in order to do so you must be dominantly strong in your left arm. But in Tom's case his left arm was a whole 12 inches shorter than his right and wasn"t able to move it one bit. But because of the extreme case of racism in the 1930's when the book took place a white woman's word was taken over an African American male even if they knew he wasn"t. guilty. Jem finally learns this lesson after Tom is accused. I feel this because of the explanation Jem gave Scout before she squashed a roly-poly bug. "Why couldn't I mash him?" Scout said. Because they don't bother you."(238) I thought it was important for the author to put this scene in the book because it reminds the readers later on in the book this lesson Atticus taught Jem and Scout. It also shows the fact that Jem is maturing because he actually took what his father taught him into account. .
             Tom isn't the only person in the book that acted as a resemblance to the mockingbird. I think that Boo Radley did to because he was an innocent victim of the taunts and of the people of Maycomb.


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