Deeper into To Kill a Mockingbird
- juliafurst
- Mar 27, 2018
- 2 min read
By the end of the book both Scout and Jem were maturing, as a result of the devastating trial, and Tom Robinson being wrongfully convicted of a crime he did not do. It was hard for both of them to see the people they grew up knowing convict an obviously innocent black man of a crime because of the color of his skin. In chapter 20, Atticus says, "This case is as simple as black and white", a double entrende, as the phrase means that it is obvious what had gone on here(there is no grey) and the case is not based on a crime, just based on the hatred of negros by white folks.
The maturity of scout has had an obvious impact on her language, shown here on page 279, "As it was, we were compelled to hold our heads high and be respectively, a gentleman and a lady." Her maturity showed a positive impact of the Tom Robinson case on a little girl. I think Scouts narrative and age make this book truely special, as a kids point of view is needed to ignorantly explain the racism going on in 1930's in Maycomb, Alabama. Without this point of view, there would be no way to innocently pick out what was wrong with Maycomb and the secret lives of the people living in it.
Scout's innocence pointed out the fact that Miss Gates talked about how immoral prejudice was on page 281," Over here we don't believe in persecuting anybody. Persecution comes from people who are prejudiced." Scout then points out the fact that Miss Gates was at the trial when she was overheard saying,"'...she was talking to Miss Stephanie Crawford. I heard her say it's time for somebody taught 'em a lesson, they were getting' way above themselves, an' the next thing they think they can do is marry us.' Jem, how can you hate Hitler so bad an' then turn around and be ugly about folks right at home -". Only a kid could get away with asking why Hitler was so bad and why Miss Gates was so too faced on the whole prejudice concept. The reason the story is so good is because it is acceptable for an ignorant kid to ask questions about the adult world that even some adults do not understand. It causes the readers to ponder the same questions that are ask in the story, most of which, are still relevant today. This experience plays into secret lives, and how some people live lives that surround secrets. Even though most teachers are like this, it is interesting she would just lie to the faces of her students, while in reality she did not believe what she was preaching. I am not ignoring the fact that it was obviously wrong to teach kids about racism and prejudice in school, but maybe she really needed to taught herself.
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