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Post by keelinreder on Jul 17, 2016 21:58:12 GMT
While reading this book, the theme of this book came to be something more than racism and evil. Lee shows through the experiences of Scout and Jem that Maycomb is full of people that are complicated with good and bad and that Maycomb is full of people with also good and bad experiences. Atticus believes everyone has basic human dignity and shows everyone respect. He also shows effort to try and understand their point of view. Atticus also tries to enforce this on Scout.
"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." (Lee 39)
There is good in everyone and that is not a theme in this book that everyone realizes.
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Post by Connor McCarrie on Jul 17, 2016 23:12:12 GMT
I agree with what you said about how there is good in everybody, although in that time period nobody thought there was good in black people. People were taught to hate ever since they were children, even people that went to school with Scout and Jem tried to make them hate people just because of the color of their skin. Atticus was on of the few people that saw good in everybody and he ended up teaching Scout and Jem to love, not hate.
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Post by bekahredinger on Jul 20, 2016 21:24:50 GMT
I really think that recognizing the mixture of good and evil is critical to understanding this novel. Like Atticus says, looking at things from other people's point of view is crucial to really seeing their problems, and then you can have more empathy for them.
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Post by emorydantzler on Jul 23, 2016 6:20:02 GMT
Even though there is good in everyone, in this time period that is not the case. Everyone believed that there is only good in white people, the African American are not good people so they have no good in them. As for Atticus he thought that good was in everyone even that Afican Americans. So I do agree with you that there is good in everyone is a major theme within this novel but the town of Maycomb thought differently.
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Post by Andrea Flores on Jul 25, 2016 16:51:49 GMT
It really depends on how you want to look at the novel. From the reader's perspective, recognizing that there's good in everyone is in fact plausible because we are not in that time era anymore. Most people nowadays know there is good and bad in everyone, no matter what your race is. When you connect those real life beliefs while reading, this theme is very relevant. However, if you want to look at the story from a perspective of a white person in the 1950s, "seeing the good and bad in everyone" is an immoral judgement because black people were lower than whites. It's debatable whether or not that's a theme in the story but that's what makes it so neat, it can be taken in many ways.
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Post by ryleabaumberger on Aug 2, 2016 21:25:58 GMT
I agree that many people do judge others for the wrong reason in this book, but so do many others that are living today. In this time, many people did not like the blacks because of one main reason. They are to worried about what it will do to their own reputation in the town. While Jem and Scout are growing up, Atticus tries to teach them that, just because of someone’s skin color, that does not change who they are on the inside, and makes this point very clear many times throughout the book. I think that this is very important for these kids to realize, and with Calpurnia being black made it easier for them to understand. I also think they were successful about not being judgmental of others until you did take a second, and walk around in their shoes. Not only did Jem and Scout find this an important lesson, but I did as well because it ultimately does not matter what someone looks like, if others do not like them, or whatever the circumstances are, but that if you enjoy the presence of somebody that they do not let others take that from you, and do not ever judge a book by its cover.
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Post by rykerseats on Aug 3, 2016 17:30:42 GMT
I agree with what everyone has said because in the end there is some good in everyone but in this the era this book took place in it was not the case. African Americans during this time were lower than what we call lower class. They got the high labor jobs and did not get paid well. They could not even sit were they wanted to sit on a public bus. During this time people also thought there was some good in people because a lot of people still thought African Americans were less than human.
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Post by isabellalyda on Aug 9, 2016 3:09:58 GMT
I cannot say I agree with the fact that Harper Lee tried to portray the good in everyone only because Bob Ewell was such a nasty character in the book. I definitely think Atticus saw the good in everyone and could tell when someone was a "mockingbird". During the time of this novel, racism was a major problem and people were raised to despise African Americans, and I think Harper Lee tried to show her readers how intense and cruel racism was during that time, especially in a town like Maycomb.
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Post by Grace Schwarzenberger on Aug 9, 2016 18:23:07 GMT
I see what your saying but I don't think it was good in everyone. I see it more as good and bad comes to those who deserve it. MAybe not even to those how deserve it but more people are shaped by what has happened to them. This could be bad or good but he try's to instill this on Scout in a way of saying there are good and bad in this world but always put your best foot forward.
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Post by andrewklein on Aug 9, 2016 19:01:43 GMT
I do agree there is good in everyone, but I don't necessarily that it is a theme in the novel. It really only shows when Atticus is saying that you have to walk in their shoes.
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Post by benswanson00 on Aug 13, 2016 14:59:25 GMT
I do believe that this is a good point, but I do not think think that is the main theme. I think the book is more about the story of a child surrounded by negativity because her father is fighting for the 'wrong' side. He is willing to stand alone, because he thinks he is morally right. I think it trying to teach the reader to stand up for what you believe is right, even if nobody will stand with you.
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Post by benswanson00 on Aug 13, 2016 16:44:12 GMT
I do believe that this is a good point, but I do not think think that is the main theme. I think the book is more about the story of a child surrounded by negativity because her father is fighting for the 'wrong' side. He is willing to stand alone, because he thinks he is morally right. I think it trying to teach the reader to stand up for what you believe is right, even if nobody will stand with you.
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Post by laylar on Aug 14, 2016 3:59:06 GMT
I definitely agree that there is good in everyone is one of the ongoing themes in "To Kill a Mockingbird" since throughout the book Atticus is showing Scout how when you take a different point of view everyone has some good in them.
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Post by Wade Rahaman on Aug 14, 2016 4:55:05 GMT
I agree that with that you said there is good and evil in the novel, but one thing I disagree with that there is good in everyone. One example in the the book is shown in Mr. Ewell. He is a horrible person and every one of his actions are more negative, weather that be lying, cheating, swear, beating ,and attempting to kill children. I believe that there is no good in him.
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Post by miasells on Aug 14, 2016 5:04:50 GMT
I agree completely. A perfect example, would be Boo Radley. In the beginning chapters, he is viewed as a creepy monster man who never sets foot out of his house. Towards the end, he shows courage when saving Jem and Scout against Bob Ewell. Like Keelin said, there is good in everyone.
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