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Post by rahamwa7236 on Aug 14, 2016 6:15:29 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 romansorrels on Aug 14, 2016 15:12:35 GMT
i agree that there is good in everyone. however in the novel we may not be able to see those parts of a person. we can't see what happened before the novel to make these characters who they are, maybe people like ewell were good at some point but tragic events changed that.
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Post by Hannah Burgess on Aug 14, 2016 16:46:48 GMT
I definitely agree that there is good in everyone. This is shown by Atticus showing if you take a look at a different perspective of people and seeing there problems affecting how they act.
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Post by Hamish Shepherd on Aug 15, 2016 0:54:07 GMT
This theme of good and evil being in all of us is also shown by the quote Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy . . . but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” by Miss Maudie this uses mockingbirds to be a metaphor of the innocent and joy in everybody that is to often killed by the hatred that also exists in us. This is shown again by the fact that In the towns mind Boo was a monster so his innocent and happiness died leading to become a hermit killing his own Mockingbird.
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Post by Jaiden Twining on Aug 15, 2016 5:14:07 GMT
I agree with the theme, but have my own view on it. All people may have good in them and being able to "crawl into their skin" can be important to see it, but sometimes not only someone's perspective but also their beliefs and principle can be different. By this I mean that someone might have been affected by a situation differently than another, which can be understood, but they may fully believe that something one person finds wrong is completely acceptable. For example, the people who came to the jail to take Tom Robinson believe in the principle that black people are inferior or don't deserve equal justice to white people, and because they followed their principle just as Atticus followed his, they might be considered good, but not to most people today who have a completely opposing moral.
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Post by marliegroshans on Aug 16, 2016 19:39:45 GMT
I agree that there was good in people, however in the book it doesn't really state that as a theme. In that time period many people were very racist and bigotry. In the book it shows a correct representation of that, but not really that everyone has good in their hearts.
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Post by maddyymorland on Aug 18, 2016 4:28:53 GMT
I agree that was a major theme in the novel. At one point in the book, Scout and Jem follow their father out at night to go see his client, Tom. A group of men from the town encircle Atticus, threatening him. Among them is a family friend, Mr, Cunningham. When Scout questions his loyalty to their family the next day, Atticus defends him by saying, "Mr. Cunningham is basically a good man, he just has blind spots along with the rest of us" (Lee 159). This line encompasses the theme you discussed.
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Post by Alexa Huesgen Hobbs on Aug 21, 2016 1:56:45 GMT
I agree with you that seeing and recognizing that there is good in everyone is a strong theme in the book, but I'd also like to point out that it is not separate from the themes of racism and evil, but instead very nearly the same thing. Racism and violence is used to help the characters realize flaws in their ways of thinking and predjdces that they hold. Atticus knows this and that's why he insists on defending a case with a black man even though he knows he's going to lose. And it is why he tells his children not to shrink back in the face of towns folk calling him things like "nigger lover".
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Post by ianstang on Aug 22, 2016 4:25:53 GMT
Despite the fact that everybody hates blacks dose not mean that everyone is evil and always going to be on the bad side.
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Post by christopherellinger on Aug 30, 2016 0:02:03 GMT
I agree, but like others have said, it's not entirely the main theme. Good and evil is a big theme in the book. Great examples of this are Atticus and Mr. Ewell, who both have very conflicting ideas. Another is when Jem cries after the conviction - good hurt by evil.
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