Examples Of Equality In To Kill A Mockingbird

The fight for equality is a continuous theme in the novel ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ in the 1930s, a period of racism and intolerance. Throughout the novel Scout will constantly be taught the importance of treating everyone equally. Atticus shows a different moral background than this community. He judges no one by his or her socioeconomic status race. When Walter Cunningham embarrassingly refuses to take his teachers quarter, Scout kindly helps to explain his situation; “The Cunningham’s never took anything they can’t pay back….”. This event helps to foreshadow the theme fight for equality when Scout decides to defend someone less fortunate than her, instead of treating him differently or letting him be treated differently. Atticus Flinch will

It's clear that Scout is remembering and narrating these events much later with the sophisticated vocabulary used. The second paragraph beginning, "When enough years had gone by to enable us to look back on them, we sometimes discussed the events leading to his accident". Scout gives us the events, as she understood them at the time, rather than imposing an adult commentary. Often we get descriptions of events just as she experiences them, without commentary on what they mean, sometimes being hilariously innocent. With the adult perspective in the background, even if it isn't in play for most of the narration, means it can present itself when it's needed. Like, “Mr Underwood didn't talk about miscarriages of justice, he was writing so children could understand. Mr Underwood simply figured it was a sin to kill cripples, be they standing, sitting, or escaping. Young Scout doesn't understand words like "miscarriages of justice"; this is adult Scout telling us that "miscarriage of justice" is what happened. She's giving us her kid's perspective, what happened was a sin. Making this book perfect for any age, old enough to understand the shades of justice, but still young enough to remember the black and