Morals In To Kill A Mockingbird

We always feel we should stick by our morals and what we believe in, but how is this shown in To Kill A Mockingbird (by harper lee)? To kill a mockingbird by harper lee is a novel that takes place in the 1920’s/30's. At which we see a young girl named scout and her brother Jem, go through a transition from a childlike perspective into a more adult like manner. learning and understanding the evil in Maycomb county. Atticus their father is there to teach them to see the good and bad and to appreciate the good and help the bad. In the Novel, we discover how prejudice ran above justice and how some characters stood by their morals even to death. A major theme in to kill a mockingbird is morality because it helps people look at and make

In the beginning of the story, scout sees her father as less of a real person, but more along the lines of a good caretaker. when she explains, "Jem and I found our father satisfactory, he played with us read to us and treated us with courteous detachment."(lee 6). This confers the idea that scout does not believe there is much more to Atticus she does not already know, and how she sees him as an average and ordinary father. Scout feels different towards Atticus after she hears him use his ethical morals in his closing argument which he says, "... confident that you gentlemen would go along with the evil assumption that all negros lie, that all negroes are basically immoral beings, that negro men are not to be trusted around our women. An assumption that one associate with the minds of their caliber." (lee 273). I interpreted this as Atticus' way of saying no one race can be evil and its all based on individual people. with this scout learned a whole new respect for Atticus because of the trial and how he stands by his morals. Throughout, the novel I really learn more about how Atticus develops as a character as his children

is a child of morals passed onto him by his father. Walter shows his values by not accepting miss caroline money so scout says, "you're shamin' him miss caroline Walter hasn't got a quarter at home"(lee 28). Scout explain to miss caroline why Walter can not accept her quarter for lunch. This shows how scout thinks she knows everything about Walter however she doesn't know the whole story. Later scout tells walters father she thinks highly of him by saying, he's in my grade I said and he does right well he's a good boy I added, a real nice boy we had him over for dinner one time. This is scouts way of making conversation with Mr. Cunningham sr. Scout understands that Walter cunningham jr being very poor doesn't make him any less good. Overall scout sees walter as a nice boy who upholds his families morals by not borrowing things he can not