The Importance Of Family Bond In To Kill A Mockingbird

In To kill a mockingbird is an advanced piece of literature and was very interesting to read because it made you think about your own life compared to the lives of the people in that time. The character development was also very descriptive and well written because you got to know The characters like they were like real people and when something happened to them, I felt the same emotions as the people in the book because what happened to them also moved me in and emotional way.The happiness and hardships of the characters during the book were very realistic and made me think of how important family and friends are in one's life. Family bonds is an important theme in a story, as it shows that you can rely on your family during the highest and lowest times

Out of the themes that were in the book, the one that stood out the most to me was the importance of family and the bonds that you have with them. Jem finch shows a lot of examples of family bonds because of his and his sister scout’s relationship towards each other throughout the novel. The actions and dialogue of Jem during the fire at miss maudie's house shows an example of family bonds, “Jem put his arm around me. ‘Hush, Scout,’ he said ‘it ain’t time to worry yet. I’ll let you know when” (Lee 93). While the town of maycomb was in panic, Jem worried about his sister by trying to calm her down and help her not to join in on the panic. This displayed the love between siblings which also developed the characters in the way they look out for eachother. Another way that Jem showed generosity towards his sister when he had to spend his birthday money in town, “The day after Jem’s twelfth birthday his money was burning up in his pockets, so we headed for town in the early afternoon. Jem thought he had enough to buy a miniature steam engine for himself and a twirling baton for me” (Lee 134).