To Kill A Mockingbird Coexistence

Throughout the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird (TKM), it has illustrated multiple themes, along with relating and connecting with society today. To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in Maycomb, Alabama, during the Depression, and is narrated by the main character, a girl named Jean Louise Finch aka “Scout”. Throughout the novel, Scout, her brother Jem, and their friend Dill is intrigued by the local rumors about the Radley place, within the house a man, Boo Radley, who is made out as a monster. “The nuts lay untouched by the children: Radley pecans would kill you (TMK pg 11).” Although these rumors were believed strongly by the children at first, Boo Radley himself had shown various generous and thoughtful gestures, such as putting a blanket

The author, Harper Lee, takes an approach of using childhood innocence to show the changes and transitions children can make to question this theme. Jem and Scout had never seen evil in the eyes of the beholder, and assume most are good, however, throughout the novel they come to realize, that good and evil can be found in the most unlikely of places. Boo Radley for example, is a mockingbird, he is pure, but was damaged as a child by his father and lived as an adult being misjudged by others. Tom Robinson is another excellent example of corrupted innocence, he was a selfless man framed for a crime he did not commit. Tom, as well as Boo, symbolically represented the Mockingbird, and according to Atticus and Miss Maudie “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corncribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird (TKM pg 119).” Tom was an the good in Maycomb against the evil, Bob Ewell. Jem comes realizes this early on in the case, seeing the impurity of those everywhere and the nasty treatment Tom received from others around, this badly damages Jem, making him feel pessimistic. Scout, on the other hand is able to keep her wholehearted faith in human nature, even after the case with Tom

The Cunninghams stand below the townspeople, and the Ewells below them. Although the African American community stands strong with pride and other strong qualities, they are considered to be below even the Ewells, who are the lowest of the low in the white community. These social divisions that make up much of the Maycomb community have been both illogical and unjustifiable. The society the children grew up in forced them to acquire the knowledge regarding the separation of people due to their race and income. Scout, not really understanding the concept, originally treated Walter cunningham as if he was less, simply because he was a “Cunningham”, nevertheless, she was informed by Calpurnia to treat company with respect; don’t judge others like you are “high and mighty”, which led to a silent understanding that affected her as she grew. In addition, Scout and Dill learn about inequality from Dolphins Raymond, a supposed drunk who is in fact not racist like the majority of the town. Mr. Raymond explains to the children “ I try to give ‘me a reason, you see. It helps folks if they can latch onto a reason. When I come to town, which is seldom, if I weave a little or drink out of this sack, folks can say Dolphus Raymond’s in the clutches of whiskey-that's why he won't change his ways. He can't help himself, that's why he