Man In The Mirror Analysis
Do Different Judgements Matter?
Michael Jackson once sang the following lyrics in his song, Man in the Mirror: “I'm starting with the man in the mirror. I'm asking him to change his ways, and no message could have been any clearer. If you want to make the world a better place take a look at yourself, and then make a change.” When someone reads a book they often have a view about one or more characters. It is sometimes made before even knowing the person. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird many of the characters are being judged by people who barely know them. There is an ugliness in the book that comes from judging people. The ultimate message is that great good can result when one defers judgement until considering things from another person's …show more content…
He didn’t speak up when she spoke about Scout or himself, but the minute Miss Dubose said something about Atticus that is when the tide had changed. The next time Jem passed by the older woman’s house, he destroyed her Camellia’s. Atticus had assigned Jem to clean up and work on the beautiful, white flowers, and he had to read to the old woman everyday for a month. Jem would suffer through the whole punishment without a complaint. What the kids didn’t know was that Miss Dubose suffered from a morphine addiction, and Jem reading to her help with that problem. Jem’s perspective didn’t change until a month and a half later when Miss Dubose had passed away. She had given Atticus a single white Camellia flower to give to Jem. It was almost as if she was stating that she had for given Jem for destroying her flowers. The Camellia represents the racism in Maycomb, and with the flowers being white it hints to the racial tension in the town. When Jem read to her it showed the more appropriate to handle the racism instead of acting out right away. The way his view changed was he understood more about the bravery Miss Dubose had with the addiction and how she handled what was happen to her. He also learned to ask for help when needed with a problem he can not solve on his
Michael Jackson once sang the following lyrics in his song, Man in the Mirror: “I'm starting with the man in the mirror. I'm asking him to change his ways, and no message could have been any clearer. If you want to make the world a better place take a look at yourself, and then make a change.” When someone reads a book they often have a view about one or more characters. It is sometimes made before even knowing the person. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird many of the characters are being judged by people who barely know them. There is an ugliness in the book that comes from judging people. The ultimate message is that great good can result when one defers judgement until considering things from another person's …show more content…
He didn’t speak up when she spoke about Scout or himself, but the minute Miss Dubose said something about Atticus that is when the tide had changed. The next time Jem passed by the older woman’s house, he destroyed her Camellia’s. Atticus had assigned Jem to clean up and work on the beautiful, white flowers, and he had to read to the old woman everyday for a month. Jem would suffer through the whole punishment without a complaint. What the kids didn’t know was that Miss Dubose suffered from a morphine addiction, and Jem reading to her help with that problem. Jem’s perspective didn’t change until a month and a half later when Miss Dubose had passed away. She had given Atticus a single white Camellia flower to give to Jem. It was almost as if she was stating that she had for given Jem for destroying her flowers. The Camellia represents the racism in Maycomb, and with the flowers being white it hints to the racial tension in the town. When Jem read to her it showed the more appropriate to handle the racism instead of acting out right away. The way his view changed was he understood more about the bravery Miss Dubose had with the addiction and how she handled what was happen to her. He also learned to ask for help when needed with a problem he can not solve on his