Similarities Between To Kill A Mockingbird And Today
Society: Then and Now
Individuals within today’s society love to compare themselves to everything, in order to feel superior over others. To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, portrays a small town in Maycomb, Alabama where the entire county accepts racist acts. Her book is set place in the 1930’s when Jim Crow Laws had a great effect on the way people live. Atticus Finch, a lawyer, teaches his young children many messages overlooking the racial tensions. His two children, Jem and Scout, discover these messages by the several situations going on throughout the town. These situations in the book can be compared as not being as dramatically different from today’s society.
Racial tensions are a huge factor that takes place in the novel. Aunt Alexandria, the …show more content…
Boo got in trouble with crimes as a teenager and was smuggled inside his house by his father never to mess up again. As the story goes on, the children realize that Boo was just outcasted by everyone. Scout then becomes friends with Boo at the end of the novel and discovers that he is a good, kind hearted person injured by evil. Today’s society also has this problem. People get judged and accused of something they are not based on religion, marriage, race and even gender. This is a reason why many people hide, are shy, and even commit suicide. To Kill a Mockingbird, reveals that today’s society is extremely similar to what it was in the 1930’s. There are still many racial tensions throughout this country and racial discrimination may be coming back not only in crime but even in the case of innocence. This nation is having trouble with the police force and many laws because of this. People should not be getting judged based upon who they love and the way they are born. There was a huge problem in this country’s past time but perhaps the future could even be more devastating than
Individuals within today’s society love to compare themselves to everything, in order to feel superior over others. To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, portrays a small town in Maycomb, Alabama where the entire county accepts racist acts. Her book is set place in the 1930’s when Jim Crow Laws had a great effect on the way people live. Atticus Finch, a lawyer, teaches his young children many messages overlooking the racial tensions. His two children, Jem and Scout, discover these messages by the several situations going on throughout the town. These situations in the book can be compared as not being as dramatically different from today’s society.
Racial tensions are a huge factor that takes place in the novel. Aunt Alexandria, the …show more content…
Boo got in trouble with crimes as a teenager and was smuggled inside his house by his father never to mess up again. As the story goes on, the children realize that Boo was just outcasted by everyone. Scout then becomes friends with Boo at the end of the novel and discovers that he is a good, kind hearted person injured by evil. Today’s society also has this problem. People get judged and accused of something they are not based on religion, marriage, race and even gender. This is a reason why many people hide, are shy, and even commit suicide. To Kill a Mockingbird, reveals that today’s society is extremely similar to what it was in the 1930’s. There are still many racial tensions throughout this country and racial discrimination may be coming back not only in crime but even in the case of innocence. This nation is having trouble with the police force and many laws because of this. People should not be getting judged based upon who they love and the way they are born. There was a huge problem in this country’s past time but perhaps the future could even be more devastating than