The Power Of Education In To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee

Nelson Mandela once said, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use the change the world.” The power of education can make a human being to become wiser as well as intelligent. It creates more opportunities for new perspectives and eliminated prejudices. As children, we look up to our parents for moral life lessons and influence us as grow up. Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird clearly demonstrates Atticus’s moral lessons of prejudice; empathy and true courage have shaped Jem and Scout in their childhood. Atticus decided to accept the challenge defending for Tom Robinson, a black man who accused for raped a white woman. Tom Robinson’s guilt was based on the judgement of the town through his skin color. Even Scout …show more content…
Bob Ewell constantly threatened to kill Atticus and called his name several times. Even though, he won a trial, he still wants to revenge Atticus. After Bob Ewell spat in Atticus's face and threatened to get even, Atticus explained carefully, “Jem, see if you can stand in Bob Ewell's shoes a minute. I destroyed his last shred of credibility at that trial, if he had any to begin with. The man had to have some kind of comeback, his kind always does. So if spitting in my face and threatening me saved Mayella Ewell one extra beating, that's something I'll gladly take. He had to take it out on somebody and I'd rather it be me than that houseful of children out there.” Atticus want Jem to understand the willingness to let Bob Ewell spits in his face is to protect the children from the abuse of their father. Atticus’s action enlighten Jem to understand and share feeling with …show more content…
However, he wanted Jem to see the different view of courage by assigning him to read to Mrs. Dubose to distract her from the addiction of morphine. After her death, she gifted Jem a white camellia, but Jem felt annoyed that she doesn't leave him alone. Atticus thoughtfully explained Mrs. Dubose have been withdrawn for morphine while he read to disabuse his hatred for her. “I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand...You rarely win but sometimes you do. Mrs. Dubose won alright, all ninety-eight pounds of her. According to her views, she died beholden to nothing and nobody. She was the bravest person I ever knew.” (93) The pain of overcoming the addiction is the courage that Atticus wants to define for his