Compare And Contrast To Kill A Mockingbird And Mother Teresa

There is always someone, somewhere that is always doing what is morally right. They do the right thing even when everyone opposes to do so. They do what is right when nobody's looking. In the book “Mother Teresa, Missionary of Charity” by Sam Wellman Mother Teresa Is this kind of person. She was a famous nun who lived in the 20th century she lived a life dedicated to the poor. Atticus Finch a fictional character in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is also one of these certain individuals. Mother Teresa and Atticus Finch share a similarity of always doing what is right and sharing their wisdom to make this world a better place. Mother Teresa was born in Skopje, Macedonia to an influential family. At the young age of 17 she decided to become a nun and to dedicate her life towards Jesus Christ. She then decided that she would set off to help the poorest of the poor, because she claimed that God had told her to do so. She explained this as a “call within a call.” Mother Teresa was known as one of the great

He wasn’t the main character, but the was a very influential dynamic character. Atticus Finch was a lawyer who had to defend a colored man during the 1930’s. Back then this was seen as a strange thing because caucasians and blacks were segregated. Many people looked down upon Atticus for doing this act of kindness. Atticus would always do what is right. He would battle a case that would be against the norm if he knew it would be morally right. Atticus defend Tom Robinson a colored man to his best ability, but he did not win the case. Atticus was also a very smart man that passed down his advice. Throughout the novel he would tell his daughter Scout, the main character in this novel, what to do. Atticus once told her that you don’t know what a person is going through until you step in their footsteps. These were words of wisdom that Atticus told his