Why does society believe everything that is said without having a reliable source? In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, the entire town believes any and everything. From as simple as a mysterious man named boo Radley who never came out his house, to a black man who supposedly raped a white woman. This book is during the time of segregation ending, so if someone was acting weird or they were black, they were judged by usually everyone. Not believing all the gossip that is being said is the theme present in To Kill a Mockingbird and is shown through t the following examples: Book Radley, Mrs. Dubose, and Tom Robinson. Everyone likes to do their own thing without being bothered. Boo Radley was just another person in Maycomb, the town in To Kill a Mockingbird, who was living his life behind doors. Lots of things were said about Boo in the book, one was said by Jem. Jem is the older brother of the main character Scout. Jem …show more content…
Dubose, and Tom Robinson. Boo was just a normal human, Mrs. Dubose was a drug addict that just want to get off her addiction, and Tom Robinson was just an innocent black man caught in the line of fire. Boo Radley eventually comes out his house and saves Jem and Scout from Bob Ewell because he was trying to stab and kill them. Mrs. Dubose passes away and the children have a different view of her now. Tom Robinson was eventually named guilty, but Atticus is satisfied because the jury took an abnormally long time to find him guilty, meaning that they considered him to not be guilty. I personally think that the way things ended in the book was not good at all. I was hoping that there would be a twist and the jury would find Tom not guilty, it would just show that the town was starting to turn a new leaf. Before believing something about someone or something that happens, it is always important to have more than one