When you look around the world, you see different characteristics that separate people, such as their genders, cultures, and styles. There are a number of races and ethnicities from African American to Italian to Chinese. NO one in this world is exactly the same as someone else. How does this tie into the story? People are being criticized, alienated, and bullied all around the world because of who they are, where they come from, what they look like, or the actions they make. Most times it happens due to what people hear other people say instead of solid facts. In the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, there was a character in particular who was alienated from everyone else in the story. Was it because he wanted to or was he forced to?
The story takes place in a small county in Alabama known as Maycomb County. Due to the size of the county, everyone knew one another. The Radley 's were a family of four that live in Maycomb County. The town thought them to be a little strange because they didn 't do everything everyone else did. The Radley 's rarely left the house and participated in everything the town did. Arthur Radley was the youngest of two children. When he was younger, he got caught up with the wrong crowd and ended up getting in to trouble with the law. Therefore, his father
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Arthur Radley 's role brought out one of the major themes of the book. Scout learned that her moral values were not right, so she decided to fix them. After talking to Scout about different situations, Atticus explained that "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.” (Lee 39) Scout didn 't understand why Arthur stayed in the house all the time. She thought of a bunch of senseless reasons why, when all along none of it was true. Once she met him and saw things from his shoes, she finally understood him. Everything she imagined was just that; her imagination. Before you judge someone or something, you should get to know the