To Kill a Mockingbird is a fictional story that takes place in Alabama in the 1930’s, that has lessons that are still important to know in today’s world. One thing the book teaches no one should be judged by their race, background, or past, but instead who they really are. The central idea of To Kill a Mockingbird is literally don’t kill a mockingbird, this goes anywhere from not judging a book by its cover, to not falsely accusing someone because of what people think they are, learning to grow and change. In the beginning of the book Scout, Jem, and Dill think that Boo Radley is going to be a monster. From Scout’s knowledge, “Jem gave a reasonable description of Boo: Boo was about six-and-a-half feet tall, judging from his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch, that’s why his hands were bloodstained-if you ate an animal raw, you could never wash the blood off. There was a long-jagged scar that ran across his face; what teeth he had were yellow and rotten; his eyes popped, and he drooled most of the time.” (16). Later in the book they learn that he isn’t what they thought he would be. Boo, Mr. Arthur Radley, was the one who saved the Jem and Scout when Bob Ewell attacked them. After Boos saved them he carried Jem …show more content…
“In addition to Jem’s newly developed characteristics, he had acquired a madding air of wisdom.” (155). From this we look at how far he has come from the beginning if the book, where he was a child playing the Boo Radley game, trying to get Boo out, and was just being a kid. Now, he has learned to control what he says, is no longer playing “childish” games, and is taking responsibility for his actions. One may notice that Scout also changes throughout the book as well. She goes from not knowing when she should say something and when not to, getting into fights with everyone, to being able to control what she says and only occasionally gets in a