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Ethical Issues In To Kill A Mockingbird

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The novel To Kill A Mockingbird written by renowned author Harper Lee, was published on July 11, 1960. Her novel received the prestigious Pulitzer Prize, and has become a modern-day American classic novel. The books setting is in Alabama and occurs when discrimination is high in the South. The name of the book arises from the common belief and saying that, ’It is a sin to kill a mockingbird’. To Kill A Mockingbird is a narration by Scout Finch of her father Atticus Finch, a well-known lawyer who fights to prove the innocence of a black man Tom Robinson, who is unjustly accused of rape; and about Boo Radley, her mysterious neighbor who saves both her and her brother Jem from being killed.
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To Kill A Mockingbird reinforced my opinion that one should always stand up for what they believe in despite what anyone else may think. Furthermore, it emphasized my belief of “not everyone appears as they seem, or seems as they appear," this was cemented through the case of Boo Radley. Moreover, it reiterated my belief of not believing in gossip or in the words of Marcus Aurelius, “Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is perspective, not the truth”. This was again highlighted through the case of Boo Radley and the gossip the children heard and originally believed about …show more content…

At this point of time racism was still high and ongoing despite the abolishment of slavery in 1865 in America. The Government could only prevent the unjust treatment the black people received in terms of physical abuse and monetary issues to an extent, but not the mind-set or thoughts of white men and women. Thus, the setting is set accurately with the characters bring realistic as well. It can be argued that Atticus was an ideal character, but it is not impossible for a white man to realize that color does not define a person, but what defines a human are their actions and reactions to those consequences. It seems impossible that all white people found colored people inferior to them and so, I believe that Atticus is not an ideal character but an accurate portrayal of the quote “It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness” by Eleanor Roosevelt, in other words he was the unique good in an area of negativity and immoral thoughts and

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