Good And Evil In To Kill A Mockingbird

In a world where racial segregation and discrimination thrives, the book To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, is an older Scout narrating her childhood as a six-year old-spent in a peaceful, prejudiced town known as Maycomb County. In the three years of her life narrated in the story, Scout (Jean Louise Finch), the main character, speaks of her experiences as a child, where she learned to have understanding and compassion for others, two major lessons of maturing. She has viewed many events, learned there are many sides to life and that life is not always necessarily pleasant. Along with Scout, her older brother, Jem, also learned some of the more important lessons taught throughout the book. One of these important lessons both of them were forced to understand, was the fact that good and evil coexists together. The coming-of-age theme, one must understand that good and evil coexists together in this world, is developed using the literary elements: conflict, character, and tone; enabling Jem and Scout to learn another important fact of life and change their perspectives on everything they see.

Jem and Scout are taught to expect good and evil in their life from the

In the proceeding, Mayella Ewell accuses Tom Robinson of taking advantage and abusing her, when she supposedly asked him into her yard to do some work for her. Tom Robinson explains how she was “mistaken in her mind” (Lee 264) and that he did not harm her in any way, when cross-examined by the prosecutor, Mr. Gilmer. As the jury, composed of people from far out-of-town, took long hours to come to a decision after the examinations have been completed, they returned to the courtroom and attained to a peculiar code all juries attain to, according to Scout, when they convict the