Theme Of Isolation In To Kill A Mockingbird

In the South Atlantic Ocean, Tristan da Cunha is the most remote archipelago on Earth. In fact, it’s so isolated that one of its island is literally called “Inaccessible Island.” Over 1 000 miles away from any signs of human life, it’s the place to go if you want to become isolated from society, or just people in general. That is, if the island didn’t have a town on it. But in fact, you don’t even need to be at Tristan to be separated from civilization—in fact, you could do just that pretty much anywhere. Here’s a life-changer: be extremely different and get shunned by everyone else, or just lock yourself in your house! In fact, that’s what happens in To Kill a Mockingbird, a novel telling the story of a 1930 Alabama town. In To Kill a Mockingbird,

The Finches were a white family, and consisted of Atticus, the father of the two children and a lawyer, Jem, the son of Atticus and the older of the two siblings, and Scout, the son of Atticus, the younger of the two siblings, and the narrator of the book. In the beginning of the book, we learn that Atticus was appointed to defend Tom Robinson in his trial. Despite his great arguments in court, Atticus was not able to save Tom from jail, probably because of racial prejudice. However, Bob Ewell, the alleged victim’s father, still threatened to kill Atticus’s children, because he was made a fool during the trial. Shortly after being convicted, Tom was shot to death reportedly because of attempting to escape from jail. Later in the story, Bob attacked the two children on their way back from a Halloween festival. Boo Radley, in a turn of events, emerged from his house, saved the children from danger, and stabbed Bob to death. As such, their two storylines

Tom Robinson, as a black, had many stereotypes he had to overcome. For example, despite being a hard worker, even volunteering to help the Ewells for no pay, he was still categorized as lazy and untrustworthy just because of the color of his skin. On the other side of the story, Boo Radley was classified as a sociopath because of him stabbing his father. Contrary to these claims, he was actually very caring, even saving Scout and Jem from their would-be killer. In addition, Boo gave away free stuff to Scout and Jem for a short period of their school year. In fact, Scout felt that Boo felt like Scout and Jem were his children. Misunderstandings from the community made the two