If individuals attend church and claim the Christian title, does that mean they follow Christ? Religion plays a key role in some character’s lives, however, some just entitle themselves and do not prove that label. In Harper Lee’s book, To Kill A Mockingbird the existence of religion is strong for some, but ultimately lacking for others. Numerous characters in the book, publicly claim the religious title yet, their actions present the complete opposite. Harper Lee sets Maycomb in southern state Alabama thus, this theme seems ironic considering the area is supposedly named the “bible-belt”. To sum up, three instances stand out as proof of claiming religion but not acting as a Christian, Alexandra’s behavior toward Walter Cunningham, the jury’s decision, and Mrs. Merriweather actions.
In Maycomb, the theme of religion plays little role except on Sunday. Some human beings look down at individuals who have different status from themselves even though the bible says to treat all men equal. In other words, the people of Maycomb view lowly of
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Regular jury Men, those who claim the religious title and attend church, blinded themselves to the reason seen in Tom’s case. The jury men did not bother to see any reason supported in Tom’s case. They simply gave in to peer pressure and did what everyone else wanted them do, vote against black man, Tom Robinson. “Those are twelve reasonable men in everyday life, Tom’s jury, but you saw something come between them and reason… there’s something in our world that makes men lose their heads… In our courts, when it’s a white man’s word against A black man’s the white man always wins.” (295) It seems very unfair, how the court system used to work nevertheless, nothing should have changed, the jurymen should have fought for justice as in their job description. In the end, the miserable scene at the courthouse comes from men not following God’s