To Kill A Mockingbird Corruption Quotes

Have you or someone you’ve known ever been accused of false rumors? Or were you the one who caused it? In the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, explores many different topics including: racism, sexism, social class and much more. Lee writes her story in the perspective of a young girl named Jean Louise Finch, better known as Scout Finch, during the Great Depression in 1933. Scout lives in a very judgemental and racist town in Maycomb, Alabama with her father Atticus and her brother Jem. Atticus takes on a case defending a black man, Tom Robinson, who was claimed to have raped a white girl, Mayella Ewell. The Finch family goes through a rough time dealing with many disapprovements from other people in Maycomb because

His father entered the room. As Mr.Radley passed by, Boo drove the scissors into his parent’s legs, pulled them out, wiped them on his pants, and resumed his activities..Boo wasn’t crazy, he was high-strung at times” (11).

This quote reveals that people like Stephanie Crawford can easily misinterpret and judge people by only learning the surface of someone but not knowing people deep within and their background. This demonstrates that killing a mockingbird is a sin because it’s destroying innocence. Boo Radley did not do anything wrong, nor commit any crimes but because of these false allegations made by other people caused other people in Maycomb to be easily fooled and believe

In chapter 7, as Jem and Scout were walking home, they pass their tree and spotted a ball of gray twine resting in the knot-hole. Initially, they ignored it however, the next couple days it was still there. From there, everything that was left in the knot-hole was their possession.Unexpectedly, one October afternoon, the kids find two carved soap dolls that represented them. Scout was distraught at the two figurines but Jem enjoyed them. Subsequently, the following week passes by and they receive more gifts in the knot-hole such as: a pack of gum, spelling medal, a pocket knife, coins, and a chain. They do not realize who these gifts were from until later on in the story. In addition to these gifts, it began to snow in Maycomb and Jem and Scout decides to build a snowman. As they were building, there suddenly was fire spewing at Miss Maudie’s house. At this point, Scout was freezing in the weather conditions. After the fire incident, Atticus finds a blanket resting on Scout’s shoulders and asks why she did not stay at home. Scout does not even realize she had a blanket with her. Jem, in anxiousness, confessed all the things that happened such as receiving the gifts to Atticus. Atticus reveals to the kids that it was Boo who gave them all these possessions and that someday they would have to thank Boo Radley for all the things he has done. He