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Kesner, Cayden Mr. Shipp English 1 CP 05/17/2024 The lesson of To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird is a book that points a message out to you. What the book is trying to show the readers is that characters and people are not always what we initially believed them to be. Throughout the book, you see a lot of different characters that look and act different to who they truly are. The first person is Tom Robinson, Tom is black so a lot of people think bad of him because of his skin color. He was put on trial for apparently raping Mayella. He was proven guilty even though there was no proof that he had done so. Tom testified that he did not hurt Mayella in any way and was still proven guilty. There was proof that he stacked up like him not being able to use his left arm but, she was beaten on …show more content…

Tom is one person that we don't initially believe them to be. The next character is Boo Radley. He is a boy that stays by his side all day when it's day time and goes out at night time. You don't find out for a while in the book on why that is. There is a time where kids see him peeking through the window when they bump the house with the tire. Another time is when Jem goes up and slaps the house to try and see if anyone will come out. Later on in the book when Jem and Scout get attacked by Bob Ewell, Boo is the one who came and helped them and he ended up stabbing Bob and running Jem back to safety to get help. When Scout finds out Boo is the one who helps, she realizes why he only comes out at night. When she looks at him she describes him, "His face was as white as his hands, but for a shadow on his jutting chin. His cheeks were thin to hollowness; his mouth was wide; there were shallow, almost delicate indentations at his temples, and his gray eyes were so colorless I thought he was blind.” That is why Boo is Another character that we initially believe them to

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