To Kill A Mockingbird Essays: The Mind Of The Human Race

The Mind of the Human Race The Dalai Lama once said, “This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.” These wise words can be seen as the epitome of love and compassion. It is seemingly clear that in today’s world, society has turned a cold shoulder to kindness. Society treats others extremely poorly out of fear and lack of understanding of other’s lifestyles and choices.
One can see society’s treatment of outcasts from a historical view in To Kill a Mockingbird. In the novel, the people of the town of Maycomb, and the mass amount of America during the era of the depression, saw African-Americans as a threat and disadvantage

The book Of Mice and Men follows two friends, George and Lennie, while they struggle to find a place for themselves in the world, during the age of the Great Depression. For one instance, throughout the book, Lennie is consistently ridiculed because of his mental capacity. At one point in the book, Lennie, Candy and Crooks, the farm worker, who tends to the animals, are left back at the farm all alone while the rest of the men go into town to have some drinks. At this point during the book, one can truly feel the loneliness that these three characters must be feeling. This part of the book is also upsetting because you can really feel empathy for them and it is easy to feel mad due to their situation and how people deal with them. At one point during this part, Crooks reflects on how people talk to people who are different than them, he says, “...I seen it over an’ over-a guy talkin’ to anther guy and it don’t make no difference if he don’t hear or understand. The thing is, they’re talkin’, or they’re settin’ still not talkin’. It don’t make no difference, no difference.”(Steinbeck 71). Society views him as stupid and irrelevant because he cannot function as well as others. However his mentally capability in no way interferes with his personality and ability to do