To Kill a Mockingbird is written by Harper Lee and the novel was published in 1960. There are a lot of important messages throughout the novel, that eventually, allowed Harper to receive the Pulitzer Prize award. The three main themes of To Kill a Mockingbird are: walking in someone’s shoes, children see the truth more clearly than adults, and it is a sin to kill a mockingbird.
One of the themes presented throughout the book is placing yourself in someone else’s shoes. It was first introduced when Miss Caroline gets upset with Scout for knowing how to read before starting first grade. Atticus then tells Scout to put herself in Miss Caroline’s shoes and try to understand her point of view as a new teacher. It also appeared at the end of the novel when Scout drops Boo off at his house. Scout takes a moment on his front porch in front of the window to see the last couple years the way he did, realizing home is the safest place. Another example of walking in someone
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It was first introduced when Uncle Jack punished Scout for fighting with Francis on the Finch’s Landing. Uncle Jack immediately punished Scout without even asking her side of the story, just Francis’s. Later that night Scout told Uncle Jack about the real story and Jack then went to Atticus and said Scout taught him a lesson today. Also it was portrayed the day of the trial when Dolphus Raymond, Scout, and Dill were sitting underneath a tree. Dolphus told Scout and Dill about him acting drunk all the time, when really he drinks Coca-Cola out of a brown paper sack. The children asked him why he does this and he said, “To give the people something to talk about,” and “To heck with them.” Final example of when children see the truth more clearly than adults is when Mr. Gilmer is rudely asking Tom Robinson questions at the trial and Dill has to leave due to the fact Mr. Gilmer was being too