Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee - 1619 Words

An Atticus Finch in today’s society is an uncommon occurrence; the Mayella’s and Bob Ewells are rarities also, hopefully. The rest of society fall somewhere in between; we are the Tom Robinsons, the Scouts, the Jems, the Dills, or even Boo Radley. We as people are observers. We scrutinize people with inimitable qualities, such as Atticus, and attempt to mimic them in order to mold our own characters accordingly; we see people like Bob Ewell and hope we’ll never be like them, discarding those attributes in the process. To Kill A Mockingbird is essentially about human nature; about learning the difference between what is right and wrong, and getting to know an individual before judging them. The synopsis might sound overly simplistic, but†¦show more content†¦For Scout and Jem, entertainment comes from their imaginations and the stories that they make up about the Radley family down the street. Their games are hide and seek and playing on a tire swing. Lif e then was simple and uncomplicated and worlds away from how kids grow up today. However, though childhood is drastically different than it was 80 years ago many of the life lessons and experiences shared by Jem and Scout are still prevalent in children today as the world seems to be conspiring to steal their innocence. When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness sake. But don t make a production of it. Children are children, but they can spot an evasion quicker than adults, and evasion simply muddles em (Lee,116). Atticus is speaking to his brother Jack about him talking to Scout earlier. Atticus is trying to get the message across that you need to answer a child when they ask a question, without making it seem like a life threatening issue, or trying to get the child off topic from the question. When avoiding a question the child’s thoughts only get cloudier, and their questions begin to haunt them. The quote ties into the theme because it shows how as Jack got older his ability to judge how children thought became clouded, and instead of understanding that he needed to be direct with Scout, he ended up confusing her more. His answer to her questions were more bias to one that an adult would understand, and showed how his own innocence had been