"To Kill A Mockingbird" Quotes And Notes
Themes
1) The Coexistence of Good and Evil
Scout and Jem childhood innocence àconfront evil
Tom Robinson and Boo Radley not prepared for evil & destroyed.
Jem's faith in justice and in humanity damaged, and he retreats into a state of disillusionment.
Atticus has experienced evil without losing his faith in the human capacity for goodness. Shows Jem and Scout possible to live with conscience without losing hope or becoming cynical.
Admires Mrs. Dubose's courage even while deploring her racism.
Scout's progress as a character in the novel is defined by her gradual development toward understanding Atticus's lessons, culminating when, in the final chapters, Scout at last sees Boo Radley as a human being
2) The Importance of Moral Education
Story charts Scout's moral education, and the theme of how children are educated at the end of the book, Scout even says that she has learned practically everything except algebra
Atticus devotes himself to instilling a social conscience......
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