Moral Issues In To Kill A Mockingbird

A southern one time writer , Harper Lee, wrote “To Kill a Mockingbird”. Her book has had a huge impact on the world. Harper expresses the entanglement of southern culture in “ To Kill a Mockingbird”. Harper displays three problems through her writing that the southern parts of the United States are still facing today. She displays several examples of race, class, and morality. Morality is a concern with what’s right and wrong. Morality can be derived from one’s religion, parents’ rules, schools’ rules, the community etc.. One example of morality is when Calpurnia expresses her disapproval towards the way Atticus treats Walter at lunch. Calpurnia clearly states how she feels by saying this, “There’s some folks who don’t eat like us,” she whispered fiercely, "but you ain't called on to contradict 'em at the table when they don't. That boy's yo' comp'ny and if he wants to eat up the tablecloth you let him, you hear?", "He ain't company, Cal, he's just a Cunningham-,”says Atticus "Hush your mouth!

These three things have led up to hate crimes. Recently there has been multiple crimes against race, crimes such as shootings. In June of 2015 there was a shooting at a black church in Charleston, North Carolina. The shooter was a white man. He killed nine people that day. When you think about it this crime comes down more than race. This has everything to do with class and morality. This event is just like when the lynch mob tried to kill Tom Robinson because he was black Harper lee, wrote to kill a mockingbird. She explained how morality, race, and class separated people. She told us how people would say things or do things to people without knowing them. It's sad how some people still only see skin color or statistic. Is everyone like this? no. Some people treat others equal. They don't judge the book by its cover. So which path will you chose? Will you be like the people from