English essay TKAM

Nelson Mandale once said “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” The novel by HL To Kill a mockingbird is a reflection of the world in the ..century. HL argues that knowledge is the only powerful weapon that you could option or in which one of the novel’s character possesses. The story teaches the reader about how justice and law will bend depending on the prejudice, how prejudice is influential when someone follows a “wrong” fact not an “true” opinion, and how the power of courage can change the perspective of the individual that follow different believes.

Boo Radley has never harmed anyone, he has just been victimised by the prejudice of the social community. However this act was not established until the novel end. Lee has made Boo the last and missing pice of the truth behind symbolism of a mockingbird. By doing this Lee has illustrated all points of injustice in 1930s in Maycomb, where old tales and rumours create and evil image of Boo and his life. Since most people in macbom don't have an opinion and the knowledge to challenge this so called “truth”, they just follow this statement rather then seeing the true Boo and his authentically generous personality and hart. Scout learning all the life lessons that Aticas has tough her she realises in the concluding chapter that blaming Boo for Bob Ewell’s death would be "sort of like shootin' a mockingbird.” (ch 30) Sending Boo to jail because of doing the right thing and saving innocent children from the Maycomb “white trash” would be like killing a mockingbird - unjust and sinful. Altho Atticus and sherif knew exactly what the true story behind the attack was they both proclaimed of how bob died, Attics saing it was Jem “Of course it was c...

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...ity thought them that white folks are always right even thou Atticus said that people are equal in the courtroom. He knew he will loose the trial. He had everything to loose according to Link Deas, Francis and Alexandra, he would “never be able to walk on the streets on Maycomb again”. After all this he still defended Tom because that what is morally right no mater what the society said.

The only weapon that is powerful yet legal is knowledge. Harper Lee has thought a life lesson thought this novel, educating the reader about how justice and injustice can bend the law, how prejudice can influence ones or many people’s point of perspective and how courage can be effective when you have the education the back up your arguments. Also teaching that if the majority people follow a “wrong” fact over a “true” opinion in does not always fall under the Truth.