Lessons In To Kill A Mockingbird

Some Things Never Change

Humans have been around for hundreds of thousands of years. But some things, no matter how much time goes by, stay constant. Harper Lee 's “To kill a mockingbird” was written 55 years ago, and the lessons that can be learned from this novel can still be integrated into people 's everyday lives. Now, although the situations in this book may not be relevant in your life today, the morals behind these situations can still be applied. The most important morals that you can take away from “To kill a mockingbird” are that you shouldn’t judge a book by it 's cover, you shouldn’t kill a mockingbird, and that you should be courageous.

Boo Radley is a cat, squirrel, furniture, and finger eating six and a half foot tall monster;

For the majority of the book, Scout and Jem are terrified of Boo due to the things that they’ve heard about him. But what they don’t know, is that he’s really quite a nice guy who just wants to have a relationship with them. For example, when Jem is running out of Boo’s backyard he has to jump a fence, and in the process he tears his pants and they come off him. When he goes back to retrieve his pants, he finds them folded neatly over the fence with the tears sewed up. Now, you may be asking yourself “How do I know Boo was the one to sew and fold the pants?” The book indicates that Boo was the one to fix up the pants because Jem states “When I went back, they were folded across the fence... and somethin’ else… they 'd been sewed up. Not like a lady sewed ‘em, like somethin’ I’d try to do. All crooked…” Also, at the beginning of the novel Scout and Jem find items placed inside a knot in a tree. They are placed there by Boo, because he wants to have a relationship with the children. Among those items are a watch, a pack of gum, a ball of grey twine, scrubbed and polished pennies, a spelling bee medal, 2 pieces of chewing gum, and

Well, interestingly enough, the lesson that you shouldn’t kill a mockingbird happens to be one of the biggest lessons you can take away from this novel. Among others, Atticus, Scout, Jem, and Helen Robinson could all be considered mockingbirds. You might be asking yourself why any person would be considered a mockingbird. A metaphorical mockingbird is someone who is innocent, and who contributes to society. "Atticus said to Jem one day, 'I 'd rather you shot at tin cans in the back yard, but I know you 'll go after birds. Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it 's a sin to kill a mockingbird. '"That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something, and I asked Miss Maudie about it." 'Your father 's right, ' she said. 'Mockingbirds don 't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don 't eat up people 's gardens, don 't nest in corncribs, they don 't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That 's why it 's a sin to kill a mockingbird’(74, 75).” You could consider Atticus to be a mockingbird, because he was helping an innocent man who got accused of something he didn’t do, and as a result had a lot of people turn against him. Scout and Jem could be considered mockingbirds, because they had nothing to do with Tom Robinson or his trial, yet they got attacked by Bob Ewell because their father was defending a black man. Helen Robinson could also be considered