To Kill A Mockingbird Society Analysis

To Kill a Mockingbird is generous in the knowledge that can be obtained about life and society that the reader may gain. It can teach you things such as, things are not always what they seem, or that society is full of an unfair inequality. These being two important themes in the novel, they contain much depth, for there are multiple aspects in which a reader can look at them.

Over time there have been multiple ways to state that things are not always what they seem, whether it’s, “don’t judge a book by its cover” they all point in the same direction. Atticus, the moral backbone of the story, early on makes this clear in the novel telling the children that, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from their point

To Kill a Mockingbird is showing a characteristic of its unfair inequality. Tom Robinson is the forefront of this example, for throughout the novel this affects not just him, but anyone on his side for the case as well. Being put on trial for a raping a girl, Tom has the whole community against him, all because he is a black man. Atticus, the children’s father, is his defense attorney, doing all that he can to fight this unfair inequality. This causes dominos to fall, and creates problems for all members of the family. Scout got into fights with her own cousins on the matter of the subject, though she has nothing to do with her father’s or Tom Robinson’s actions, though society doesn’t care about that. It all comes to a close as Tom Robinson’s trial is over. Though Atticus proved that he was innocent and gave all the correct facts, the jury still proved Tom Robinson guilty, just because he was a black

With things not always being what they seem, this affects the way society functions, with one of its effects being this unfair inequality. Tom Robinson was a victim of this quick assumption, and of society not realizing that things are not always what they seem. Just because Tom was a black man, the immediate thought was that he was a criminal and had to be guilty. Then leading to this unfair trial, which led to an innocent man being charged with a crime he did not commit, and then leading to his death. To Kill a Mockingbird shows many of life's lessons, and what terrible things may happen if one is not aware. Stressing to the reader to do things such as not making quick assumption, to then help an unfair