Acceptance
Compassion
Respect
"'Calpurnia's not leaving this house until she wants to...She's a faithful member of this family'" (182).
- Atticus
"'Taking the one man who's done you and this town a great service an' draggin' him with his shy ways into the limelight - to me that's a sin'" (369-370).
- Mr. Tate
"They were standing. All around us...the Negroes were getting to their feet" (283).
Prejudice
In lieu of Remembrance Day I decided to try and focus on making my visual representation of To Kill a Mockingbird fall under the theme of military. Even though I spent plenty of time looking, a couple pictures are unrelated to military. I was subjected to find the best I could.
Courage
"'The evil assumption - that all Negroes lie- that all Negroes are basically immoral beings, that all Negro men are not to be trusted around our women'" (273). - Atticus
"'It's when you know you're licked before you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what'" (149).
- Atticus
Dealing With Prejudice
From the Outside
Poverty
I retitled To Kill a Mockingbird to From the Outside because throughout the novel most of the Maycomb residents do not take the time to truly look into the lives of each other. These characters are looking at the outward appearances and judging off the gossip that goes around. Atticus tries to teach these people that they need to look on the inside of each other to see who they really are and towards the end his children, Jem and Scout, slowly start to understand this concept as well.
"'I try to give 'em a reason, you see. It helps folks if they can latch onto a reason'" (268).
- Mr. Raymond
By: Lauren Janzen
"'Reason I can't pass the first grade, Mr. Finch, is I've had to stay out ever' spring an' help Papa with the choppin' '" (31-32).
- Walter Cunningham
Maturity
Empathy
Parenting
"'You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it'" (39).
- Atticus
"Jem was becoming almost as good as Atticus at making you feel right when things went wrong" (347).
-Scout
"But I never figured out how Atticus knew I was listening, and it was not until many years later that I realized he wanted me to hear every word he said" (117).
- Scout