Tolerance In To Kill A Mockingbird

Calpurnia is a character that helps Scout understand why she should treat Walter as an equal. During lunch, Walter pours molasses all over food to Scout’s horror. Because Calpurnia thought “[it shouldn’t] matter who they are, anybody [who] sets foot in this house’s yo’ comp’ny” (Lee 33) the reader and Scout sees that she believes that everyone, no matter their social class, should be treated equally. Calpurnia exposing Scout’s prejudicial manner helps contribute to Lee’s lesson on prejudice by showing how social class should not decide how one is treated. Calpurnia establishes that it does not matter if they are rich or poor, if they are a guest in your house, they should be treated like one.

Along with these stereotypes comes racism. Jem and Scout first experience racism against them when Calpurnia takes them to her church one Sunday. Another member of Calpurnia’s church berates Calpurnia for bringing Jem and Scout into an all-black church. Calpurina refuses to let berating change her mind about allowing the children to attend her church. Rather than allow the children to go home as Jem suggests, Calpurnia challenges the racism against white people and proclaims that the children are her “comp’ny” (Lee 158). Throughout the novel Calpurnia models the respect that Atticus expects his children to show. Calpurnia complies with her hospitality whenever she is given the opportunity. In his article “Race in To Kill a Mockingbird” Chris Gonzalez refers to Calpurnia’s hospitality as “a great equalizer of

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Compassion, Sympathy, and Tolerance are shown in many parts in the novel written by Harper Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird. When Atticus is defending Tom Robinson, Dill knows what Tom Robinson is going through when he is getting asked in court and when Jem starts crying after Tom Robinson is founded guilty. All of them show a good example of compassion, sympathy, and tolerance in this novel.

Harper Lee uses acceptance to show respect for our fellow human being. Harper Lee uses society to show acceptance in her novel. Harper Lee states, "Slip the bounds of innocence and discover the darkness of adulthood". Scout learns that when you are a child, the world seems innocent. But ounce you hit adulthood the world starts to turn into a dark and scary place. Lee discrimination on African Americans to show respect. Harper Lee also states, "In our courts, when it's a white man's word against a black man's, the white man always wins"(251-252). Atticus gets irritated when white people take advantage of black people. That is why Atticus tries to teach Scout and Jem to treat people how they would like to be treated. He is trying to teach his children to accept all human beings. Harper Lee is teaching the lesson by

Not to mention, tolerance is another important life lesson taught in To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout and Jem are taught this lesson by having to go through every day of being harassed by people in town. Cecil Jacobs is an example of this, where she had to tolerate not fighting him even though he said something about her father that had enraged her. This was due to her father telling her not beat him up because it was childish. Additionally, after Jem had destroyed Ms. Dubose’s camellias, Jem had to tolerate going to her house every day for a bit to read to her even she was extremely rude to Jem and Scout.

A fine line is drawn between whether a person is “right” or “wrong”, “innocent or guilty” solely based on one factor. When people interact in a social environment, they tend to be tense and anxious around those from another racial group. To which having a mentality of posturing an inappropriate comment or action may cause offense or discomfort to the other. Those who take part in another person’s culture will later express fewer prejudices toward members of that ethnic group. To what is considered a “black sheep” in a herd, they are often ostracized from society and are not wanted; however, some people accept differences in individuals for the good of society to the extent of achieving tolerances as seen by Atticus’ interactions with Tom Robinson in Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, along with Juror 3’s viewpoint of the jury in Rose’s 12 Angry Men, and Sergei’s dilemma in What, of this, Goldfish, Would you Wish? by Keret.

Discrimination and stereotypes are still involved in today's ever-growing society. People are judged by their race, gender, and, wealth; people are expected to act a certain way because of these things. In To Kill A Mockingbird it tells the readers about a small town, Maycomb, that faces many challenges because of how individuals are judged and treated. If someone were African American he/she would thought to be less of a person and were treated as if they were trash. If someone were to be a woman they were thought to be weak, emotional, and dramatic. If someone were poor he/she were thought to be dirty, rude and were treated like trash. In To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses stereotypes related to racism, gender, and wealth to teach her audience about how individuals were treated during the Great Depression.

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names’s Tom Robinson”. Discuss the effects of racism on Maycomb citizens such as Tom and Helen Robinson,

In the country town of Maycomb, people were easily influenced so prejudice was shown by most. The citizens knew that the colour of your skin determined your place in life and that Negroes were to be treated differently. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, there was only one true character that portrayed the true essence of tolerance. Atticus Finch stood on his own two feet, and never formed an opinion unless he had prior knowledge on the particular person or situation. Throughout the entirety of this novel, it was Atticus alone who not only was tolerant, but set an exemplarily example to his children, and the town, of how knowing before judging is not only important, but vital to society. “First of all…if you can learn a simple trick Scout, you’ll get along better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person till you consider things from his point of view…until you climb into his skin and walk around in it” (p.33). This is a perfect example of how Atticus passes on his knowledge to his children, and educates them on how respect

Intolerance is the unwillingness to accept views, beliefs, or behavior that differ from one's own. In To Kill A Mockingbird, the society of Maycomb, Alabama is very intolerant, as is Scout in the beginning of the novel. Towards the end, however as Scout grows, she starts to view the world differently and become more accepting of people's lives that differ from hers. Scout develops as a character from an innocent, intolerant little girl to a more knowledgeable and understanding human being.

Calpurnia helps Scout become more lady like by using manners and teaching her how to treat others. For example “ Yo folks might be better than the Cunninghams but it don’t count for nothing the way you're disgracing them” (Lee 33) Calpurnia teaches Scout proper manners when she corrects scout for thinking that she is better than Walter Cunningham. Calpurnia Also teaches scout to be respectful. For example “ 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?” (Lee 31). Calpurnia is like a mother figure to Scout and Jem. She taught scout proper manners and how to treat others with respect. Without Calpurnia Scout wouldn't act very lady like. In the example this is scout’s first lesson on being respectful to others who are different. Therefore without Calpurnia Scout wouldn’t learn how to respect and sympathize with others who are

In Harper Lee’s ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’, one of the most prominent themes used in the novel is the action of intolerance and the affect it has on all people. The theme of intolerance is fully explored in the case of Tom Robinson and the underlying racism shown in the treatment of him. Intolerance is met by all three main characters, Scout, Atticus and Jem but is experience by many of the other supporting characters. There was no one kind of intolerant person; they all came from different background, which is testimony to the point of the book ‘You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of views.’ This quote shows that you have no idea why a person does what they do until you experience things from their

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