Themes and Stuff

throughout this book, i have noticed alot of different themes. i have noticed prejudice, hatred, lonesomeness, and betrayel. Prejudice is present quite a bit in the story. i mean yeah its a big deal and all but you wouldn’t think it would be so bad back then like it is in todays world. i mean everywhere i go, somebody is getting discriminated against whether they know it or not. Also Hatred is a big problem in this story. okay well yeah people hate people every day but they way its used in this story is just amazing. well i mean just because they childrens father is defending a black man on trial, doesn’t give the people of that town to show hatred and prejudice to the kids. why should they be at blame when they had no say in their fathers decision to defend a black man. and i mean if anybody should be shown any hatred it should be the people that are trying to lock up Tom Robinson not Atticus and his family. Another problem in the way so many people in the town and so lonesome. and how the other people in the town notice but dont care just because those people are ‘different’.  Everyday we all see these things i mean just going to school or to the store these things happen. there are so many people who hate others just because they are poor or because they arent popular, well you know what were all the same just in our own ways,  and its not someones fault it they aren’t wealthy but alteast they still have pride.

Prejudice And Me

Okay well as we all grow up, we are taught racism and that people are different colors. we dont really understand what it actually is until we get into about middle school. for example, when i grew up in California and prejudice and racism were very common things. i used to play with all the kids in the neighborhood and didn’t care what color they were or if they were rich or not.  but some of the other kids wouldn’t play with me and the others because the others were black or maybe they’re mom wouldn’t let them because they weren’t rich. as i got older, i started to realize why people were so racist and prejudice toward the minority kids and sometimes even towards their parents, just like whats happening in To Kill a Mockingbird. i think that now Jem is getting older and more defensive toward what people say about his dad and especially to him and his sister. i would have done the same thing as Jem and stood up for what was right. i dont think that people should be degraded upon just because they are wealthy or are African American or Native or Chinese or what ever their race happens to be. i think we need to do exactly what the Declaration of Independance says, “All Men Are Created Equal.”