To kill a mockingbird

“ To kill a mocking bird” let us see a story in Maycomb about racism and unfair treatment to black in 1932 through a 6-year-old-girl Scout’s eye.

   The story starts with her lighthearted childhood. There is a house in their neighborhood, the man inside tie his son up and stop him from going outside. Everyone felt scary and gloomy when they come close to the house. Like other people, Scout and Jim decided to figure out what’s going on inside.

  Atticus is the lawyer in this town, as well as Jim and Scout’s father. He is righteous, honest and tolerable. He tolerate the naughtiness of his children but at the same time, in a certain ethical limit. He is a great father. He is also a great lawyer and loved by the people in the town.

  Then the case of Tom came. They said he raped a white woman. But actually they only took advantage of Tom’s kindness, as well as the discrimination from white to black to cover up the fact, or the sin of that girl. Atticus understand that blacks are just slaves in white people’s eyes, they are animal, they are dirty, and they don’t even have the right to fight for their freedom. If he decided to take this case, people will not allow him to do so and they are going to talk behind his back. But he is a lawyer. You only can see justice and truth in a lawyer’s eye. It’s their responsibility to stop the unfair things happening. So he decided to defense for Tom without hesitation. As expected, his life became much harder after that, his life was threatened as well.

  Atticus once said, “it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird,” it was the only time that Scout every heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something. “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy but sing their hearts out for us. “

  The part on the court is the center of the story. Most of the book is around the stories of the children, describing their childhood, as well as their fearless. Until here, we realized that what happened. Atticus showed his intelligence perfectly in this debate. He fully showed the evidence that it’s Meyalla seduced Tom and set up him in order to cover up the scandal. But in that time and society which whites are the supreme, they still lost the case and the court.  Instead of being setting free by the court, he got death penalty.  “ I am sorry for her.” This sentence shocked everyone, we all know that who is telling the truth. Then where is the justice? Where is the humanity?

  Atticus lost the case, but we clap for his debate.

  Some people think that Tom is the mockingbird in this book, but in fact, in the end we see that not only Atticus wants to protect the mockingbird, the mysterious Boo also wants to protect his mockingbird.  He even saved the lives of Scout and Jim on Easter.

  There aren’t very intense conflicts throughout the book, or other big words. It is a fantastic idea to see the world through children’s eyes.  There is no doubt that children are innocent and pure, they are always the one who see the true side of the society. They see the unfairness in the court. They thought their father can do anything, but they learned that facing the sins in the society, even the greatest people can be helpless.

  I thought the book will have a good and happy ending like other stories, but it didn’t. it was surprising, shocking and lead us into deep thoughts.

   The most depressing sentence in this whole book is when Atticus left the court, Reverend Syke said: “ Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father’s passing. “ They don’t want to bother him, they want to give him some space. Atticus was helpless and he felt sorry for Tom.  But what can he do if he is the only one that fight for the right for blacks?