Nowadays, many schools across the United States are dropping To Kill a Mockingbird from the curriculum in favor of more "modern" literature. People think the book contains too many negative perspect on racism, ranking, and sexual morality, which is not really good for children or students to learn about it too early. Also, people who oppose to have this book in the school reading list, think it shows too much about the negative side of the society so directly that would influence our view of our life.
I hold opposite opinion to those people, I think this book would be a very good curriculum resourse for us high school students to read. As history is an important part the world, it's neccessary to learn the true side about it. The author actually wrote about the society that he's living in, he was being so honest to tell us the story which is based on the true condition. The theme of the book is against racial prejudice. It would help us to learn more about the society, both on the positive and negative side, so that we can have a objective point of view about it which we could realize the mistakes that people made at that time and exam ourselves to make our world better.
Jem AND Scout Atticus AND Tom Robinson
The charaters in the novel are so unique that I love them so much. Scout, as the protagonist of the story, a tomboy who tells us the story in her special perspective, which is a child's view. This also forms a contrast that shows the black side of an evil in front of a pure angel. Atticus is my favorite character, he's Scout's father and a famous lawyer in the town. He himself always being an example to teach his children to do what's right and to try things even though you know it's impossible. He's the hero of the Blacks society, he helped a nigger in a court case to fight for their legal right even though he didn't succeed. On the other hand, there are also some negative characters in the story, such as Bob Ewell. He's the biggest evil in the town, which is a lazy man who live in a dump with his many children, he doesn't have a job and could not provide his children to go to school either. He accused a nigger of raping his daughter even though the nigger was innocent. He tries to kill Atticus's children but kill himself accidently. This shows the result of being an evil, they would vanish for sure.
In chapter 26, Scout was in school talking about when Hitler persecuting the Jews. Scout's teacher ask the class what do they think is the meaning of democracy. Scout quotes "Equal rights for all, special privileges for none." Her teacher praised her after hearing the answer. And it was so irony that the teacher herself was a racist that when Tom was at the court, she was on Bob Ewell's side. This makes Scout so confused, she could not understand those people who way others are so hypocrite when they are the ones that are really hypocrite.
The racial problems were a big problem at that time, and it's still exist in today's society, though most people understand that it's not appropriate to be a racist. This book helps me have a better understanding of racism and teaches me to be a righteous person that I need to choose the right. The book To Kill A Mockingbird remains an American classic for people not only students, but also people at all age levels. I personally consider that it would always be one of my favorite books.
