The Subject of Being Misunderstood People live for the day where someone will not be judged based on their appearance rather than who they truly are as a person. The day where one could walk up and down the street and not immediately get judged. This is a prevalent concept in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, which, takes place during a racist and gender biased time in history. Fortunately, Atticus Finch, a strong, educated, unbiased man installs the life lesson of, “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,” into his kids Jem and Scout (Lee 39) . Despite how easy it is to judge everyone, at closer look, there is something to see in every person. Dolphus Raymond, a man who is supposedly always drunk and in this state has sexual relations with a black woman rather than a white woman, is misunderstood. Scout will then become
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Dubose, a previous morphine addict, is judged, mainly on the way she treats Jem and Scout. Most people of Maycomb see Mrs. Dubose as a mean, old, morphine addict; however, Atticus Finch sees what most people do not see in her, a woman who had a difficult life trying to die with a shred of dignity. When talking to Jem, Atticus explains, “I wanted you to see what real courage is… it’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what,” showing that who Mrs. Dubose made herself out to be was the not they same person she actually was (Lee 149). Atticus also indicates, “you rarely win, but sometimes you do. Mrs. Dubose won… According to her views she died beholden to nothing and nobody. She was the bravest person I knew,” proving to Jem that courage is not seen so easily in someone who does not try to make a point that they have it (Lee 149). Mrs. Dubose hid her courage and bravery behind an act of meanness and judgment, even though, she was so much more than an old, mean, morphine
Dubose, a previous morphine addict, is judged, mainly on the way she treats Jem and Scout. Most people of Maycomb see Mrs. Dubose as a mean, old, morphine addict; however, Atticus Finch sees what most people do not see in her, a woman who had a difficult life trying to die with a shred of dignity. When talking to Jem, Atticus explains, “I wanted you to see what real courage is… it’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what,” showing that who Mrs. Dubose made herself out to be was the not they same person she actually was (Lee 149). Atticus also indicates, “you rarely win, but sometimes you do. Mrs. Dubose won… According to her views she died beholden to nothing and nobody. She was the bravest person I knew,” proving to Jem that courage is not seen so easily in someone who does not try to make a point that they have it (Lee 149). Mrs. Dubose hid her courage and bravery behind an act of meanness and judgment, even though, she was so much more than an old, mean, morphine