Things are not that bad...

Garett 2022-03-14 14:12:21

The robins are a kind of beneficial bird, they will only bring pleasant singing to this society. Besides, they have not hurt anyone. There is a saying in the south of the United States that killing a robin is a sin. There are two robins in the article, one is black Tom Robinson, and the other is "weird" Bu Ladley. Black Tom was found guilty "unsurprisingly" in a case where the truth was "obvious." Deep-rooted prejudice eventually killed Tom. The weird Bobby Tom was lucky. His guarding of the children eventually won the children's trust and the sheriff and lawyer's protection of him. The tragedies of the two robins were due to social prejudice. At that time, the southern blacks were a low race and the root of crime, because this prejudice usually seemed to be entangled by the honest and loyal villagers and even wanted to treat them before the trial began. The black man shot and killed, and Mr. Cunningham was a typical representative of this group of executioner villagers. Cunningham first appeared in the story because the life of farmers has become increasingly difficult after the economic collapse. After he did not have the money to repay Atticus’s legal fees, he did not repay his debts but chose to repay the debt silently; through the new female teacher The attention of the Cunningham family knows that this is a spineless family that would rather go hungry than accept alms; he appeared in a group of accomplices who wanted to shoot Tom when he was still complimented in the future; and wanted to treat him. When he made the accusation, he was the first group of people who were moved away in shame by Scott's words "we are not malicious" and relieved Atticus from trouble. As Atticus described it, "He is essentially a good man, but he just has his own blind spots like the rest of us. Every mob is made up of people. He is one of the mobs, but he is still "Individuals", not only Cunningham, but also Deere’s aunt who unscrupulously preached rumors of terrible stories, etc. They represent most of the villagers, perhaps more of the majority of society, they are not pure evil. They did not harm or even kill some people with pure malice, but their behavior did push some people into desperate situations and could not survive. You can't even criticize them. However, things are not that bad. Everything can be saved because everyone’s kind heart has not been completely wiped out. Human blind spots may conceal the essence of human kindness, but the many possibilities brought about by social development are that blind spots will eventually be destroyed. One day wiped away, the group of people represented by Atticus is making an effort to this end.

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To Kill a Mockingbird quotes

  • Tom Robinson: I can't use my left hand at all. I got it caught in a cotton gin when I was twelve years old. All my muscles were tore loose.

  • [testifying]

    Tom Robinson: Well, I said I best be goin', I couldn't do nothin' for her, an' she said, oh, yes I could. An' I asked her what, and she said to jus' step on the chair yonder an' git that box down from on top of the chifforobe. So I done like she told me, and I was reachin' when the next thing I know she... grabbed me aroun' the legs.

    [a murmur erupts in the courthouse]

    Tom Robinson: She scared me so bad I hopped down an' turned the chair over. That was the only thing, only furniture 'sturbed in the room, Mr. Finch, I swear, when I left it... Mr. Finch, I got down off the chair, and I turned around an' she sorta jumped on me. She hugged me aroun' the waist. She reached up an' kissed me on the face. She said she'd never kissed a grown man before an' she might as well kiss me. She says for me to kiss her back.

    [Tom shakes his head, re-living the ordeal with his eyes half-closed]

    Tom Robinson: And I said, Miss Mayella, let me outta here, an' I tried to run. Mr. Ewell cussed at her from the window and said he's gonna kill her.