FREE ESSAY ON TO KILL A MOCKING BIRD

TO KILL A MOCKING BIRD

To Kill A Mockingbird
Outcasts, they are part of every society, yet they cause no harm. Society
outcasts don't choose their status, instead society it self chooses it for them. An
outcast is usually the type of person who is different, and because of their oddity they
are rejected. Society seems to tend and discard them on grounds that they aren't
what society defines as normal. People casted out are considered a threat to the rest
of society, because they endanger the, "normalcy," that society continuously
struggles to obtain. Rejected from society, some of these outcasts will; isolate
themselves, despise and torment others, or try to be accepted in to society by doing
whatever necessary. They are often taunted, compared, put up with, restricted,
and/or penalized by society for being who they are. All they need to survive is their
families, shelter, friends, and sometimes the need for a feeling of acceptance. I feel,
on the other hand, while people try so hard to perfect there society, they don't realize
their own problems which leads to their downfall in the end.
In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird there were several model people rejected
from society in one way or another. Atticus Finch, one of the main characters in the
story, was more of an accepted outcast because he was respected, but was still
different from the rest of society. Through out the story Atticus was fairly respected
and even in some cases a vital part of society because of his knowledge, and skills. 
He wasn't like the rest of society which left him out of the clique called society. He
kept his thoughts and opinions to himself, did no gossiping of others, minded his own
business, and treated everyone as an equal to him if not more. I think he was one of
the wisest characters in the story as he always took everything into its proper
perspective and stood up for what he believed in. He was more of a positive force
towards society than a negative, all ways helping when needed. One of his most
respected qualities is always being polite and treating people equally despite their
social or society status. Although he wasn't like everyone else he didn't need to be,
just to be accepted instead he kept to himself and delivered no threat to societies
desired normalcy. In the end the outcome of his actions were accepted by society
and Atticus was looked up to by some, but still despised by others.
Another character was Tom Robinson, a black man, and the time this story was taking
place colored people were discriminated against on terms of race. Tom Robinson
was very much one of the out casts of society. He had special laws and rules to
obide by because he wasn't white, or the preferred race of the society. He was
different because of the color of his skin and that scared the society he lived in. He
tried his hardest to be respectful and nice to the white people in order to hopefully be
accepted. This led to his downfall as he would of, and did, do anything in order to be
accepted. I believe he was smart not to disobey, but he should not have done so
much for other people just to have the feeling of belonging. I believe if Tom would
have been more aware of the positions and situations he was putting him self in, in
order to be accepted, then he could have prevented his predicament.
Boo Radley, one of the more mysterious characters in the story, never appeared in
front of society instead isolated, or instead the society isolated, himself in his house
with family. Boo was abnormal, in a retarded form, his family most likely chose to
keep him isolated from society, so that he wouldn't have to deal with their harshness
and unacceptance. I believe Boo was one of the smartest characters in this novel
despite his handicap, if society didn't want to accept him then it was their problem. 
As shown in the end of the story when Boo made his first appearance he did nothing,
but good to society and only if it was realized sooner he could have been a great
contribution to society. Boo was a lucky person to not have had to been tormented by
society because of his deformities.
Bob Ewell was an uneducated derelict of society. He did no good and was despised
by everyone. He was uneducated and always filthy dirty which made people look
down on him. He was a trouble maker and lire, but was still favored over the black
community of people despite the despise people have for him. I believe that society
may have done the right thing by rejecting him as a punishment for his actions and
cruelty, but maybe that action is what made him the way he was. Bob Ewell finally got
what was coming to him in the end of the story because of his attempt to hurt Jem,
Atticus's son. In the end when viewed at from a wide perspective he can be thanked
for one reason as he led to the great discovery of Boo Radley.
Despite the disadvantages to being a outcast of society there are many advantages
not seen. I believe that it is society that has the problem if someone is rejected
because in most of the cases they are casted out for the wrong reasons. Those
outcasts need to realize that they are better off without society, if society chooses to
cast you out then you're probably going to be better off with out them. To Kill A
Mockingbird revolved around its outcast'd characters and reflected on them to show
that 99% of the outcasts are better off without societies cruel discriminations and
injustice, in my opinion. I will all ways despise people who try to fit in to certain
clique's and would do anything to be accepted into them, because that's wrong. You
shouldn't have to do anything special to be accepted into society, so if your rejected
then your probably going to be better off that way anyway.
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