Click on the blue text to follow us on ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee. Some people say that when you feel wronged and lost, you must watch ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’; When you don’t know how to educate your child, you might as well read ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’; When you feel hopeless about people, you can watch ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’.
Reading a good novel is like getting a treasure trove of life, where everyone can find their own wisdom.
This book mainly tells the story of a kind and innocent black man who was framed and imprisoned. The story of lawyer Atticus, who disregarded the opinions of those around him and tried his best to defend him.
This book provides the most reasonable explanations for parenting, prejudice, kindness, bravery, and so on.
The author Harper Lee won the Pulitzer Prize for this novel, which has sold over 40 million copies worldwide.
In 2007, George W. Bush awarded Harper Lee the Medal of Freedom in recognition of her literary achievements.
After reading it, many readers commented that the life without reading this book is really different from the life after reading it.
01 Innocent mockingbirds mockingbirds are kind birds that never do bad things, only hum beautiful music for people to appreciate.
There is a black man named Tom Robinson in the book, and his family is well behaved and pure. Like a mockingbird, it never competes, never steals, and never harms others.
However, Tom never thought that his kindness would lead him to legal trouble. Originally, Tom often went out to work as a picker for a period of time, and he passed by a house called Miss Mayella every day.
Mayella saw that Tom was very kind, so she asked him to help her with some scattered work and deliberately asked if she should give Tom five cents.
Tom thought it was just a small gesture and naturally refused her reward. Unexpectedly, Mayella took advantage and hugged Tom’s legs, kissing his cheek.
She said she had never kissed an adult man before, and kissing a black person would be fine. Tom was frightened and fled, but this scene was still witnessed by Mayella’s father.
He indiscriminately sued Tom to court. Despite the numerous loopholes in the testimony of Mayella and her father, and the obvious truth of the matter, Tom was still found guilty.
Just because he is black, just because this is a white supremacist town. Admitting Tom’s innocence seems to be challenging their authority.
They would rather overturn right and wrong than clear Tom’s name. In the end, innocent Tom was hit during his escape and passed away forever.
In fact, it was not only the Mayella father and daughter who killed Tom, but also the indifferent, selfish, and indifferent jury.
If the people in the small town were as righteous as Atticus, perhaps Tom would have a different ending.
There is a line in the movie “Let the Bullets Fly”: “People don’t want to believe that a bandit’s name is Mu Zhi; people prefer to believe that his name is Ma Zi, and people are particularly willing to believe that he should have Ma Zi on his face.
” Many people habitually view the weak with prejudice, but they don’t know that those who bully the weak are often themselves weak.
Harming innocent people cannot prove one’s sense of superiority. Habitual indifference and discrimination will eventually fall on oneself.
02 Bravery is a firm determination that knows it’s impossible. Daughter asks Atticus why he defends a ‘black man’.
She said her classmates were all discussing her father’s behavior. Atticus answered seriously, ‘I am indeed defending a black man.
If I don’t do this, I won’t be able to hold my head up in town, represent the county in parliament, or even teach you and your brother Jem how to be a good person.
‘. He hopes to guide his children towards the correct values through his own actions. As expected, after taking on this case, Atticus was met with disdain from most of the people in the town.
They don’t care about the truth of things, they only believe what they want to believe. However, these negative public opinions did not affect Atticus.
He believes that there is one thing that cannot follow the principle of conformity, and that is human conscience.
We cannot give up striving for victory just because of the failures of the past century. In court, he calmly and calmly defended Tom.
Even though knowing that their chances of winning are not high, they still give it their all. He had clear logic and clear rules, speaking the toughest words in the gentlest tone, making Mayella and her father stomp their feet in anger on the spot.
Although the final result was not satisfactory, Atticus was stood up in awe by all the black people at the time.
They genuinely respect this white lawyer from the bottom of their hearts. Remembering a quote from Lu Xun: “You can choose silence by hiding in a corner, but don’t mock or even slander those who are braver than you, because the light they fight for will also shine on you.
If I watch with a cold eye today and one day disaster strikes me, no one will cheer for me. Bravery is not about showing off one’s strength, nor is it about being fearless.
But even though they are afraid, they still harbor compassion, hold a sharp sword, and face difficulties head-on.
Even in the face of darkness, we must keep our hearts open to the light. Even if the outcome is destined to fail, we cannot give up the right to strive for victory.
Justice may be late, but it will not be absent. In retaliation for justice, Atticus, Mayella’s father, chose to attack his children.
On a gloomy and terrifying night, he took advantage of no one around and forcefully pulled Jem down, leaving Scout gasping for breath.
Fortunately, the eccentric Arthur arrived in time and saved the isolated siblings. The malicious father of Mayella ultimately suffered the consequences and died on the spot with a kitchen knife stuck in his rib.
Officer Mr. Tate is well aware that he was killed by the eccentric Arthur. But he doesn’t want to make any excuses for this wicked person.
His conclusion for this case is that the cause of death for Mayella’s father was that he stabbed himself in the stomach with a knife.
Honest Atticus does not want to cover up the truth, he hopes to be judged through legal means. And Tate convinced him with a very insightful sentence: ‘Let the dead bury the dead.
‘ Subconsciously, Mayella’s father deserved it, and since he had killed Tom, he should be held responsible for his own mistakes.
If we continue to investigate, the strange Arthur will definitely be implicated. They naturally have a balance in their hearts about which is more important.
In Sheriff Tate’s mind, a mockingbird had already died innocently, and he hoped to save it now. Good and evil will eventually be rewarded, we only hope to arrive early or late.
Justice may be late, but it will not be absent. At this moment, the true face of the strange Arthur gradually surfaced.
He’s not even human at all
What we call ‘monsters’ is not necessarily’ villains’. He is just a young person who lives alone all year round and has some social anxiety.
It is people’s prejudice that obscures his truth and kindness. So, we cannot blindly follow others’ opinions.
We cannot view everyone around us with prejudice, in order to avoid the tragedy of the mockingbird as much as possible.
As Teacher Luo Xiang once said, “You don’t need to believe in the justice you see, it’s the justice you can’t see that needs to be believed in.
This morning, the haze blocked the sun, but don’t be afraid, the sun is still in the clouds. ” In the end, there are three views in life: to see heaven and earth, to know awe; Seeing sentient beings, understanding compassion; Seeing oneself, clear the way back.
The Atticus in the book interprets for us the bravest and most upright character in life. He is wise and knowledgeable, yet still humble; He saw through people’s indifference and ignorance, but also retained a heart of pity; He knew he had embarked on a dangerous and arduous path, yet he still chose to face difficulties without flinching.
Those who know others are wise, and those who know themselves are wise. He believes that before accepting others, one must first accept oneself.
Even in the world of crows, swans are guilty; Even if the world is filled with false lies, there are always people who are willing to live in what is called pure original sin.
Give yourself back, give others back, let flowers become flowers, let trees become trees. May justice not disappoint every kind mockingbird.
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