To Kill A Mockingbird is set in the early nineteen hundreds and so many things have changed since then, so I find it difficult to really compare my life to the character's lives in the novel. Some little things do really stand out to me though. For one, people mess up. Children
and adults. Have you ever met a person that is always overly happy and perfect? It would be creepy... and inhuman. That's because no one is perfect and you really can't be happy if you've never been sad. I don't think it's possible to never mess up, but I do believe it is possible to make the best out of your mistakes. In
To Kill A Mockingbird racism is widespread and serious. People are made fun of because of the color of their skin, and for an African American there is no such thing as a fare trial. In this case the adults were too cowardly to stand up for African Americans, therefore they were wrong. Sometimes I am wrong (but most of the time I'm totally right hahaha) but the thing is I can still learn from my mistakes. After the Tom Robinson case, people
were moved, and at least a couple more people discovered the cause of their actions (in other words actually noticed the damage they provoked) and if the story was to be continued, I do believe that at a steady pace, the people of Maycomb would learn to accept all that came into their arms willingly.
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