Finished

So I have just finished reading To Kill a Mockingbird and the ending was nothing what like I expected. I thought that Tom Robinson would definitely be set free because of Atticus convincing argument. The fact that Atticus showed that Ewells daughter was beaten by a person who is left handed. He then continued to show everybody present in the court that Mr.Ewell was left handed. In the end, even with all the proof that Mr. Ewell did beat his daughter, they still put Tom Robinson in jail because of the fact he was African American. Due to the trial and Atticus breaking all his credibility with the citizens of Maycomb, Bob Ewell became furious and threatened Atticus. Atticus took it lightly saying that he would get it all out of his system but that was not the case. The last few chapters showed us that Mr.Ewell tryed to kill Jem and Scout, Atticus' kids. Luckily Scout and Jem were saved by Boo Radley.

Troughout the entire book we could see Jem and Scout becoming more mature slowly. Their adventures in the beginning were what anybody would expect from children. As time goes on the age gap between Jem and Scout becomes more defined. Jem sees that and starts telling Scout that she will not understand the stuff Atticus and he talk about until she is mature like he is. Scout, despite her stubbornness, does mature. Some examples of her being mature is when Scout went up to the mob of guys threatening Atticus and starts a conversation with them. This shows them how childish they are being and how mature Scout is becoming. Another example of her becoming more mature is when she talks with Boo Radley.

Maycomb seems like a tight knit community where gossip runs wild and racism runs high. Because of the close community, the fact that Atticus made Bob Ewell look bad in court was an enormous deal to him because everybody would know what happened. Having a close community is not always bad though. When Miss Maudie's house caught on fire all of Maycomb helped to put it out.

A theme that seemed to be apparent throughout the novel were mockingbirds. In the book Atticus and Miss Maudie tell Jem and Scout that it is bad to kill a Mockingbird because all they do is make music for us to enjoy. Jem, later on in the book, says that to hurt boo Radley would be like killing a mockingbird. In the end, Tom Robinson is killed for trying to escape. His death and Boo Radley are compared to killing a mockingbird because they are both innocent and have a disability. For Tom robinson his arm is his disability, for Boo Radley it is his lack of social skills. The community affects this because they were the ones who wrongly accused Tom Robinson, for raping Bob Ewell's daughter, and Boo Radley for creating absurd rumors about him and why he is never outside. In a way the community were the cause of the deaths.