Revolutionary I. Intro A.

Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird is truly revolutionary in terms of social justice, and race relations because of the themes that are intertwined within the book. Like the themes if doing what is right even though society says what is right, perspective, and courage. II. What is right? A. The theme of doing what is right pops out a lot throughout the whole book. B. Many characters are out into the position of choosing what to do and when to do it even if it is something that doesn't look socially acceptable. C. Atticus taking Tom Robinson case even though he is sure he will lose the case. D. He is despised and ridiculed and even called a Nigger Lover by most of the people in Maycomb. III. Atticus. A. Even though he knows what he is doing isn't socially acceptable. B. doesn't back out just because the going is about to get tough. C. He also knows that Jem and Scout are about to go through a really tough time and does his best to explain that he has to do it because he wouldn't be able to live with himself if he didn't go through with it. IV. Scout. A. Scout see's the world differently than do the other people of Maycomb B. She does more observing than she does judging. Spends her time looking and making mental notes about the things that are happening to her and around her and then comes to a conclusion about the world around her without seeming biased. C. has been though well about social justice by Atticus and has been thought well, even though it seems sometimes like she might be like the other ignorant people. V. Scout and Boo Radley A. Scout has also learned to see the world from the eyes and the perspective of someone else B. That person being Boo Radley. C. Before she got the chance to meet him in person and got to walk him home, she had an idea on who she thought he was. This turned out to be wrong. D. After a couple of weeks and months and a bunch of observing . E. Then when she was done she was able to correct all of her assumptions that she had made before she had made any logical research. VI. Courage. A. Scout has also learned a lot about courage from watching her father. B. Watching her father not willing to give up and put everything on the line. C. Go against everyone in Maycomb not for pride because that would be an inclination, but doing what is right for the only reason being that it is the right thing to do. VII. Conclusion. A. Harper Lee's use of all of these themes in To Kill a Mockingbird make the novel revolutionary because it goes against the norms established at that period in time, it's a quintessential example of courage, and doing the right thing.