Life Lesson

One life lesson that I think Scout and Jem have learned is to be fair to everybody white, or black. I think with everyone around them like Miss Maudie and Atticus definitely make an impact on this lesson. After Tom Robinson's case I think Scout and especially Jem were shakin up a bit. "I don't know but they did it. They've done it before and they did it tonight and they'll do it again and when they do it...it seems that only children weep. Goodnight." (213). I think this explains that Jem was just so confused and sad because he was so optimistic that the jury would acquit Tom Robinson, that he was almost depressed that he was guilty. Jem is even still too young that he doesn't realize that it doesn't matter if he was innocent or not which he was but it's a black mans word against a white mans.

I think this is an important life lesson because even today weather people want to admit to it or not racism is still going on. I believe that racism is so cruel to black people because it's not fair for someone to get judged just because of their skin color. All in all, I don't think racism will ever be gone. I believe it's one of those things people won't change because it all starts on how their raised.