TKAM Blog Prompt 7

Many readers have said that reading “To Kill a Mocking Bird” made a difference in their lives. How did the novel affect you? Do you think the novel ultimately paints a positive or negative picture of relations between blacks and whites? Write a personal response about how the novel affected your ideas of personal courage in the face of injustice. Refer to elements of the plot and specific characters to support your comments.

The novel changed my opinion of the victims of prejudice, and in this context, it would be Boo Radley. The novel ultimately paints a negative picture of relations between blacks and whites, however that was in the past not now. People are prejudiced against some people because they are different from ordinary people, especially in terms of disabilities. However, from the content in the story, the opinions of Boo Radley were definitely wrong and he was described such a horrible character that I thought he would have played a large part in the story. However, in this context, people can be judged wrongly, thus receiving unfair treatment due to the fact that they are victims of prejudice. In this story, although those that are prejudiced by others are different from ordinary people on the outlook, it may not mean that one does not have moral domains, in which we assume most of the time when we are prejudiced against other people. Those that act up against injustice are those that have the Kantian view, from this story, it has brought out the different types of prejudice, and the consequences of prejudice, in the context of the Tom Robinson case, deaths even occurred. Thus, it is important for those that have the Kantian view to grow on their personal courage to stand up for those that are wrongful victims of prejudice.