2006-11-16 12:50:32 · 7 answers · asked by crlsrys101 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
To act upon your conscience and do what is "right" or follow the crowd/mob and not be noticed or ostricized.
2006-11-16 12:53:37 · answer #1 · answered by feanor 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think the Tom Robinson trial is the primary conflict in TKM. This is because neither Tom nor Atticus is the primary character in the novel. The primary characters are the children: Jem; and, to a lesser degree, Scout. Consider the climax of the novel. No, it's not the trial, filled with drama as those chapters may be. Harper Lee points out the true climax in the opening line of the story: "When my brother Jem was nearly fifteen, his arm was badly broken at the elbow." (I'm going from memory here, so I apologize if the quote is not exact.) Scout makes the mistake that most people make: "I maintain the Ewells started it all." Jem, though, sees the true roots of the conflict: "Jem said it started the summer Dill came to us and first gave us the idea to make Boo Radley come out." There are two main story arcs in this novel, the Tom Robinson story and the Boo Radley story. What ties them together is the children, their response to each of these, and their subsequent growth. Jem in particular undergoes the greatest struggles as he becomes aware of the world around him, a world that is far more complex than he thought. Consider two times Jem cries: once as he contemplates Boo Radley's house after Nathan Radley cements up the knothole, then again after the guilty verdict is announced against Tom Robinson. In both cases, he is pained by the suffering of an innocent victim at the hands of what society considers the "right" way to deal with things. Jem is the true protagonist in this story, the character who is transformed through conflict. Thus the primary conflict belongs with Jem, and not with Atticus.
2016-05-21 21:42:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Racism
2006-11-16 13:00:07 · answer #3 · answered by mccjannivanni 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scout dealing with all the changes in her life, including family relationships and her views on the world
2006-11-16 12:58:17 · answer #4 · answered by butterflykisses427 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To me it was about a relationship, a little boy and his father. He was not old enough to understand racism. Seeing the world through the eyes of this child he was asking why is everyone so upset that my father a white is defending a black man? The father tried to explain it to him but of course it doesn't make sense.
2006-11-16 12:58:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
The inner struggle with us all to do what is right even in the face of adversity or own insecurities.
2006-11-16 12:55:28 · answer #6 · answered by zphiv 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Racism due to ignorance
2006-11-16 12:52:38 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋