to kill a mocking bird theme?

Question

explain how the following theme is brought out of the novel: Education is not limited to the classroom, but is an important part of a person's everyday life. (3 examples from the book.)

what lessons does scout learn not in class??

I READ THE BOOK. this is one of the questions i dont understand.. well i dont know it.

Answer 1

thats not the best theme of the story, but i have 3 examples for that theme.

1. scout learns more from her father than her teachers. she had already learned to read before she went to school for the first time, and the teacher refused to believe her and made her read the "right" way. elaborate on that.

2. sometimes life is a better teacher than a real one. throughout the years living in her small town, scout learned about prejudice, morals, and (true to the title) what a mockingbird really is. the mockingbird was a metaphor for someone who is wrongfully hidden or blamed for something in society, such as Boo Radly. scout learned about prejudice in the court room when her father, Atticus, was moral and just enough to a take a case and defend a black man. she learned about the importance of family when she met Dill, whose parents didnt care about him at all. she learned from Boo especially, because although no one had ever cared about him or even thought about him, he helped others.

3. lastly, scout, at her young age, learned about people. by the end of the book, she had an undertstanding that not all people are good and not all people are bad, but sometimes they can be both and sometimes its not their fault, but society's fault.

i read this book 3 years ago in my freshman year.

hope i helped.

Answer 2

I can't improve on what Just Ryan said (although I think it's significant that it was Calpurnia, the cook, who taught Scout to read and write), and I doubt that anyone else can. I think she deserves Best Answer.

Answer 3

Go read the book! It's a GREAT story.