To Kill a Mockingbird

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point of view. Scout asked her Father, Atticus why was he still defending Tom Robinson if he know he was not going to win the trail? Atticus response was,” Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started it no reason for us not to try to win” (Lee, 101). Rosa Parks took the first courageous step to do the right thing which allowed people to empathise with her and the rest of the African American community to consider things from their point of view and try to tackle the obstacle of racism and discrimination.

Atticus lessons of inner strength, social activism , and showing empathy could also apply to Asa Philip Randolph with the March on Washington. Throughout the book Atticus always taught his kids that one must put up the courage to overcome any challenge.The March on Washington was a courageous step for economic equality and social freedom. Thousands of courageous people showed up and marched for one cause, to end discrimination. This protest was put together by a man who that had seen enough of people not standing up for what was right, Asa Philip Randolph “... called for a march on Washington, D. C., to draw attention to the exclusion of African Americans from positions in the national defense industry” (March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom) . Atticus belief in having inner strength to overcome an obstacle similar to values Randolph drew upon when he put together The March on Washington. Atticus also thought it was important to do the right thing for the good of humanity, another value shared by Randolph. Like Atticus, he did the right thing when he decided to take matter into his own hand and to start a protest, The March on Washington. The March on Washington was the right move to make when many were not doing anything to try to end discrimination. The outcome of people that march in The March on Washington were about 250,000 people and known as one of the largest protest in history. That day was filled with hope for a new beginning towards stopping discrimination against African Americans. Atticus also believed that another person’s point of view should be taken into consideration. Engendering empathy is what the African Americans needed to end discrimination. The March on Washington had so much recognition that it “.. pushed President Franklin D. Roosevelt to issue Executive Order 8802, which mandated the formation of the Fair Employment Practices Commission to investigate racial discrimination charges against defense firms.” ( Official Program for The March on Washington). President Franklin D. Roosevelt considered things for African Americans point of view and issued a law stopping discrimination of jobs.This march was the step to ending limits on jobs and freedoms of black people during this time.Atticus words of considering things from another persons of view would be parallel to what President Franklin did when he passed the law. Philips courageous step in making a protest to stand up for what is right allowed others to empathize for African Americans.

In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Atticus words of wisdom of having moral courage, always doing the right things, and to consider things from another person’s point of view could be applied to Civil Rights Acts like Bus Boycotts and The March on Washington. To Kill a Mockingbird allowed readers to understand how things were in the 1960s and to see things as they were when discrimination was still around. It also allowed the readers to empathise fort the wrong acts during this time of sadness and to understand both the need for change and the values necessary to cause change.. This novel is still relevant to today’s because it teaches people how to be find courage to consider things from another person’s point of view when one needs to stand up for what is right against what is wrong. Also, these values can still help with today’s. We could find inner strength to do what’s right because of empathy of considering things from another person’s point of view.

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