Jada Wesson

3/31/17

Essay

Miss Bryant 7th period

Whenever you hear the word equality, what do you think of? Well, in ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’, the main characters, Finch, Jem, and Finch, all they learned about what this was exactly. Equality, back in this time, was very rare, unless it was for all the white people. Many colored people weren’t considered equal with anyone except their own kind. Harper Lee wrote To Kill A Mockingbird  during the time when equality was needed and racism was so high that many people didn’t know how to act except to not like the colored people.

Many families passed racism over and over to their family because they were rasied to not like colored people. People aren’t born racist they are taught to be. It’s all for a reason many people have different reasons.Nowadays, since most racism is gone, everyone is kind to each other, and we all have equality, together as humans. To Kill A Mockingbird was and is still the greatest book but why? It shows how equality was a struggling back in those times, and how just a small change can make a big impact on the world.

During the requiem American dream it was sort of like if you had wealth you had power also. In the film the main concern was to “Protect the minority of the opulent against the opulent against the majority.” Everyone had to be able to vote freely. Also what was mentioned that the poor wanted to organized to take the property from the rich. What does this have to do with the future? Some people hope in the future well want to reduce the democracy. Today people should have the opportunity and be able to have equal rights.

What is one value many Americans live by? I would most definitely say  Self-help. Because nowadays many people would rather do things on their own without anyone’s help. Like for an example Alisha would rather use a map then ask people for directions. She doesn’t need anyone help when she has an map. Makes much sense when you just to do it on your own.

I also live by that value too. I don’t like asking people for help some people react differently. Sometimes for an example if I need help I’ll try to do it on my own. If I feel like I’m not doing something right I’ll at least try afterwards ask adult or student that knows what they are talking about to help me with my work. That’s why I think it’s very important we should live by these values.