Main Message

I thought the main message of the book was about racism and equality of men. That all men can be good or evil, no matter the color of thier skin. We have very obvious examples. The Ewells- white but ignorant, disrespectful, and trashy. And then we have Calpurnia and Tom Robinson-honest, hard working, good morals, respectful. Clearly we can see that the color of skin doesn't matter. But what Shyla said is true. The small mindedness of Aunt Alexandra cannot be changed even when they have the good example of Atticus around. Atticus is respectful of all persons and treats them well. I enjoyed reading the whole court scene. I thought it was well written. The only part that I thought got a little long was when Atticus was delivering his final speech to the jury. We got the point already. I feel the author could have cut at least two paragraphs of the closing speech and it would still be enough. Too bad the Sheriff and the Ewells did not get thier stories straight before they got on the stand. What a bunch of idiots!!