To kill a mockingbird one of the best selling, and most critically acclaimed books of all time, has everything to do with philosophy. This book chronicles the ever-twisting story of Jean Louise Finch, (or scout, as she is usually called) Her brother Jeremy (Jem) and her "husband to be" a boy her age, Dill. The part of the story I am concerned with is the trial, the jury votes all guilty, no hung Jury, nothing, just twelve angry men all over again. The jury is composed of white men, all intent on putting an innocent African American man in jail simply because he is an African American.
Racism has, whether americans choose to accept it or not, been part of american until quite recently, as there has always been someone willing to jump to some farfetched conclusion based solely of the ethnicity of a person. Politics played a strong role in making sure the unethical choice always appeared the be the favorable one, especially when the consequences of such a law were foreign and distant, as they truly had no effect of the average person.
The government has limited the rights of many simply because their salary, and pride are on the line. I find it disturbing that such an atrocity could occur in our society of all places, in the place where quote " all men are created equal." It just goes to show that all government is corrupt, no matter which way it is.
Nice job on your blog post! I've read this book once and it's so refreshing to read a blog post about it. I like how you really blend in politics with this book, but I need to hear more of your opinion. What do you feel about racism? I can tell already that you've got strong feelings against it, but why do you think the government actually allowed it? There has to be a reason. To me, racism is a restriction to all races that they can't be as superior as the other. It's tragic and upsetting to see people agree on and actually vote on something just because of a racial problem, and it almost doesn't even make sense. Today, our own president is African-American How do you feel about that? I almost feel as if Mr. Obama symbolizes equality, as crazy as it sounds. We've learned to accept racial differences, but what you should really think about is why these people didn't learn to accept that about 100 years ago. Nice blog post anyway.
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