A Summary of To Kill A Mockingbird
 
(Essay #13)
 
In the 1930's life was varied, especially in Alabama. In
Harper Lee's novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, it can be seen
that life in Alabama was very different than it is now. The
community in 1930's Alabama did not consider human rights
very important if the person was black. If the person was
white they had a wide range of rights. Education was very
limited and learning to read by phonics was just an
experiment to them. Education wasn't that important to the
community, since the best educated Ewell only had two years
of schooling. The justice system was decent back then, but
the juror system was to prejudicial. The people judging the
fates of people had either no education or were completely
racist or prejudged defendants. Equality was not thought of
back in the 1930's. There was no equality of Negroes and
whites. Negroes were thought of as inferior, or if you
didn't think so that you were trash. There are some
common societal problem with the 1930's and today.
Prejudice and unequality still exist today. Although it
isn't as strong as it was back then. They still exist to
some extent. The justice system is messed up in both cases.
Instead of people convicting for anything in 1930, people
aren't convicting now. In 1930 were someone can die with
almost no evidence, has now changed to a mountain of
evidence and letting the man go free. Education is now more
important than it was in 1930. It is mandatory to at least
go through the twelfth grade where it wasn't back then. 
Things have changed since 1930 and ideals on equality have
changed dramatically. While there are still small bands of
people who are still racist, it is not nearly as many as
there were in 1930. The justice system is still messed up
as it was in the 1930s. It is solely the jury that messes
up in making decisions and cases. The jurors are letting to
many guilty people go free while in the 1930s they let to
many innocent men go to jail. I guess I would rather let
guilty men go free, but it is still frustrating to see
murders go free. But the American society has evolved since
the 1930s and will continue to do so towards the future. 
I will do much to help the future. I will continue to get a
good education to someday help me when I have to serve for
jury duty. I may run for a political position when I am
older to help the country run better. I will help with
voluntary services like I have now with Key club and other
programs. If anything, at least spread a message of
anti-hate, and at least slow down prejudice and racism.
Nothing can hurt more than racism. It has to be slowed
down as it is spreading extremely fast. It cannot be
ignored. The message of anti-hate has to be spread, before
the country collapses with people killing people based
solely on the color of their skin.