To Kill a Mockingbird-Natural human rights, everyone is equal.

This story happened in Mecom, a small town in southern Alabama in the early 1930s.

The 1930s was a very serious period of the Great Depression in the United States, and people faced unprecedented extreme poverty.

At the same time, the southern United States is the region with the most serious racial discrimination in the United States. Although slavery has long been abolished, racial discrimination left over from history has long been integrated into the blood of white people and has become their innate social attribute.

Black people do the hardest work, but they suffer the most cruel treatment. In a country that advocates that all men are created equal, blacks have no right to vote, are not protected by law and can be lynched.

In the historical development of the United States, racism is a problem that has to be mentioned. It is a characteristic of American southern society, and it is also a topic that runs through the development of American southern society.

When it comes to racial discrimination in the southern United States, many people have an arbitrary cognition that racism means that whites rule society, blacks obey whites, and whites oppress blacks.

In fact, the understanding of racism can not only stay at the definition level, it is a complex social problem, mixed with deep-rooted extreme national sentiment.

The reason why whites initially established armed forces against blacks was that the increasing number of blacks aroused the fear of whites; However, with the intensification of racial oppression, the sense of fear gradually weakened and the sense of racial superiority became stronger and stronger.

White people are not ashamed of oppressing black people, and even take it for granted and beautify it greatly.

? From the social background at that time, it seems that To Kill a Mockingbird is not completely applicable to modern society, but this cannot change the established fact that it is one of the greatest American novels.

The values conveyed in this book are like a pot of good wine. The more fragrant it is, the more layers it has.

The following are my deepest feelings.

1. We fought all the way, not to change the world, but to prevent the world from changing us.

If Addicks just tells children to be kind and resist evil, he is not a good father in my mind.

In my opinion, the most correct thing he did was that after he showed the children the complexity, filth and filth of the world, he still firmly told them to be kind and just.

Tom, a young black man, was framed for raping Meyer Rajul, a white girl. This incident was widely circulated in Mecom, a small town where racial discrimination was very serious at that time. White residents who are prejudiced against blacks take it for granted that Tom was raped, but Addicks Finch resolutely stood up and defended Tom.

Addicks said: "In the world we live in, there are always some things that make people lose their minds. Even if they try to be fair, the result is counterproductive. In our court, when the opposing sides are a white man and a black man, the white man always wins. These things are ugly, but this is the case in real life. "

Addicks was well aware of the dark side of this society, but when he stood in court as Tom's defender, he firmly told everyone present: "In this country, there is a way to make all people born equal, and there is a social system that makes beggars equal to Rockefeller, fools equal to Einstein, and ignorant people equal to the presidents of any university. Gentlemen, this institution is the court. "

He hates social injustice, but he is full of confidence in the future of the national judicial system and the sense of justice in the hearts of the people.

This is what Roman Roland called "heroism", that is, loving life after seeing the truth of life.

As a lawyer, Addicks should be more aware of all kinds of social injustice than ordinary people, but he chose to fight, and he fought with the belief of losing.

As he said, "Don't mistake people with guns for being brave." Courage is knowing that you will lose before you start, but do it anyway and stick to it. "

As a father, he insisted on telling his children that you should have your own standards. Even if there are too many things in the world that are powerful enough to change you, don't change yourself easily.

The world is devastated, and too many people choose to deceive themselves in order to live "correctly" like most people. Is the question as correct as others?

You should keep learning, feeling and absorbing, and emphasize your behavior with your thoughts.

Even if one day, you become the person who is accused by thousands of people, you should stick to it, because what you stick to will eventually achieve your personality.

2. Respect others like yourself and monsters like angels.

The Radley family is full of mystery. They don't have much contact with outsiders. In the minds of Mecom residents, the Radley family is like a place cursed by the devil.

There is a passage in the book that says, "Even if the fruit of Radley's walnut tree falls on one side of the school playground, no one dares to pick it up, because eating Radley's walnut will kill people. If someone hits a baseball into Radley's yard, no one will try to get it back, just like it was lost. "

People think that Radley is locked in his room, and people regard him as the ugly quasimodo in Notre Dame.

At the end of reading, you will find that Radley is indeed the quasimodo of Mecom Town, not because of his ugly appearance, but because of his kind heart.

Everyone misunderstood Radley, but Radley never abused anyone who passed by his house.

He gives children fun things through tree holes; Sew Jim's trousers and hang them on the wall. When Scott and Jim were attacked by Yule, he stepped forward.

When the world is full of discrimination and oppression, when these unbearable things come to you, avoidance is the only way.

A person's strength is very limited, and Radley can't fight against this society, so he hides himself.

This is his way of life, which is not a mistake, nor can it change the fact that he is a kind person.

Scott and Jim are curious about Radley, and the two children sincerely respect Radley.

At the end of the novel, Scott takes Radley's hand and walks into the house. Almost accompanied by words, such a picture emerges in my mind, which is the warmest and most healing picture in the whole novel.

It is impolite to judge and define a person at will; It is ignorant and stupid to label a group at will.

The eccentric Radley and black treatment in Mecom town should not continue to exist in modern society, or at least we should reduce this phenomenon.

For example, we will not discriminate against Xinjiang and Tibetans because of the riots. We think they all like to carry controlled knives, and most of them are grumpy guys. We don't think it's safe to travel in these areas. For example, don't discriminate against and alienate Hubei people who go out to work because COVID-19 in China first broke out in Wuhan, Hubei; For example, we shouldn't think that girls can't carry bottled water because men are naturally stronger than women, and so on.

There is a saying in the book, "Unless you put on a person's shoes and walk around like him, you will never really know a person."

Speak with facts rooted in the reality of your own life, and speak with empathy, rather than relying solely on subjective consciousness to judge.

Respect others like Scott and Jim and respect monsters like angels.

Even if it is unbearable, it is still valuable to have the ability to love the world.

The world is sometimes cruel, find your own way to survive.

Capogni is a servant who has worked in the Finch family for many years. She is a black woman. She was one of the few black people who could read and write. This skill enables her to help her two children in life and study. With the help of Capogni, Scott was able to read basically when the children at school just started reading.

In Addicks's view, Capogni is absolutely indispensable to his family, and Capogni is even more important than Addicks's own sister.

As a black maid, Capogni is very good at building her own value, which, in today's words, is the core competitiveness, the ability of "no one has me, no one has me".

When Capogni took Scott to church, Scott found that Capogni's posture and intonation were different. Capogni said she didn't want to look different from others. She said, "There is no need for a person to show everything he knows. This is not a lady's way. In addition, people don't like people who know more than themselves, which will make them angry. The language standard you use can't change them. Unless they want to learn, there is nothing they can do. You either shut up or say the same thing to them. "

This incident shows that Capogni is a thoughtful and knowledgeable person. She is not a cheap labor force without independent thinking. On the contrary, she knows all about some weaknesses in human nature and knows how to use them to make herself live safely in an unjust society.

Finding your own way to survive is what impressed me most about Capogni.

The earth is very crowded. If we are nervous and strict with everyone, we are likely to be exhausted one day.

To create your own value, you must learn to "talk to people and talk nonsense", spare no effort when you need to exert yourself, and shut up decisively when it is not worth wasting your breath. This is very clever.

It is better to cheat children than adults.

Compared with adults, adults prefer cheating and perfunctory children. I don't know what the adults around you are like. Anyway, all the adults around me are like this. Most of their reasons are for the good of their children.

There is a passage in To Kill a Mockingbird: "When a child asks you a question, you should answer it seriously. Don't ramble and talk about him from left to right." Although children are only children after all, they will be more keenly aware of your avoidance than adults, and avoidance will only confuse them. "

Addicks and Capogni are very sincere towards their two children. They never shy away from their own questions, and they try their best to answer them sincerely and fairly.

Therefore, compared with children of the same age, Scott and Jim have stronger empathy and analytical judgment.

When others discriminate against blacks, these two white children can sit in the black seat aboveboard, and when others slander Radley, they can hold Mr. Radley's hand generously.

They know how to appreciate the kindness and justice in human nature better than ordinary children, and decide who to associate with based on this.

Finally, end with a sentence in the book.

"No matter how many robins you shoot, it is a sin to remember To Kill a Mockingbird."