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American writer Harper. Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird has been hailed as must-read for men, and the integrity and kindness of Atticus in the book have influenced generations and will continue to do so.
In his departure speech, Obama, the former US president, directly quoted a famous sentence from the book:You can never really get to know a person unless you put yourself in their shoes, unless you get into his ** and walk around like him.
Some netizens commented: The life without reading this book is really different from the life after reading it.
I think a large part of the reason for such a high evaluation is that the image of Atticus in the book as upright, kind and kind to children is deeply rooted in people's hearts.
The story takes place in Maycombe, a small town in the American South during the Great Depression, and the protagonist Scout's father, Atticus. Finch was appointed as the lawyer for the defense in a black ** case, and although he had evidence of the black man's innocence, the jury still found the black man guilty, and the black man tried to escape from prison and was unfortunately shot to death.
Atticus understood that the lawsuit was bound to fail.
However, in order to set an example for his two children, he knows that the road ahead is dark, and he is willing to use his meager strength to bring a ray of light to the night.
When it comes to how to educate children, Atticus has its own set of methods.
Among them, learning in life and leading by example are his most convincing points.
Qin Zhaoyang said: Life is the largest and thickest book, the most vivid, the most exciting, it seems to be easy to understand, but it is actually difficult to understand.
There are many things that happen in life and many people are met.
After some things happen, it is often incomprehensible, but because of these things, we have a deeper understanding of life.
In life, we will meet all kinds of people, and everyone has a point that breaks through our cognition.
We have to learn in life, and then learn to live better.
Life is like a movie with no ending, and you can always taste something special in it.
The wicked are not evil
Ever since Atticus was designated to defend blacks, his two children, Scout and Jem, have been subjected to ridicule from whites.
In that era of very serious racial discrimination, white people fought for black people, which was a betrayal for other white people.
Mrs. Dubose was the most ridiculed of them all.
Mrs. Dubose was a lonely old man who often sneered at Scout and Jem as they passed by her door, saying things that made them uncomfortable.
On one occasion, Mrs. Dubose made another merciless taunt of Scout and Jem.
In addition to this, she also made a point of mentioning that their father's lawsuit for a black man was a very serious matter for Jem.
In his eyes, this was a serious insult to his father, whom he respected the most.
Enraged, Jem snatched Scout's gymnastic stick and rushed into Mrs. Dubose's yard, breaking all the camellia branches in her yard.
When Atticus finds out, he tells Jem to apologize to Mrs. Dubose.
Mrs. Dubose asks Jem to read to her for a month, during which time Jem witnesses how a patient struggles with his illness.
It turned out that Mrs. Dubose had been injected with morphine for pain and had become addicted to morphine, but before she died, she wanted to quit morphine and leave cleanly.
Atticus tells Jem that even if he doesn't interrupt Mrs. Dubose's camellia, he plans to let him read to Mrs. Dubose.
Because he wanted his son to see what true bravery is:To be brave is to know that you are going to lose before you even start, but still do it without hesitation and stay the course no matter what happens. One person rarely wins, but there will always be times when he wins.
Mrs. Dubose bravely battled her addiction and eventually passed away peacefully without relying on morphine.
The average person would rather stay away from someone like Mrs. Dubose who slanders him.
However, Atticus is willing to let her son get close to her, understand her, and learn from her the good qualities that belong to her.
There is a saying in "Lü's Spring and Autumn Period": Good scholars, the strengths of dummies make up for their shortcomings.
Everyone has their own strengths, and we need to learn from the strengths of others to make up for our own shortcomings.
Discovering the strengths of others and using them for their own use is a skill for those who are good at learning.
And the person who has this skill must be a person with great wisdom.
Good people are not good
Black Tom. The case of Robinson** white Mayela caught the attention of the residents of Maycomb, and they were outraged that white lawyer Atticus went so far as to defend black people.
They ignored the fact that Atticus was the defense attorney appointed by the judge for the defense, and they found it incredible that Atticus had agreed to defend the black man.
The inhabitants of the small town of Maycomb have gone from good guys to bad guys seemingly overnight.
The people of Cunningham's family were honest and dutiful farmers, and Atticus had dealt with them before, and they had great respect for Atticus.
However, in the matter of Atticus defending Tom, they also sided with the others and confronted Atticus in an attempt to lynch Tom before the case.
Atticus explained to the children that the Cunningham family, like everyone else, had fallen into a cognitive blind spot.
Fortunately, Scout used his former friendship to awaken Cunningham's inner conscience and get Atticus out of danger.
At the trial, everyone could see from the whole defense that Mr. Ewell was lying, and that Tom, the black man, was innocent.
Thirteen-year-old Jem was still excited to think that Tom would definitely be released in court.
But the jury gave the verdict: guilty.
Jem's young mind couldn't accept this result, and Atticus could only reluctantly tell him that they did, that they had done it before, that they had done it again tonight, that they would do it again, and that they would ...... when they did itIt seems that only children cry.
Although the results were not satisfactory, Atticus still analyzed the case with the children: there are times when the reality is unfair, but the fact that this trial can be delayed for so long is also a victory.
When it came time to select the jury members, Atticus deliberately placed the Cunningham family in it.
It is precisely because of their existence that there are finally people who break through their cognition and bravely stand up and argue for their reasoning before the jury reaches a verdict, and do not convict blacks so easily.
For the process of the trial of the two children, Atticus's sister strongly objected.
But Atticus was happy to see it, even though he was surprised that the children had secretly gone to the trial.
He believes that since they live in such an environment, they must learn to deal with it, both on the good side and on the bad side.
Not only did he not blame them, but he told them about the multifaceted nature of human nature, so that their perception of people is no longer so simple.
For children, we always want them to live in a better environment, and hope that the dark side of society will not erode them.
However, there is no absolute beauty in reality, and there is a sunny side and a dark side in life.
There is no absolute good and evil, and good and evil sometimes transform into each other.
The good guy who corresponds to your smiling face every day may also become an indifferent executioner.
These are difficult for children to understand, but they need to learn to accept them constantly.
Weirdos are not to blame
The town of Maycomb is home to a lonely family, and little Radley is rumored to be a terrifying weirdo.
Rumor has it that Radley was a child and mingled with the Cunningham family, and that a group of them were prosecuted for being too noisy, and that the other children were sentenced to public schools, while Radley was locked up in the house at his father's insistence.
This level is fifteen years.
Later, rumors spread that the thirty-three-year-old Ladd stabbed his father in the thigh with scissors, and the child was even more terrified of this strange man he had never met.
However, such eccentrics would put chewing gum, clay figures, old coins, and old watches in tree hollows and give them to Scout and Jem, who always wanted to spy on him.
When the neighbor's house caught fire, Radley quietly walked over to Scout, who was standing in front of his door, and draped her in a blanket.
Mayella's father, Mr. Ewell, held a grudge against him for being questioned in public by Atticus at the trial.
One dark night, Ewell quietly stalks Atticus' two children and sneaks up on them.
Jem's arm is broken, and Scout escapes by wearing a performance costume.
At the critical moment, Radley, a strange man who never goes out, rushes out of the house, bravely fights the villains, and saves Jem from a coma.
Scout, who has been curious about the weirdo Radley since he was a child, finally sees his true face at this moment - Arthur. Radley.
It turns out that the weirdo is not weird, he is just used to staying at home.
He sees Scout and Jem snooping on him at home, and he sees them as friends in the shadows.
So he would give them things that were very precious to him, and he would go to great lengths to save them when they were in danger.
The rumored ** weirdo Radley turned out to be just a simple-minded person.
Atticus says to Scout: "Most people are kind, and you'll find out when you finally get to know them."
Yes, there are still a few people in this world who are really vicious, and most of them have a good heart.
Romance of France. Roland said: Good and evil are the two sides of the same coin.
Unsubstantiated rumors often spread the good too good and the wicked too bad.
Simple-minded children, on the other hand, have a rich imagination and are often overshadowed by rumored fear.
It is only through life experiences that they come to understand more truly that the people they fear are just ordinary people.
Life will gradually polish your eyes and cleanse your heart.
Write at the end
In the book, Atticus is in his fifties, and he often says that he is too old and has limited energy.
Compared with his father, he is more like a life coach for his two children, guiding them to absorb the nutrients of life in life.
Emerson once said that the secret of education is respect for life.
In life, we will meet people who disagree with us, but even so, we can see the shining points in each other;
In life, some people will be prejudiced against certain things, but this is not a basis for you to deny them;
In life, we will hear a lot of rumors, and we may be able to doubt the truth of the rumors until they are confirmed.
Life is full of upbringing materials, and we must have a pair of eyes that are good at discovering and a heart that distinguishes between right and wrong. This book is also too good
If you are a parent, you may wish to learn from Atticus's method of raising children with the book of life.
Let our children learn to adapt better to life, rather than break away from it.
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