Life Lessons

In chapters 22-28 the main event is the trial with Tom Robinson. I think that Jem learns a big lesson from Atticus about racism and equality. Jem was so positive that Tom was going to win the trial, he had his hopes very high, but the adults knew better. When Tom lost, Atticus told Jem
"...As you grow older, you'll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and don't you forget it- whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a
family he comes from, that white man is trash."(pg. 220)
Right then Atticus taught Jem that racism will always be around, but that doesn't mean that it's ok and you should never give in or support it.

This is an important lesson because it's true that even now, so many decades later, racism is still a part of everyday life, and it will never go away completely, but we can't forget that it's still there, or give up the fight against it. We see racism everywhere and don't even notice it, we grow up with it, and are introduced into a society of it. I have definitely seen it during this Presidential race. There are so many remarks about Obama's skin color. For some people against him, it's all that they've got against him, and for some people for him, all they have to say is "It would be cool to have the first colored President" It's sad that that's all that they think matters, because really skin color does not, nor should it define a person.