Republic of the Philippines

CAVITE STATE UNIVERSITY

Silang Campus
Biga I, Silang, Cavite

TEACHER EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

Name: Posas, Julius C. Year and Section: 2nd Year 2B

Program: BSEE 23 Course: Structure of English Date: January 2023
Instructor: Ms.Maria Kristena P. Ditan

To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee

This book report is based upon the book of To Kill a Mockingbird, Written by Harper Lee.
This book is published by J. B. Lippincott & Co. and it is copyrighted of July 11, 1960 in
Philadelphia.

The book of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is one of the best-known and most widely
read books in United States. Her first and most loved worked tells the story of Atticus Finch,
a righteous Southern lawyer who stands firm against racism in a small Alabama town. A
powerful statement of the Civil rights movement, this novel continues to speak to new
generations about tolerance and justice.

It was my first time reading a Novel classic book. A Fictional classic book a type of people
who explore a law of nature of people. Rarely I read this kind of book it just requires yet I am
able to read more book like this. The title somehow, I am curious about and interesting.

I found this book to be very well thought and will written. Scout Finch Scout has a fighting
spirit and a fundamental belief in the kindness of the people in her neighborhood. Her faith is
put to the test as the plot of the book develops by the prejudice and hostility that Tom
Robinson's trial brings to light. After a while, Scout gains a more mature perspective that
permits her to respect human goodness without discounting human cruelty. Tobias Finch,
He is one of the few Maycomb citizens that supports racial equality. He exposes himself and
his family to the wrath of the white community when he consents to defend Tom Robinson, a
black man accused of raping a white woman. Atticus serves as the moral compass of the
book with his deeply held principles, sage advice, and capacity for compassion. Boo serves
as an illustration of the danger that evil poses to goodness and innocence. Boo "Arthur"
Radley, He is an intelligent child who has been emotionally damaged by his cruel father. He
is one of the book's "mockingbirds," a good man hurt by human cruelty. The main idea of
this book about prejudice, family, and courage. Upon my reading I discover how the moral
nature of human beings whether good or bad and the moral is put yourself at the shoe of the
other. I quote I love from this book is “you never really understand a person until you
consider things from his point of view” and it touch my heart emotionally.
That fall, Scout enrolls in school for the first time and despises it. On the Radley property,
she and Jem discover gifts that were ostensibly left for them in a tree knothole. The following
summer, when Dill returns, he starts acting out the tale of Boo Radley with Scout and Jem.
The children's mischief is put to an end by Atticus, who advises them to consider other
people's viewpoints before passing judgment. But the three sneak onto the Radley farm on
Dill's final night in Maycomb for the summer, where Nathan Radley opens fire on them.
Jem's pants are lost in the subsequent escape. He finds them repaired and hanged over the
fence when he goes back for them.

The following winter, Jem and Scout discover additional gifts under the tree that were
probably placed by the enigmatic Boo. Finally, Nathan Radley fills the knothole with cement.
Shortly after, a fire starts in another neighbor's home. As Scout is watching the blaze,
someone slips a blanket over her shoulders. Jem tells Atticus about the repaired pants and
the gifts because he is sure Boo did it.

Atticus consents to represent a Black man named Tom Robinson who has been charged
with raping a white woman, much to the dismay of Maycomb's bigoted white community.
Even during Christmas in the Finch family compound on Finch's Landing, Jem and Scout are
subjected to abuse from other kids as a result of Atticus' decision. The children are taken to
the neighborhood Black church by the Finches' Black cook, Calpurnia, where they are
largely welcomed by the kind and tight-knit community.

In truth, Mayella Ewell propositioned Tom Robinson, was discovered by her father, Bob, and
then falsely accused Tom Robinson of rape to hide her shame and remorse, according to
Atticus. Mayella's father beat her after finding out she was seeing Tom, calling her a whore,
and leaving marks on her face. According to Atticus, this is the source of the compelling
evidence supporting this claim. Nevertheless, the all-white jury finds Tom guilty despite the
compelling evidence that supports his innocence. Later, when innocent Tom attempted to
escape from jail, he was fatally shot. After the trial, Jem's confidence in the fairness of the
legal system is severely damaged, and he begins to doubt himself.

Later, Scout believes she has a complete understanding of Boo's life. Now that she can
finally relate to him on a human level. Scout realizes this and chooses to act in accordance
with her father's advice to be compassionate and understanding, demonstrating that her
experiences with prejudice and hatred will not cause her to lose faith in people's underlying
goodness.

Atticus, Scout's father, is portrayed throughout the novel as the epitome of morality and
justice, but as Scout becomes more aware of others around her, she starts to understand
the significance of his struggle to uphold his integrity in the face of compromise.

The conclusion of Tom's trial and the declaration of the jury's verdict constitute the novel's
finale. Scout and Jem sneak into the trial against Atticus' orders and sit with the other
participants who are black. Atticus makes the argument that Mayella sought Tom for sex and
that her father, Bob, beat her when he saw the two of them together, rather than that Tom
was physically capable of harming Mayella. Atticus paints a darker, disturbing picture of
Maycomb than Scout had when he asked Mayella about her family's circumstances,
emphasizing the wealth difference between reasonably well-off households like the Finches
and the impoverished Ewells. Despite Atticus's defense and the judge's evident confidence
in Tom's innocence, the jury convicted him guilty.
Scout's shock and her father's resignation stand in opposition to each other, highlighting the
different worldviews Scout still retains. Scout is astounded by the outcome. Tom is later
fatally shot while attempting to escape from prison. This episode exemplifies how abjectly
the legal system has failed Tom and the black community in Maycomb. In order to accept
their new worldview, Scout and Jem must come to terms with their father's idealistic beliefs
and high moral standards.

The conclusion of this tale suggests that humanity will be alright as long as we keep in mind
to regard one another as unique individuals and comprehend their opinions. Although Scout
appears to have changed significantly and for the better by the book's end, Lee leaves the
larger issue of the South's systemic racism and economic inequality unresolved.

The essence of this book is all about the nature of human from prejudices and with the
current issues that socially experienced by the people and being belittled with the human
social ideologies or the cultural relativism. It talks about more on the aspect of human
behavior- to innocence and bad experiences, kindness and cruelty, love and hatred and
especially it affects me by the emotion how being executed in written from even the words
are so deep to understand but the purpose of this is the message to reader that need
change for human race that everyone has the intellect to change the narrative of being
humanly behavior. I recommend this to book and other fictional classic book for deeper
understanding of life the abstract construct oh human life, the things will change your
perspective into a more meaningful understanding of things correlated to human. In
conclusion, it talks about the moral of human nature whether essentially good or bad he/she
and how it is being affect or influence by conscience and ethics.