To Kill A Mockingbird

Injustice/justice and the law

• Bob's actions against Tom (Tom is a victim)
• Society show gender injustice (Miss Maudie cant be on the jury)
• Boo is treated differently even when people dont know him
• Atticus chooses to defend Tom
• Atticus is a lawyer (upholds the law) and Jem wants to follow in his footsteps
• Heck Tate is sheriff so is meant to uphold the law but decides to 'bend' the rules for Boo 

Change

• Jury take longer than usual to find Tom guilty
• Dill feels powerless against change but wants it to happen whereas Bob is resistant to change
• Scouts view on Boo and Scout and Jem's view on Atticus
• Maycomb is slow to change unike Dills town (physically as well as people's views there)

Poverty

• Context - Great Depression
• Cunninghams and Ewells and how they behave differently

Fear/courage

• Atticus shoots the dog as well as defending Tom Robinson
• Boo Radley at the end leaves comfort of his home

Childhood/ Innocence/ growing up

• Jem and Scout respect Atticus more
• Scout's innocence shows how wrong racism is (Mr Cunningham at court house)
• Jem getting angry at court case and reporting Dill when he run's away
• Dill is imaginitive and doesn't believe he can do anything to change the world so decides he wants to be a clown.

Family

• Atticus is not usual parent as he encourages them to question the world
• Miss Maudie and Mrs Dubose see it that they can tell them off. Cal also brings them up
• Dill is contrast showing how important family is and contrast to Ewells
• Families are estabilished in Maycomb

Community

• Miss maudies house and everyone comes and helps
• Gossip spreads quickly and Dolphus Raymond is one person affected
• Missionary circle is hypocrytical as implies they are tolerant when they arent
• Aunt alexandra restricts what Scout can do to keep a good reputation
• Scout taught about Hitler and how wrong it is to discrimintate

Religion

• Churches are segregated but 'black church' work together to help Tom's family
• Aunt Alexandra and others attend to uphold identity
• Mrs Radley doesn't attend and her absence is noticed

Heredity/ background

• People are prejudged as they tend to stay in Maycomb for generations
• Aunt A is keen to keep their family reputation and sees herself above others like the Cunninghams
• Atticus 'risked' his reputation by helping Tom

Honour/ stength/ perseverance

• Scout restrains herself at school to keep Atticus happy
• Atticus doesn't retaliate to Bob Ewell
• Tom Robinson stays relatively calm in trial
• Mrs Dubose restrains from taking painkillers

Intolerance/tolerance

• Tom Robinson is victim but tolerates the Ewells
• Atticus with Bob and Aunt Alexandra
• Scout and Jem tolerate people at Cal's church but Scout finds it hard at school

Education

• Girls arent a priority but Atticus disagrees
• Black and whites have very different education