Adversity In To Kill A Mockingbird

It is an innate human desire to show compassion and to help others in need. When my godmother 3 year old died I not only felt a tremendous amount of grief, I also felt it for my godmother I saw how she looked, I had never seen her like that before, she was on the bed, crying and gasping for air, while hugging her daughters stuff, she kept on crying for her daughter back to my mom and asking god why he took her away from her and begging him to bring her back. I had never felt that much sadness for someone, and it actually brought me to tears, it had actually reminded me of when my grandpa died, when my mom told me the news, I did not speak for the rest of the day, I hugged all the stuff he left me, I couldn’t breathe, it was like the only reason …show more content…
A prime example of this was, on November 7, 1941, Juliette Derricotte of Fisk University was driving three students home when a car driven by a white man swerved and hit Ms. Derricotte's car, overturning it into a ditch. After this event takes place the author states “The white driver stopped to yell at the black occupants of Ms.Derricotte's car for damaging his own vehicle, then left the scene.” (Equal Justice Initiative). The author's point is that the man yelled at Ms. Derricotte and the kids and just turned a blind eye to the damage he had done. The man was so mad he did not feel any remorse for what he did and just left, he did not even care that the car was overturned in a ditch and did not try to call for help and aid in any way. This is a very disgusting thing to do and highlights the bad side of society, however, that is dark without its light. Human nature is rooted in helping others and feeling accomplished when they do help. In “On Being a Refugee an American and a Human Being” by Viet Thanh Nguyen, the author Nguyen explained what it is like to be a refugee concluding “The better angels of our nature have always told us that morality means opening our doors, helping the helpless, sharing our material wealth.” (Nguyen). The essence of Nguyen’s argument is that humanity has always been compassionate and felt the need to

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