life lessons

There many life lessons that Jem and Scout learn through out To kill a Mockingbird. One life lesson that Jem has learned is that life is not always fair. In chapter twenty- two Jem is crying the in the beginning because Tom is sentenced to prison even though he is innocent. Jem wonders why they convicted Tom even when he wasn't guilty and Atticus says, "i don't' know, but they did it. They've done it before and they did it tonight and they'll do it again and when they do it-seems that only children weep..."(pg.213) Atticus teaches Jem that life always is not fair and you have to buck up and deal with it even when you are going through a hard time. This quote shows that even if you think something is not fair it may take a while to change it, or it may not ever change, that is just the way life is. Thats what Jem learns from Atticus about life.

This is a good life lesson to learn because you can't always go around having the mind set that everything is fair. For example when my brother and i get in a fight and i get in trouble and he doesn't, it may not seem fair but i have to know that my parents are making the best judgment even if i don't think that the conclusion is fair. So i think this is a good life lesson because it helps people relate to the world more, instead of living in their own fantasy land where everything is fair.