A Struggle for Decorum In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee attempted to balance benevolence with malevolence, and courage with the lack of decorum, found all too often in society. Courage, innocence, and benevolence were displayed by the characters as the major themes incorporated into the intertwined plots. Characters? actions were governed by these ideas, which developed the story in the interesting fashion that has made it a masterpiece of literature. In the following paragraphs …showed first 75 words of 754 total…

…showed last 75 words of 754 total…is counteracted by the potential of mankind to improve decorum and prevent chauvinism. Society remains in a fragile balance, an equilibrium of human values that needs to be strengthened by the definition and separation of morals and ideals. Yet this balance has proved to be of a higher nature; it is natural and is what has allowed humans to resolve differences and mistakes of every manner for years before us and for eternity to come.