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The Theme of Tolerance in “To Kill a Mockingbird”

Tolerance is to deal with something that annoys you or makes you mad. in present time people still have to be tolerant of things like bad drivers or maybe you have to be tolerant of an annoying sibling or the neighbors next door with the loud music. In the story to Kill a Mockingbird the author, Harper Lee shows the theme of tolerance through the narrator, a 9 year old girl who loves to play with the boys and get into fights. The author also shows the theme of tolerance through Calpurnia and Jem. The theme of tolerance is based around Scout and her mischievous behavior. The readers have to be tolerant of the narrator because she is nine years old and may see things in a different way then we might see things. Her exaggerations are something we both like and have to tolerate. We have to be tolerant of the way she tells things because we have to do a little extra thinking, like ok this is a 9 nine year speaking how did things actually happen without exaggerations. She is also tolerant of things like her brother Jem always telling her what to do and breaking up her wanted fights. Her father is tolerant of her behavior as well, she gets into trouble in school but he never punishes her. Jem is another tolerant character he has to be tolerant of Scout if he wasn’t tolerant he would probably go crazy. No matter how much Scout fights he always tries to patch things up with the person she beat up. She always follows him around and it never seems to bother him one bit. He always has to keep an eye on her because he is older and responsible for her and he doesn’t seem mind watching over her. He has to be tolerant of Atticuss because Atticuss is always saying he is to old and wont do things with Jem and he wont let Jem own a rifle. Another character that shows tolerance is Calpurnia even though people are racist in these times Calpurnia is still happy and helps takes care of a white family. Another way she shows tolerance is not being tolerant at all, but the opposite. When Scout misbehaves she shows no tolerance she just sets her straight and sends her to her room. When Calpurnia wants Scout to do something Scout does it because she knows that Calpurnia will not put up with her trouble making.