Joy And Pleasure In To Kill A Mockingbird

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In “To Kill a Mockingbird”, Miss Maudie quotes, “Anything that’s pleasure is a sin.” Miss Maudie, the Finch’s neighbor, is wrong about this. God wants us to be joyful and to have fun during our time on Earth. Ecclesiastes 2:24 declares, “There is nothing better for a person than that he should eat and drink and find enjoyment in his toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God”. Activities that bring joy and pleasure can be worldly and sinful, but many others are Godly. God says in Ecclesiastes 8:15a, “So I recommend the enjoyment of life, for there is nothing better on Earth for a person to do except eat, drink, and enjoy life.” The Lord tells us in this verse that He wants us to have joy, fun and pleasure. He wants us to have pleasure,