Discrimination In To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee

Discrimination is prevalent in the story “To Kill a Mockingbird”, the most obvious being the excessive amount of racism (Lee). Racism is the easiest to see but there are more forms of discrimination (Lee). Boo Radley is ostracized from the community when truly nobody really knows him (Lee). People discriminate Scout for being a tomboy not a lady (Lee). The last one that no one ever thinks about is how reverse racism is seen when people threaten Atticus for defending Tom Robinson in court (Lee). Discrimination in any form is a controversial topic but everyone knows that it is not right to discriminate against people.

Atticus said, “They’ve done it befor and they did it tonight and they’ll do it again and when they do it-seems that only children weep”(Lee 285). To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel written by Harper Lee. It is about two siblings , Jem and Scout, who live in a small town called Maycomb. Their father Atticus, is a well known lawyer, who is defending an African American that was accused of raping a white women. Throughout the novel, Jem and Scout are introduced to discrimination and learn that it’s an everlasting problem. Prejudice and discrimination are important themes in To Kill a Mockingbird because of racism, sexism, and ageism.

Discrimination, it has been part of human nature for a long time, especially relevant subject in literature such as To Kill a Mockingbird. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, the main character of Scout Finch was exposed to different types of discrimination as she grows up. Discrimination affected the lives of characters in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mocking Bird because of society’s prejudicial views of race, gender, and class.

Harper Lee, author of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, acknowledged the prejudice in 1930’s America. This novel won the Pulitzer Prize for its strength in upholding the prejudice in a small town in the south. To Kill a Mockingbird is set in a town called Maycomb, where a family of three and their cook lives and deals with this animosity everyday. Atticus, the father, is a well-respected lawyer and Alabama state legislator. He chooses to defend African American Tom Robinson against charges of assault against Caucasian Mayella Ewell. Although Atticus knows that he would not win the case, he still wants to defend Tom to teach his children, Jem and Scout, a valuable lesson. Harper Lee made the right decision in having Atticus Finch defend Tom Robinson; however, the decision came with consequences (Lee).

“But now he’s turned out a nigger-lover we’ll never be able to walk the streets of Maycomb again. He’s ruining’ the family, that’s what he’s doing’.” (Lee 110). The power of hatred is one so strong, that it imprisons the Finches and African Americans of Maycomb County. In Alabama of 1920 to 1930, segregation is an established action of the Southerners, it’s a lifestyle. The slurs passed from the mouths of white Southerners and ending with the shooting of a black man, the ways of Maycomb County are ones seen as either shocking or common in today’s eyes. To Kill A Mockingbird is an eminent novel by Harper Lee that illustrates the aspects of discrimination and prejudice, tolerance and courage during a time in America where racial inequality

Discrimination: unjust treatment of a different group of people or things. Throughout To Kill a Mockingbird, discrimination is visible. The one most identify with is racism, with a great deal of the story revolving Tom Robinson’s, a black man, jury case. Left in the shadows, though, is the prejudice of other characters, whom the community of Maycomb may find to be a bit on the outs. Whether it is their way of life or how they act, someone always pick up on it and calls them out. Atticus Finch is old compared to the rest of the parents of students at Scouts school, keeping him from activities like the Methodists vs Baptists football game. Boo Radley, making poor decisions as a teenager, is confined to his house twentyfour-seven and

People judge others all the time. Just because someone does not get paid as much means they do not try hard enough, and someone who has a different skin color is automatically a bad person. These thoughts are called prejudice. People have thoughts like these everyday, every hour, every minute, every second, this does not mean it is right. In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the people of Maycomb have these thoughts against people like Tom Robinson or Walter Cunningham. But there are some strong characters that go against all the discrimination against these people.Harper lee conveys that a person's income or race does not make them less of a person through the words, thoughts, and actions of Calpurnia, Dill, and Atticus.

Discrimination and stereotypes are still involved in today's ever-growing society. People are judged by their race, gender, and, wealth; people are expected to act a certain way because of these things. In To Kill A Mockingbird it tells the readers about a small town, Maycomb, that faces many challenges because of how individuals are judged and treated. If someone were African American he/she would thought to be less of a person and were treated as if they were trash. If someone were to be a woman they were thought to be weak, emotional, and dramatic. If someone were poor he/she were thought to be dirty, rude and were treated like trash. In To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses stereotypes related to racism, gender, and wealth to teach her audience about how individuals were treated during the Great Depression.

In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird, an unknown killer lies within the citizens of Maycomb. Many people would claim that the prison guards with the guns killed Tom Robinson, while the true killer manifests in the form of prejudice. Though the discrimination seems visible, many people still choose to overlook it. Prejudice did not only killed Tom, but contributes to a larger problem in their society. Tom Robinson is an African American man from Maycomb, Alabama, wrongfully accused of sexual assaulting a white women named by the name of Mayella.

Atticus once stated, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… until you climb into his skin and walk around in it” (Lee 39). This made his daughter Scout realize that people were being discriminated against in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. This novel is narrated by a young girl named Scout and follows her as she learns of the racism in her old, sleepy Alabama town. This sparks up when she is viewing a trial about a black man raping a white women during the depression era and the whole town turns on that man. On Christmas, the kids got BB guns and Atticus told them, “Shoot all the Bluejays you want, if you can hit'em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird” (Lee 119).

"The ultimate ignorance is the rejection of something you know nothing about yet refuse to investigate" -Dr. Wayne Dyer. During the 1930s, the period of the Great Depression displays various forms of discrimination in TKaM, a historical novel written by Harper Lee. Coming out of the Civil War, the 19th Amendment, and the Roaring Twenties people living in this poor Alabama county can not fix their racist and intransigent mindset. Racism towers over all prejudice in the tiny Maycomb County. Interaction with a black person to them is an interaction with a devil on earth. Besides the profound racism, the novel shows bigotry which affects the majority of citizens in the large society of straight-minded people. Having divorced parents, being exceptionally poor, and being a woman are just three examples of kinds of differentiation characters endure shame for. The most obvious form of discrimination in the novel is racism; however, there are other types of prejudice and

Discrimination and prejudice have been prevalent in society for many years. People have evolved over time, but the issues are still seen today. To Kill a Mockingbird is a great example of how deeply rooted the judgement was back in the 1930’s and how it compares to today’s society. In To Kill a Mockingbird, there are three main types of prejudice and discrimination shown, which are based on social class, gender, and race.

Several factors affect the feminization of poverty, and these factors place women at high risk of poverty. According to the article “The Long History of Discrimination against Women” by No Bullying, “Discrimination is something that women face in every country around the world. In the United States, four in every ten women have faced or will face discrimination personally. Often this discrimination presents itself in the workplace, as women face barriers that center on childbearing and family obligations that many men do not.” From the story To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee the character Atticus informs Scout and Jem that poverty affects everyone.

The theme in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, could be to not discriminate others for any reason. Back when this book was written, discrimination was in every aspect of life. In the book, Scout always has an open mind and doesn't discriminate anyone for race. Scout does at least one time discriminate another kid for being poor, but that was the time period she was in. Scout says, “Naw, Jem, I think there's only one kind of folks.

A quote by George Aiken states: “If we were to wake up some morning and find that everyone was the same race, creed, and color, we would find some other causes for prejudice by noon.” As long as there are humans walking this earth, there will be prejudice and discrimination. Some believe certain forms of discrimination are worse than others but it’s all the same, it’s all hurtful. Tom Robinson, a black man, is put on trial for a crime against a white woman.