Effects Of Discrimination In To Kill A Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, published in July 11, 1960, shows the discrimination throughout the small town of Maycomb. Scout, the daughter of a white lawyer named Atticus, tells what she saw while she was growing up. Harper Lee uses foreshadowing throughout the entire story. When Atticus defends Tom Robinson in an alleged rape case. The people of Maycomb automatically start calling him, Scout, and Jem “nigger-lovers” for defending a black man.

Discrimination: a noun that is defined as, “the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex”. There are many types of discrimination in To Kill a Mockingbird. To Kill a Mockingbird is a story that is taken place during the Great Depression . Scout is the main character and her father Atticus is defending a man named Tom Robinson, who is a Negro. There are three main topics that are discriminated in To Kill a Mockingbird. The three main topics that are discriminated are socioeconomics, gender, and most importantly, racism.

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.

Discrimination based on race is a huge part of this story, particularly based on skin color. Tom Robinson is the main point of this type of discrimination as he was a black man who had been accused of raping Mayella Ewell, a white woman. Atticus explains to Jem how the jury was unfair by saying "There's something

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.

According to a report from dosomething.org, in 2009, "2/3 of the criminals receiving life sentences were non-whites." This shows that racism is still going on today and in Harper Lee's book, To Kill A Mockingbird. Her book takes place in Maycomb County, Alabama during the depression. The story is told by Jean Louise Finch, who goes by Scout. She lives with her brother named Jeremy Finch, or Jem, and their father named Atticus. He is an attorney and not afraid to stand up for what he believes in, even if he gets looked down upon. Atticus takes the case of Tom Robinson, who is a black person. He is accused of having raped a white woman, Mayella Ewell. Although the evidence makes the reader believe that Robinson is innocent, the jury finds

Defeating racism, tribalism, intolerance, and all forms of discrimination will liberate us all- victim and perpetrator alike." -Ban Ki-moon. In To Kill a Mockingbird, there are many characters who are victims of all kinds of discrimination. The novel took place in the 1930's where this was a major part of towns across the country.

Racism can tear communities apart and ruin lives, like it does in To Kill a Mockingbird. Atticus knows from the beginning that losing the trial is inevitable. When the jury declares Tom guilty Jem is flustered. Shortly after Atticus confronts Jem to talk. He says to Jem, “In our courts, when it’s a white man’s word against a black man’s, the white man always wins.” (Lee 295) This proves that no matter what evidence is presented to show Tom’s innocence, he’ll still be convicted because of his skin color. While visiting their family, Scout gets into a fight with Francis. He says to her, “I guess it ain’t your fault if Uncle Atticus is a n*****- lover, besides, but I’m here to tell you it certainly does mortify the rest of the family-” (Lee 110) This statement conveys that just because Atticus is defended a black man, his own family has resulted to calling him names. After the trial is over Atticus is talking to Jem about the wrongly accused Tom Robinson. Atticus exclaims, “As you grow older, you’ll see white men cheat black man everyday of your life, but let me tell you something and don’t forget it - whenever a white man does this to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes from, that white man is trash.” (Lee 295) This demonstrates how Atticus is trying to teach his children that it’s a sin to cheat a man when he did nothing to wrong you. Racism is just one of the many

The novel To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee is set in the late 1930’s during the Great depression in Alabama. During those years racism was a big issue and may still be. A theme that develops throughout the novel is how we’re discriminated by our skin color, or who we are. In the story both communities are racist to each other. It may not appear obvious, but Calpurnia, the housemaid is one example of discrimination.

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.

Discrimination in the school environment was a controversial issue in the 1960’s. Over this specific time period, the view of Black citizens in school was extremely different compared to that of the White citizens. The school institution, which being founded for an educational purpose, had prime examples of how there was a separation between the schools of Black’s and White’s. The differing views between Blacks and Whites in schools was a reoccurring theme through the 1960s and in Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, there are apparent signs of White school systems still having a more segregated view on discrimination.

Martin Luther King Jr was a person that had been discriminated against because of his race. At the time, there was segregation between blacks and whites. They had to use a separate sink, water fountain, and even movie theaters. If the blacks got in trouble the consequence was 10 times worse than whites consequence. They were beaten for the simplest mistakes. Martin Luther King Jr. was the one that made a difference. He found a way to lead majority African Americans across the Edmund Pettus Bridge to go to Montgomery as a protest. On March 7, 1965, they went with all blacks which was a fail. On the next march, they went with blacks and a few others that weren't black and police let them through but MLK thought it was a trick. On March 25,

Prejudice is a big factors in our everyday lives. People making opinions without knowledge. We see this almost anywhere in the world. The one thing everyone can't stand, but yet do it themselves. Prejudice in our world is so common that people have been blinded towards how and when they use it. But what was it like in the past? In the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” we can see that this problem is quite visible. The characters Boo Radley and Atticus Finch are both sufferers of prejudice. It disturbed them in different ways, but in the end ruined them.

In the 1960’s, discrimination was at its peak. White people had their place, black people had theirs. There was not any meeting ground in the middle. Black people, often feeling as if white people were more superior than them. Black people often had much regard to coming around the white people. Having different yet the same feeling towards one another, it wasn't often to see these two races put together. Everything was separate, they couldn't even go to church together. Church is supposed to reach out and help those in need, not turn them away. Black people and white people were supposed to be equal through the Plessy vs. Ferguson court case started Separate but Equal idea. Although this act was put into place black people were not treated equal to white people.