Equality In To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee

How would you react if you were falsely accused of a crime when all of your life you had been a good man. However, the catch was you were African American.  A white man’s word against your own. What would be running through your mind? This is exactly the kind of question that was running through Tom Robinson’s mind in this novel. During the 1930s, discrimination against targeted groups of society was prevalent, but small victories occurred to combat this issue in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. From Tom Robinson’s trial, to various stereotypes being broken, and the incidents that took place in Calpurnia’s church for colored people. All of these factors contribute to the purpose behind this novel’s meaning.

In the morning of his first day in the Uncharted Forest, Equality 7-2521, realizes that he has woken up on his own for the first time in his life. The daily bell of the morning did not ring, and no one sought to wake him up. Then and there, Equality discovers himself as an individual, and not part of a whole. In that moment, he senses his past troubles, and worries are far behind him. He, for the first time in forever, is on his own.

As Lemony Snicket wrote in The Blank Book, “People don’t always get what they deserve in this world.” 1930s America was fraught with racism, especially in the southern states. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, a Negro man by the name of Tom Robinson was put on trial. Although he was not guilty, the jury convicted him because of the colour of his skin. During the trial, others showed injustice towards Tom and people that were on his side. As Tom’s lawyer, Atticus Finch was not admired by many of the white citizens of Maycomb, the town in which the novel takes place. Although Atticus and Jean Louise Finch (Scout) were white, they were still treated unjustly as a result of helping and supporting Tom Robinson. Scout, Atticus’

Equality, it’s a word that has many different interpretations all over the world. For some people equality means having the right to vote or marry who they love, but for others it could just mean having the right to go out of your own house without a man’s permission, or the right to drive a car. Equality for all people in America has come a long, long way. There was a time when African Americans weren’t even considered people, but now one has been President. I think that “To Kill a Mockingbird” is an excellent example of the injustice and hatred that has been shown towards African Americans in this country and how people have slowly changed their minds and broken down a lot of racial and ethnic barriers.

The American Dream is tarnished by discrimination for many characters inTo Kill a Mockingbird. To begin, Tom Robinson faces injustices simply because he is an African American. For example, though Atticus clearly proves Tom’s innocence during the trial, Tom is still found ‘guilty’ by the jury. This ruling only occurred because of Maycomb’s unwillingness to accept equality for all. What’s more, this case reveals the failure of the American Dream for Tom and his wife, Helen. As illustrated in the text, though Tom willingly aided Mayella Ewell because of her inadequate living situation

Gender inequality and race inequality are similar and different in that they are both unjust, however race inequality plays a more prominent unjust theme in the time and setting of To Kill a Mockingbird. Both black people and women dealt with stereotypes, like being a woman associated with being useless, a gossip, and delusional and being a black person meant you are uneducated. These stereotypes led to the word “female” or “n*gger” or black an offensive term. These connotations made being a woman or a black person less worthy. These connotations and stereotypes invalidated a woman’s or black person's word, these stereotypes and connotations led to their word being less true or important than a white mans, even in court. Gender inequality

In Maycomb, a black man named Tom Robinson is on trial for raping beating up Mayella Ewell. From the beginning Mr. Robinson never really received a fair trial. The law states that someone should get a fair trial from a jury of their peers. However, in Maycomb this doesn’t happen. The Courthouse in Maycomb is filled with local white people. Two men say “You know the court appointed him to defend this nigger...Yeah, but Atticus aims to defend him. That’s what I don’t like about it”(163). This quote is important because it shows the overall attitude of Maycomb’s white citizens. One critical moment may have shown why the trial wasn’t a fair trial. Atticus proved that Tom Robinson was not involved in the attack. “His left arm was fully 12 inches shorter than his right and hung dead at his side” (186). This represented the physical

To conclude the novel, “to Kill A Mockingbird”. Despite being published decades ago, still portray various social injustices that occur in today's society. In the novel the black community is treated unfair, as if they are worthless and inhuman. This also happens in the u.s however, not only people of the black community are being target but people of other dark skin races are as wel. Some people cannot afford a lawyer and some aren't granted a fair trial and sometime will get no trial. This happens in the court scene involving tom robinson, even though he had evidence that proved his innocence he was still found guilty all because of his skin color. But the true injustice is the fact that there are laws that are supposed to prevent this unfair judgment in courts but

While numerous citizens in Maycomb express how “Atticus[‘s] aim to defend him. [Is] what [we] don’t like about it”(Lee, 218) and that he has “got everything to lose from this... I mean everything.”(Lee, 195) Atticus full heartedly stands behind the fact that if he didn’t defend the Tom Robinson case he “couldn’t hold up [his] head in town... [and] couldn’t represent this county in the legislature.”(Lee, 100) This reveals the moral importance this trial means to Atticus, as he believes that everyone should be treated equally, regardless of their skin colour as “men are not to be trusted around women—black or white... a truth that applies to...no particular race of men.”(Lee, 273) Atticus’s personal definition of courage is revealed to Jem after he is forced to read to Mrs Dubose for an entire month. As defined by Atticus, real courage is “when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.”(Lee, 149) Similarly, Atticus’s raw motives concerning the Tom Robinson trial run on the evident fact that he knew he was “licked a hundred years before start[ing]”(Lee, 101) Mr Robinson’s trial, but nonetheless defended him to his last breath. Atticus’s definition and actions correspond and show the reader how his values are congruent, no matter the situation. All in all, Atticus’s personal beliefs and values suggest to the reader

Nelson Mandela once said, “I learned that fear and courage was not in the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.” This quote relates to Harper Lee’s Atticus Finch. In the novel, Atticus Finch is a symbol of bravery in Maycomb. His children, Scout and Jem, learn from him, and that is what causes them to lose their innocence, and focus on how people are acting in Maycomb towards racism. Atticus defends a black man, named Tom Robinson, even though people that supported his opponent, Bob Ewell, were mean to him. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus portrays the theme of courage in the face of evil through defending Tom Robinson, the confrontation with Bob Ewell, and when the men came to hurt to Tom Robinson in his jail.

During the 1930’s the 13th amendment might have freed minorities from slavery but it still let them get oppressed. In the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, a disabled African American man by the name of Tom Robinson is used as a plot point in the book to help the reader understand the racial problems in the 1930’s Maycomb, Alabama. He was put on trial for the alleged beating and raping a white woman named Mayella Ewell. The verdict, which was biased, sent Mr. Robinson to jail to be served the death penalty but was shot seventeen times when he tried to jump the prison’s fence. Tom Robinson is the personification for the treatment and injustices caused to the African American community due to racism.

The novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, shows a few different viewpoints of equality, that vary from character to character. This story takes place in the Jim Crow era, as well as the Great Depression, where there was a lot of white supremacy, and black oppression. This causes there to be different thoughts on equality. These differing points of view can be seen in many characters, but specifically Bob Ewell. Bob Ewell is a poor man, who lived next to the garbage dump in Maycomb, with many kids.

In The book To Kill A Mockingbird my dominant theme is everyone should have equal opportunities because we all are humans no matter how rich or how different your skin color is. Harper Lee gives so many evidence on why no one is treated the way it should be. The whites are treating the colored differently even when the slavery ended in the history of America. First evidence during Tom’s trial in court that shows so much racism when you look at all of the evidence given on the case it proves that Tom is an innocent disabled man who has nothing to do with raping. Tom is a black man and being black in maycomb is a like disease, while the whole jury is made up of white people they claim Tom as guilty rapist. A crime he didn't and a crime he never

During the 1930’s, equality was not like it is today. Race was a common issue during this time. White people believed they were worth more and better than black people during this time. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the issue of equality is an ongoing theme throughout the story. Aunt Alexandra is a minor character in this story.

In Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mockingbird”, there are many examples of racial profiling, prejudice, and most importantly, social injustice. For example, the poor Cunninghams are often the easy targets of prejudice, the Ewell clan is constantly being judged, and most importantly, the black society is always being racially profiled. The largest example of social injustice in Lee’s novel is the Tom Robinson case. Despite his innocence, Tom Robinson finds himself in a helpless position with little to none hope of being deemed not guilty. He was convicted of strangling, beating, and raping Mayella Ewell, though we all know that it was untrue.