Essay On Race Relations In To Kill A Mockingbird

The Evils of Racism, using the Power of words, and growing up pain or pleasure are the main themes of this novel. When you are accused of something you didn't do, it's hard getting out of that situation. Especially the fact that people would side with the person based on his skin color, which was very discouraging for the opposing person. I think in the future we won't have to deal with the racial problems as we did before, because we don't discriminate each other based on skin color anymore. If you were in the shoes of Tom Robinson, how would you feel? Also how would you deal with all of the criticism thrown at you?

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.

In the novel To kill a Mockingbird the black community is rather idealized but is not unrealistic or unbelievable. To point out, Harper Lee always emphasizes life from the black community's perspective and their good qualities.However,she also points out the bad qualities of the black community from a white person's perspective. In Maycomb, the black community is segregated from the white community. They are thought to be very less and poor in Maycomb. The author uses many derogatory words against the black community to express the hatred the whites had towards the blacks.

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee depicts racism in the 1930’s and shows the characters had to overcome challenges because of it. The 1930’s was a difficult time to live in because of racism against African Americans and the depression, where thousands of people lost their jobs. The idea “an extraordinary challenge can sometimes make an ordinary person into a hero” shows that anyone in To Kill a Mockingbird could have been a hero, even in a time of hardships. Scout Finch, Arthur “Boo” Radley, and Atticus Finch overcame challenges in the story in order to become great heroes.

In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, one of Harper Lee’s critical themes is how racial stereotypes hurt society as a whole. Her use of certain characters like Atticus and Miss Maudie reinforce the major themes of the novel. These stereotypes seem like they are only fictional, but they are still evident in society today. Harper Lee uses the characters in her novel to show the dangers of stereotyping and how to break racial indifference in society.

Since the 1930’s, progress has been made regarding the prejudice, stereotyping, intolerance, and injustice that Harper Lee writes about in To Kill a Mockingbird. I disagree with this statement because of the clear lack of progress that has been made in prejudice, stereotyping, intolerance, and injustice.

In the introduction to the book, it said, “By the end of the novel, Scout has done exactly that-guessed at the pain not only beneath Tom Robinson’s skin, but also under that of her neighbor.” In the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, the central idea is the reality of racial discrimination that affects everyone. Young Scout Finch grows up with these issues and is now narrating this book as an adult, giving her own innocent views during the times of racial discrimination.

Racial and Social equality is when people of all races are given an equal opportunity, however in The Book “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, we don't see that Racial Equality, but we do see the Injustice and racial problems people had back in the 1930’s. The author shows us and helps us learn about these problems by using different characters that had a different effect on the story. This story is told by a little girl named Scout Finch whose father is a Lawyer who represents Tom Robinson who is accused of Raping and Beating Mayella Ewell, Atticus Finch knowing that he is going to lose the Court Case still tries and doesn't give up because he is trying to change the way people think about Skin Colored People. And he teaches this to his Children who still don't understand what is happening. “Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win”.

People often say that thinking like a child is immature and wrong, but what if it could change someone's perspective on life? In To Kill a Mockingbird children seem to view big things like injustice and discrimination differently than adults.

Reading "To Kill A Mockingbird" is more than just reading a book about race and injustice. This book is a complex, rich exploration of the risk associated with conforming to gender stereotypes, how poverty and class can limit our abilities to achieve the American dream, and how racism damages both those that peritrate it and those that endure it, and the vital importance of expressing our voices by speaking out against injustice WHEREVER we encounter it. And while it certainly is not the only book about race and injustice, it was one of the FIRST books about race and injustice that inspired people to change their behaviors.

A lot of times people make single stories about people based on their skin color and for Tom Robinson it was true. The Maycomb community singled out Tom and did not treat him with any respect because of his skin color. “You felt sorry for her, you felt sorry for her?”(Lee 264). When Tom went to testify and said he felt sorry for mayella the lawyer almost laughed at him because of how disrespectful he is. He thought that there was no way a black man could feel sorry for a white woman, almost like it was impossible for them. What they didn’t understand is that Tom felt sorry for her because she sees him hurting and no one else can figure it out. No matter what his skin color is he sees what is going on and feels sorry that Mayella has to live

Harper Lee wrote this best novel To Kill a Mockingbird during her time in her home state of Alabama. The South was still in a racial territory, forcing blacks to be divided apart from those used by whites, in almost every aspect of society. The prime subject of To Kill a Mockingbird, is because of the racism and segregation in the South of the U. S. was really related at the time when being published. Harper Lee set the novel in the Great Depression era in the 1930s. The main character, Jean Louise (also known as) Scout Finch, is based on Lee's own childhood.

In "To Kill a Mockingbird", Harper Lee highlights racial profiling and how people's perceptions change their actions towards others, which continues to be an issue in today's society. One racial issue we see during "To Kill a Mockingbird" is social injustice in the court system, shown through the Tom Robinson trial. For example, Jem doesn't quite understand the unfortunate, but true state of the injustice in the courts, so Atticus explains to him, "Tom Robinson's a colored man, Jem. No jury on this part of the world's going to say we think you're guilty, but not very, on a charge like that." (Lee 294). This quote highlights the racial injustice experienced for many in the courts, especially

Scouts view of the life and everyday was portrayed in every chapter, she gave her opinion on things, but also didn’t keep the reader from knowing the other side of the story. She witnessed racism and it even affected her life more than usual since her dad was defending a black man. Francis told scout that her daddy was “nothing but a nigger-lover” (110). This wasn’t the only time that someone had made a comment about it.

To kill a mockingbird is an extremely powerful book highlighting the horrors of racial discrimination in the “Deep South” of the United States of America. Discuss. To kill a mockingbird is an extremely powerful book highlighting the horrors of racial discrimination in the “Deep South” of the United States of America. It focuses on the racial issues concerning a staunch, typically “white” country town in the “Deep South.” This essay however deals with the various trials and tribulations endured by a young girl during her schooling years.