Examples Of Prejudice In To Kill A Mockingbird

Boo Radley is one of the most recognized outsiders of Maycomb, Alabama. Much of the town's rumors are centered around him and his family. Boo keeps himself hidden away inside the Radley house, and no one has seen him for years which only adds to the mysteries and false accusations the citizens of Maycomb burden him with. People look down on the Radleys because they aren't open and welcoming. In Maycomb, it is seen as typical to leave your doors open and have neighbors coming by to stop in. On pg. 16 we are able how the town of Maycomb creates claims of Boo, even they don't know anything about him. "Boo was about six-and-a-half feet tall, judging on his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and ate any cats he could catch, that's why his hands were

The town of Maycomb has created a horrible label for him because of his parents and social issues. Many people think as Jem, Scout and Dill that, “judging from his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels he could catch, that’s why his hands were bloodstained (...) There was a long jagged scar that ran across his face; what teeth he had were yellow and rotten; his eyes popped, and he drooled most of the time” (16) all because of the stories they heard around. Boo Radley shows the theme of coexistence of good and evil, because no one knew who he was so they made up horrible rumours by pure ignorance although he is nothing of a monster as people describe. He turns out to be a protective, shy and caring person at the end of the book protecting Jem and Scout from Bob

Throughout this journal, one can predict the kids will not meet Boo because he is locked up and they are scared of him. One reason why the kids will not meet Boo is because he is locked up. A reason to support this is because he stabbed his father with a pair of scissors. One quote from the book to give you a visualization is “As Mr. Radley passed by, Boo drove the scissors into his parent’s leg, pulled them out, wiped them on his pants, and resumed his activities” (Lee 13). As you can see Boo can not think through his actions before doing them. He does not see that what he does deeply affects others around him. Next, another reason he is locked up is nobody sees a lot of activity coming in and out of the Radley household. Maycomb is a quiet

For many years, Boo Radley has been in a complex situation, one unlike that of anyone else in the novel. Mr. Arthur Radley, known as Boo to Jem and Scout has always lived in Maycomb, but almost never makes appearances outside of him home, located behind the schoolyard. After an incident where Boo was arrested, Mr. Radley convinced the judge to let him stay at home, as long as he “gave no further trouble” (page 13). Boo never left the house again for fifteen years after this. He was left out of society for so long, that he eventually became an outsider.though he personally knows very few people, mostly everyone knows of Mr. Arthur Radley Instead of trying to adapt to the modernized version of Maycomb, he immaturely remained inside his house.

The level of prejudice and hypocrisy in Maycomb and the world was overwhelming in this book. Throughout this story there are many examples of the amount of prejudice in the world. In Scout’s Current Events period, a student brought up that Adolf Hitler was “after the Jews” and that he was persecuting them. Scout’s teacher Miss Gates then goes on to explain why she thinks that Jews were being mistreated. Miss Gates claims that the persecution of the Jews is “one of the most terrible stories in history”.

How long has rascism actually been existing? Only about 50 years ago, there were still major racism issues occurring in America. That is not a long time ago! Most people think of racism as slavery during the 1800s, but slavery ended in 1863...and yet African Americans were treated as inferiors to white people. The book To Kill a Mockingbird was released in 1960, a time in the US where racial equality still did not exist. The book itself was set in 1930, which was during the Great Depression, and poverty circulated around the country. When Harper Lee wrote this novel, many horrible incidents were occurring in America concerning racism. These problems were exemplified in her novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Racism was prominently shown in To Kill

In To Kill A Mockingbird, one of the characters in the book, Boo Radley, is perceived as a very violent and unintelligent individual compared to the average Maycomb citizen. Boo is labeled with this classification because when he was 33, he was using scissors to cut out newspaper articles and he suddenly stabbed his father, Mr. Radley, in the leg and went back to cutting the paper immediately after. After more consideration of the book, however, Boo could be depicted by numerous people as a nice person and just distressed by his current home situation. The motive for his unexpected aggression possibly was not because he was crazy, but because he had been locked away in his house for years as a consequence of a minor incident with the law

The townspeople are confused by the Radleys because they did not socialize like the rest of the town. Scout explains, “The Radleys, welcome anywhere in town, kept to themselves, a predilection unforgivable in Maycomb” (Lee 11). Just because they want some privacy and do not do things like everyone else, the people of Maycomb create this theory that the Radley family is strange and different and that can explain all of their behavior. After Boo and some of his friends lock a man in the courthouse closet during a petty juvenile crime spree, his father completely isolates him from the outside world and he is never seen again. The people of Maycomb, rather than question the extremely suspicious situation, assume that it is just another strange thing the Radley’s do. The prejudice towards the Radley family prevents them from realizing that something horrible is happening to Boo. Instead they dehumanize Boo and make him seem like a monster who deserves what has happened to him. The townspeople’s believe Boo is another strange Radley who does what he does because of his last name instead of using reasoning to realize he is trapped in his

Mr. Radley asked for all charges to be dropped and firmly stated that “no Radley was going to any asylum (Lee 13).” Boo was once again locked up and hadn’t been seen out of the house since. Stories about him floated around town. The children would make up ghost stories and he always seemed to get blamed when there were any small crimes committed in Maycomb. Even though not many ever knew him personally, he had still become a

In the novel “To kill a mocking bird” by Harper Lee the theme of racism and prejudice are used to comment on the society of Maycomb in 1930’s. I am going to discuss the ideas of oppression of Tom Robinson because of his race, the prejudice against Boo Radly that grew the spread of rumours within Maycomb and Atticus the moral compass of Maycomb.

Boo Radley is the center of all the children’s talk in Maycomb. It is storied that Boo Radley is this terrible, creepy, violent man who feeds on squirrels and poisons his pecans from his front tree. Kids are terrified of him and his house based only on the crazy stories they have heard. In actuality, Boo Radley is a kind, gentle man who, due to his condition and neighborhood gossip, is confined to his house. He saves Jem and Scout’s life when they were attacked by Bob Ewell, walking home late at night. Even though he saved the kids, the sheriff gives no credit to Boo, saying that putting him in the spotlight would be a sin. Scout said it the best, “It’d be sort of like shootin’ a mockingbird” (Lee 276). Despite his heroics and kind nature, most people still speak poorly of him, which makes him the last mockingbird.

Boo Radley, unlike most, realized this about the world, and had no desire to have anything with it. He didn’t approve of the monsters people had become, so he stayed inside to stay away from the world. When Boo Radley was a teenager, he joined a group that was the closest to a gang ever in Maycomb. Once, he caused mischief, and instead of being punished, his father said that he would be sure Boo never made trouble again. When they returned to the house, Boo wasn’t heard

Boo Radley is another example of struggling with social acceptance and understanding. Throughout the story, Scout, Jem, and Dill discuss the horrible rumors about Boo. “People said he went out at night when the moon was down, and peeped in windows… crimes committed in Maycomb were his work”(9). Boo Radley was falsely judged by his neighbors for actions he did not do. As the end of the novel approaches, the children get a clear perspective on who the man was and how the rumors about him were lies. He was a kindhearted man who cared for the children, but was simply misunderstood by the community and for that reason was considered an outcast to them.

Firstly, Boo Radley is a character who strongly represents the timeless themes examined in the novel. One cannot judge a person on something as insubstantial as rumors. Once feared by the adults and children alike because of the terrible crimes that he is believed to have committed, Boo’s acts of kindness towards Jem and Scout demonstrate that he is a man to be pitied, not feared. Jem gives a specific description of Boo based off of his limited knowledge from the rumours circulating Maycomb. Boo is “about six-and-a-half feet tall;” he dines “on raw squirrels and any cats he [can] catch;” there is a “long jagged scar that [runs] across his face; what teeth he [has are] yellow and rotten; his eyes popped, and he [drools] most of the time” (Lee 16). The

The consequences of prejudice can be to the biggest or to the smallest extent as seen in the classic, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. Although prejudice effects all people differently, the characters throughout the novel experience the uniting commonality of being considered outcasts in their society. This is depicted through Harper’s writing when Dolphus Raymond is victimized due to his actions, Boo Radley’s reputation becomes forever tarnished and Atticus is besmirched by the citizens of Maycomb.