Examples Of Reality In To Kill A Mockingbird

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.

To Kill a Mockingbird took place during the 1930s, a period shortly after the American civil war in Maycomb County, Alabama, the deep south where black people suffered from racism and discrimination. In this book, Tom Robinson was accused of raping a white woman, which was something that he’s never done, even though all the evidence proved that he did not violate that white woman, Tom was judged guilty because he was a black man. Racism is presented throughout the entire book especially when Scout got teased by her family about Atticus taking Tom’s case, and the townspeople's perception about Atticus, as well as during the trial of Tom Robinson.

Many people are judged based on their appearance. When you judge someone based on appearance, In reality, they could be completely different. This is called appearance vs reality. This is relevant in the novel to kill a mockingbird. There are many instances in the novel that characters are misunderstood based on those three factors. One character that was misunderstood was Boo Radley. Boo is a man in his late 30`s that nobody really saw but the town of Maycomb spread rumors about Boo saying that he’s crazy and violent but in reality he is a harmless man that is shy and doesn't want to go outside because he has been isolated in his house by his father for many years. Another character that was misunderstood was Tom Robinson. Tom is a black man who is accused of raping a

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Several authors base books on real-life events. One of the most popular books in the world is based off real life events that book is To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Lee based her book To Kill a Mockingbird on Jim Crow laws, Mob Mentality and racism.

Racism is the belief that characteristics and abilities can be attributed to people simply based on their race and that some racial groups are superior to others. This has been a problem in our world forever. In to Kill a Mockingbird there are so many racist events and it reflects on the society as a whole till this day. The book setting was the 1930’s in a small county of Maycomb, where most people were racist and discriminatory. People think racism has died off, but it is still a huge problem. People choose to raise their children and teach them that racism is okay and that is how there is still racism today. There are so many statistics out there based on skin color that right there is even racist if everyone is equal why are there polls being taken separating people by the color of their skin?

“Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his

Yet Perry’s childhood bliss was taken from him, somehow creating his current disposition, the true purpose is the falling of unity from inside the people of Holcomb, therefore; pinning every person against another. A dark curtain that falls over the children, parents, farmhands, hunting regulars, and police officials. A curtain that keeps them apart from one another because they are lost in the infinite blackness that surrounds them, an evil they let seep into their minds and imaginations.

In, To Kill A Mockingbird, we often see examples of racism in Maycomb as well as other misconceptions about those are not of a minority. The first example in the book is seen on page 16. In this excerpt, Jem describes how he imagines Boo Radley looks, based off of stories he has heard. He describes Boo as being six feet tall, having yellow teeth, having pooped eyes, he often drools, and that he eats squirrels and cats. As we see later in the story, these misconceptions cause the children to want to see Boo more and more, causing them to see him as a freak and not a person. The second example on page 267 comes from Scout about Mr. Dolphus Raymond, a man who is said to be half black. He calls Dill over to calm him down and Scout narrates by saying,

“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”. Discuss this quote from Atticus in relation to 3 characters from the novel.

The Struggles in the Face of Racism “Parents and schools should place great emphasis on the idea that it is all right to be different. ... You are a lucky child if your parents taught you to accept diversity” by Roger Ebert. In “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, racism was rapidly spreading across the United States; however in certain places in the US racism was already prominent, one of those places was Maycomb County. When faced with the adversity aimed at Jean Louise (Scout) Finch’s family when her father, Atticus Finch, takes on defending Tom Robinson, Scout learns a thing or two about her character and about the real world that surrounds her.

Life is not easy for someone that is a minority in a town, and it is tougher if the people in the town are racist. Maycomb County, from Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, is a perfect example of this; their racism is reflected on the minorities (in this case, African-Americans). Racism is so normal in Maycomb County that everyone accepts it; and thanks to that, everyone is affected by it while they don’t even know how racist they are and the effects that it has on their lives. Racism is also the act of prejudging someone just because of their race or their looking.

“The boy worked for me for 8 years and he hasn’t done any trouble.” This is what Link Deas shouted out in court in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. This trial took place in the 1930s in Maycomb county Alabama. This trial was about a girl that claimed she was rapped Mayella Ewell by a black man named Tom Robinson. Atticus was his lawyer that fought hard to win this trial. He has two kids Jem and Scout and their friend Dill came and watched the trial with them up on the balcony with the black people. Although most citizens of Maycomb lived with racists beliefs, there were people in town, other than the Finches, who supported equality for all people, white or black.

“I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks”(Lee 304). This concept that Scout brings up goes against what others Maycomb believe in as Maycomb County from To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee has lots of prejudice. Two reasons why the setting is very significant are, Maycomb County is a small town the significance of that is that everyone knows each other and often have the same views as each other this in turn causes prejudice. Also, Maycomb community finds their history to be very important this changes how people act which shows how the setting could have major effects. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, setting is very significant.

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