Inequalities In To Kill A Mockingbird

One of the major themes of To Kill a Mockingbird is the divisions in human society and how those cause inquality among people. Even though most people know that they shouldn't judge others, it's human nature, and because of this, it causes different sections of society. Most of the characters experience this throughout the novel. In To Kill a Mockingbird, certain divisions in society cause inequality in the town of Maycomb, and the characters and the reader both learn important lessons. When unequal

glaring and indeed scandalous social inequalities,” says Pope Francis. From people hiding their identity, to people struggling to make a living, to people getting based off of their gender it all leads back to one thing: social inequality. Even though society claims that everyone is born equal and is treated the same;most are afraid to embrace their individuality because of inequality in society. People hide their true identity because of racial inequality in society. An example of this is a newspaper

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

knowing they are going to lose as they take their seats. To Kill A Mockingbird was written by Harper Lee in the 1960’s set in Alabama. This book talks about a lot of social inequality in multiple different forms. When we think of social inequality we think about gender and race, both of these are major struggles in To Kill A Mockingbird and today's society.     The color of your skin can determine a lot especially in the Book To Kill A Mockingbird. When Tom Robinson and Atticus walked into an all white

A dominant theme in To Kill a Mockingbird is prejudice, the cruelty that people inflict upon others by the holding of preformed ideas. Not only does racism towards African Americans and sexism towards women reign in Maycomb, but prejudice also exists in the form of social inequality. The social stratification that exists in Maycomb is explicitly described by Jem, who states that “[t]here's four kinds of folks in the world. The ordinary kind like us and the neighbors … the Cunninghams … the Ewells

in the media recently. After reading Harper Lee’s ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’, its very obvious that todays society & the society in the early 1930’s share many similarities. These similarities may not be to the same degree that they were back then, but they are still present and plaguing our generation, and will continue to plague the generation after us. The book is based in Maycomb, Alabama between 1933 & 1935. Traits of Race and gender inequality were displayed throughout the novel and match some conflict

When people think of the word inequality what comes to mind, slaves, women's rights, how the poor are just prey to the wealthy. In Harper Lee's’ To Kill a Mockingbird, he explains all of those things and more within human society related to our current society today in more ways than one which can be the sad truth. Social and human inequality are both dealt a fair hand in this book, from Calpurnia taking care of the kids to Burris Ewell living out on the edge of Maycomb County. The setting of

Social Inequality in To Kill a Mockingbird For many years America has been known as the land of the free, but would you really feel free knowing that everyday you were looked differently over something that's unalterable? To go more in depth, during the 1930s social inequality was an immense issue, due to the constant discrimination that occurred. Such as, colored people were treated with no respect, and were given less privileges than white people. Furthermore, social inequality also came in cases

The book ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ is very fascinating, it’s my first time reading it and it really got me caught up in it. To Kill A Mockingbird, talks about bravery, social inequality, good vs bad, racism and many more things that can really influence readers. But for now, we’re going to be talking about social inequality and bravery. The book is about two little kids, Scout and Jem, and their father Atticus Finch, a lawyer. These kids live in a odd neighborhood, one of the neighbors that everyone

Prejudice toward groups of people results in social inequality that limits people's potential. This prejudice towards groups of people is present in Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Published in 1960, To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in Macomb county a sleepy, southern town in the midst of the 1930’s. The novel focuses on the childhood of Scout Finch, a young, curious girl, her family and the town she grows up in. More specifically, the prejudices toward certain groups of people in the