Racism in To Kill a Mockinbird by Harper Lee

I know when I was a little I believed most of what I was told. I believe this could be said for most people out there. To Kill a Mockingbird by Horton Foote has some similar things going for it. Jem Finch a 10 year old boy and his 6 year old sister Scout (also referred to as Jean Louis) experience situations where this is very relevant. The screenplay is set in Maycomb, Alabama in 1932. The town is still fairly racist, this is really shown in a court case known as the Tom Robinson case. All in all the Theme of To Kill a Mockingbird is do not believe everything you hear.

the real case of Emmett Till, in which an innocent man was persecuted simply because the color of skin was not favored with the all white jury. A case very similar to this can be seen within To Kill a Mockingbird, a novel used to bring up the topic of racism. Harper Lee uses her book To Kill a Mockingbird to bring awareness to racism by demonstrating how it can bring despair to a community. Although, people who fight against racism can bring hope to those who have been effected.

Racism has been a big part of the human race ever since people were born. In To Kill a Mockingbird, the townspeople of Maycomb, Alabama misjudge the African-Americans of their town. They treat them like trash, and some people even think they are just filthy beings. Clearly, then, racism has had many ubiquitous effects on many of Maycomb's citizens.

Lastly, i want to bring Atticus Finch who was also affected by racism. He had to take on a case between a white and black man. Many people assumed Atticus was going to be on the white man's side. But in chapter 11.107-109 Scout and Atticus have an interesting conversation about him being a “nigger lover”. She questioned her father if thats what he really was and this what he said "I certainly am. I do my best to love everybody... I'm hard put, sometimes—baby, it's never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesn't hurt you”. This right here shows you Atticus has very meaningful principals and sticks to his word for what he believes in. He didn't care what no one thought about him defending Tom Robinson..

Racism was a very large part of society in the south during the 1930’s. Many colored people were thought of as less than their peers. Whites were considered better than African Americans were, and almost every white person accepted the unjust judgment. Racial discrimination hit hard in the south. Many of the characters in To Kill a Mockingbird were impacted by racial discrimination, including Calpurnia, Scout, and Tom Robinson and his family.

Life is like a thrill ride; one never knows what will be in store for them. Many characters in the story To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee feel the same way about life, having experienced many surprising and unexpected turns of events. This story is about a sleepy southern town filled with prejudice, and a lawyer’s quest, along with his children Scout and Jem, to take steps in ridding the town of its prejudiced attitude. Despite being a white man, a lawyer named Atticus, defends an innocent black man accused of raping a white woman. However, everything does not go as was hoped, and the mindset of the society overpowered Atticus’s fair-minded argument. From this emerges a theme regarding the bigotry and bias overwhelming Maycomb: A

“Race prejudice is not only a shadow over the colored it is a shadow over all of us, and the shadow is darkest over those who feel it least and allow its evil effects to go on.” One of the major themes of Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, is that prejudice and racism can greatly corrupt a person and cause them to do evil things. In Harper Lee’s novel, Atticus Finch is a lawyer in Maycomb County, a small Southern town where racism and prejudice is common. Atticus is charged with defending a colored man, Tom Robinson, who is accused of raping a white woman. Atticus also has two kids, Jem and Scout, and is a single father.

Rosa Parks, being one of the most prominent Civil Rights activists to have existed during the Civil Rights movement once said that, “”Racism is still with us, but it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome.” This statement is incredibly powerful and speaks to the kind of racism and injustice we continually observe throughout “To Kill A Mockingbird.” In the novel itself, Atticus specifically is tasked with the monumental goal of defending an African American male in the middle of Alabama in the mid 1930’s, who so happens to be charged with raping a woman who is white. The odds were indeed heavily stacked against him, but the fact that Atticus chose to go through with representing Tom,

names’s Tom Robinson”. Discuss the effects of racism on Maycomb citizens such as Tom and Helen Robinson,

The novel “To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee demonstrates the effects of racism in southern America. Throughout this appealing novel, there are many characters who illustrate different personalities. Personally, I would compare Scout Finch to myself. After analyzing the character Scout Finch in relation to myself, while Scout portrayed more of a complex personality, I am easier to get along with, hence demonstrating how personality is the best method of establishing allies. Mine and Scouts personalities differ as Scout depicted more of a tomboy personality and solved a variety of problems by fighting, due to the aggressive personality she demonstrates.

Most people who read Harper Lee’s only novel have probably contemplated one of its major points at issue, that is the existence of hope for Tom Robinson. There being racial prejudice at the time a favourable verdict was out of question, but Atticus held out some hope of an overturn. Hence, Robinson shouldn’t have acted cowardly leaving his wife and children unprotected.

“To Kill A Mockingbird” is marvelous and unforgettable novel. Not only show how dramatic, sad in and old town – Maycomb be like, but through her unique writings, some big conflicts about politics and critical is going on through this tired old Southern town. Not just in general like education, friendship, neighbors but also pacific in individuals like family and the people’s characteristics themselves. In one book yet can covered with such many problems, Harper Lee must have been experienced a lot and deeply understanding that time. That is why the book lives, becoming literature and get the love from the audiences a lot. One of the problem and mostly run along with the story and interest me is racism between white people and black people

Racism can be shown many different ways. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the racism is obvious through racial slurs and how the black and white people are treated differently. IN today’s society, racism is found mainly in jokes and through way of bullying.

In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird, she demonstrates that racism is a big problem during the time when this book was written. This story was about a girl named Scout growing up in a small town with lots of racism. A black man get falsely accused with rape, and Scout tries to understand why most people in the town hate black people. When Scout is in class the teacher is talking about how hitler was such a bad guy but Scout remembers that she was at the courtroom acusing all black people are criminals. “She hates hitler a lot … about how bad it was him treatin’ the Jews like that … I heard her say it's time somebody taught ‘em a lesson, they were getting above themselves, an’ the next thing is they think they can do is marry us. Jem

In 1995 the FBI counted 7,947 incidents of hate crimes, and in 2013 they counted 5,928 incidents (www.nbcnews.com). These statistics show that the issue of discrimination has gotten better, but still an issue where more action needs to be taken. In the past, we got to see the true face of racial discrimination in Harper Lee’s famous novel, To Kill A Mockingbird. In this novel we could see how everyday interactions, romance and the criminal justice system were influenced by racism, and how people made decisions based on racial prejudice. Nowadays we know that many governments and groups are trying