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Similarities Between To Kill A Mockingbird And Eight Men

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Theme: This essay will analyze how the themes of injustice, profiling, and fear is portrayed in both “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee and various short stories in Richard Wright’s “Eight Men”. In addition, the essay will also identify and discuss how the mentioned themes are vital to the understanding of both novels.

I. Introduction

II. Injustice A.Injustice is portrayed in “To Kill A Mockingbird” when Tom Robinson was is accused of a rape crime that he did not commit. 1.”The only thing we’ve got is a black man’s word against the Ewells” (Lee 91). B. Injustice was portrayed in “Eight Men: The man who lived underground”. The main character was forced to sign a murder confession that he didn't commit. He is forced to hide. …show more content…

C. Both characters in both texts were wrongly convicted for crimes they did not commit and because of their race, the laws of justice does not apply to them. D.Conclusion

III. Profiling A. In, To Kill a Mockingbird, Boo Radley was profiled as a creep because many people did not know anything about him. 1. “ Boo was about six-and-a-half feet tall, judging from his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch, that’s why his hands were bloodstained” (Lee 14). B. In Eight Men: Big Black Good Man, Olaf had profiled the black man because of his looks and was intimidated by them. 1.“He was emotionally determined to refuse a man a room solely on the basis of the man’s size and color…”( Wright 89). C.In both text, profile had given the characters of both texts a reason to judge others. D. Conclusion

IV. Fear A. In, To Kill A Mockingbird, fear had caused Mayella Ewell to accuse Tom Robinson of rape. She was afraid of what her father would do. 1.”Mayella looked at her father, who was sitting with his chair tipped against the railing. He sat up straight and waited for her to answer”( Lee …show more content…

Conclusion

V. Connection to Understanding A. The theme of injustice contributes to the story’s understatement because through the plot of both texts show how the justice system can be biased and corrupted to minorities or people who are different. 1.”Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win”. 2.”Nothing, sir. But they said I killed her. But it doesn't make any difference. I'm guilty!” (Wright 80) B. Profiling contributes to the both stories’ understatement because in both text, the plot advanced as the major characters judged others. They were either afraid or intimidated by another character which creates conflicts between them and allows them to interact through the text. 1. “People said he went out at night when the moon was down, and peeped in windows...Any stealthy small crimes committed in Maycomb were his work” (Lee 9). 2. “With a slow and deliberate movement of his gorillalike arms, he lifted his mammoth hands to Olaf’s throat” (Wright

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