To Kill A Mockingbird Injustice And Injustice

To conclude the novel, “to Kill A Mockingbird”. Despite being published decades ago, still portray various social injustices that occur in today's society. In the novel the black community is treated unfair, as if they are worthless and inhuman. This also happens in the u.s however, not only people of the black community are being target but people of other dark skin races are as wel. Some people cannot afford a lawyer and some aren't granted a fair trial and sometime will get no trial. This happens in the court scene involving tom robinson, even though he had evidence that proved his innocence he was still found guilty all because of his skin color. But the true injustice is the fact that there are laws that are supposed to prevent this unfair judgment in courts but

During the case Atticus showed that it was not physically possible for Tom to commit this crime by his injuries. While for Bob Ewell he showed that it was not only physically possible for him to rape

In Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, the idea of prejudice is evident in Maycomb County, Alabama. Three main characters from the novel fall victim to prejudice throughout the story. Atticus Finch, Boo Radley, and Tom Robinson all face challenges that disable them from living a normal life. These character’s stories of social injustice are narrated by Scout Finch, a young girl who discovers many ugly truths while growing up in a town full of inequality.

Our minds are the single most powerful tool in the body. Thought enables us to function, to decide, and to reason. Equally so, an idea is a powerful thing. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee presents us with a story of a town who let its preconceived ideas get in the way of logic, sense, and proof. The prevailing idea that causes so much turmoil in Maycomb is that people who are different are wrong, and should be stopped. This notion permeates the actions of the town, causing them to disregard all rational thought, hold illogical personal opinions as fact, and act unfairly towards others. The theme of injustice appears numerous times in the book through the assumptions made against Boo, Scout’s experience at school, and the unfair conviction of Tom Robinson.

Jem was the first to show his emotions after leaving the courthouse. “It was Jem’s turn to cry. His face was streaked with angry tears as we made our way through the cheerful crowd. ‘It ain’t right,’ he muttered” (284). The entire Finch family knew that it was unfair for Tom Robinson to be convicted that way. Although Tom was still convicted, Atticus had set out the truth in court about Bob Ewell hurting Mayella. “Atticus had been leaving the post office when Mr. Ewell approached him, cursed him, spat on him, and threatened to kill him” (291). Bob Ewell was far from happy about this trial and felt the need to get back at the family in any way he could. “More scuffling, and there came a dull crunching noise and Jem screamed” (351). Jem and Scout had been attacked by Mr. Ewell on their way home Halloween night. An unlikely Maycomb citizen then helped get them back home so they could get Jem medical help and that was Boo (Arthur) Radley. Bob Ewell ended up killing himself in the attack against the children and this changed Maycomb and the family for

Innocence and Injustice Everyone is innocent until proven guilty, or so we’re told to believe. In the literary work of Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, we see just how unrealistic that statement can be. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird Tom Robinson is a black field hand accused of rape is tried and convicted, even though Atticus proves that Tom could not have possibly committed the crime of which he is accused. All of the main characters in the story are bewildered by the jury's decision to convict; Atticus tries to explain why the jury's decision was in many ways a foregone conclusion..

In a trial, a court has to do what is fair for the accused and the accuser. The end result can cause some people to disagree but it being fair is what matters in the end. A court trial being marred by racial discrimination is not the definition of a fair trial. In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Tom Robinson is a black man accused by a white man by the name of Bob Ewell of raping his daughter Mayella Ewell. The protagonist’s father, Atticus Finch, is Tom’s defendant in the trial and he defends him to the best of his ability (even if he knows that there is no chance that Tom will be acquitted). Despite Atticus proving Tom’s innocence, Tom is unfairly tried for the crime and he is eventually killed in prison for attempted escape.

In the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee evokes the reader’s emotions by perfectly capturing the injustice of Maycomb through the eyes of an innocent child. Even Atticus’ wish for his children was to shelter them from the malevolent nature of humanity. This nature represents the individuals of the town and their prejudices in any controversial issue. Prejudice, therefore, brings about the injustice we see in our world today. Unfortunately, this issue exists because people cannot live in harmony with others that appear to be different than themselves.

People in court are known to say "justice is served". However, whether it be in the courtroom or in plain life, injustice is served more often than justice. Being only human, we often tend to be unjust and we judge a book by it's cover. In Harper Lee's novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, the theme of injustice is laced throughout the entire book. The definition of injustice is to have a lack of fairness or justice in an unjust act or occurrence. The lack of injustice in To Kill a Mockingbird can be shown by Tom Robinson's unfair trial and murder, the discrimination Aunt Alexandra shows to Calpurnia, and the assumptions made about Dolpus Raymond.

Injustice, we always have people that see injustices, some choose to write about it others choose not to. When we were reading to kill a mockingbird in class we were asked does America guarantee liberty for its citizens, for those of you who have not read the book. The book follows Scout a girl that lives in a rural city with lots of farmers, one day a poor man named Mr.Ewell claims that a black man named Tom Robinson raped his daughter, during the court session there was a lot of evidence pointing towards Mr.Ewell beating his daughter and Tom Robinson being innocent, but due to the prejudice of the people in the jury they voted him guilty, his punishment was to be hung, instead he tried to escape and was shot dead after multiple warnings.

In the 1900’s blacks were greatly faced with discrimination almost everywhere they went. They were treated badly by whites as they called them multiple uncivil names and were even physically hurt. They were denied rights that were unfair to them and were often faced with discrimination is public facilities. Because of their race, blacks would also be accused of crimes that they did not even commit. In addition to racial prejudice, there were other different social classes affected by discrimination as well. That is what Tom Robinson and Boo Radley faced in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, innocent lives were wrecked due to injustice. In this novel, Lee demonstrates how innocence can often be ruined significantly because of the evil that they are faced with.

The theme of injustice exists throughout To Kill a Mockingbird, as evidenced by, Tom Robinson being falsely convicted, Boo Radley being ostracized for keeping to himself, and Bob Ewells attack on Scout and Jem. The first example of injustice occurs when Tom Robinson is falsely convicted. In the 1920s Deep South, racism occurred and was accepted every single day. When Tom was accused of assaulting Mayella, the reader immediately knows that Tom is an innocent man.

To Kill A Mockingbird illustrates many of the vices of the South during the 1930s, one of them being injustice and bias in courts. Blacks weren’t given the same footing in court as whites did during this time. Many blacks who were tried were given unfair rulings despite sufficient evidence supporting them. In the novel, Tom Robinson is tried for raping Mayella Ewell.

‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ has many points of political and social issues and the author explores this by showing the characters reactions to the injustices. For example, Jem when felt very deeply about the trial and Tom being found guilty. Jem had no doubt in his mind that Tom was telling the truth and that he truly thought he was going to win the trial. When the judge announced the jury's verdict, Jem was crushed and did not understand how they could say he was guilty when he was obviously telling the truth. Atticus explains to him that their verdict was based off of racism not reason.This part of the book shows that some people would rather sustain the preconceived idea that because Tom is African American he is automatically guilty, rather than let a ‘black man’ win over a white woman.

There’s prejudice in the news every time they cover a terror attack made by an Arab or Muslim for a week longer than a terror attack made by a white person. There’s injustice everytime court's sentence a black man to ten years for stealing while a white man is sentenced to three years for the same crime. Prejudice and injustice is everywhere, and Harper Lee emphasizes this through the symbolism and the metaphor of a mockingbird in her novel entitled To Kill a Mockingbird. The title, To Kill a Mockingbird is a metaphor developed through Arthur Radley and Tom Robinson that illustrates the injustice and prejudice that people face, despite their good nature, similarly to Muslims and Arabs today.