To Kill A Mockingbird Journal Entry Analysis

The old, small town of Maycomb, Alabama is the epitome of a Southern town during the Great Depression. All around there are men that discuss political issues, women that gossip, and children enjoying summer. It seems to be a peaceful place, but in reality the town is divided. There is a deep wound that mars the town and an almost tangible

In To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee, Maycomb county is deeply plagued by racial and social class prejudice due to the ignorance of some of its citizens.

Institutions in Maycomb such as the school, court and church greatly influenced how the people of Maycomb looked at the world. The school didn’t allow the Negroes to enrol and get the same level of education as the white people, although they also discriminated and were prejudiced against the lower class and poor white people of Maycomb. In the court the Negroes were again showed prejudice as the two races had to be separated, the white people were seated on the ground level while Negroes had to sit up on the balcony. The church was another institution that encouraged prejudice. All the churches around the world believed and worshipped the same god but all had different beliefs as to what the world should be like and how people should marginalize others. These multiplicities of institutions are what teach us prejudice and about types of prejudice.

The setting for the novel is a fictitious town called Maycomb. This town is situated in Alabama, south USA. The racial prejudice shown in the novel has a lot to do with the town being situated in the southern United States. This is because there was a lot of racism in the southern United States in the 1930's. This racism mainly originated from the civil war, which lasted from 1875 to 1883. The northern, more

In To Kill A MockingBird, Injustice is detracted in the lifestyle of everyday lives of coloured folks in the town of Maycomb, Alabama. The segregation; distribution of resources; the pursuit of happiness are clearly demonstrated in the town of Maycomb, Alabama. The time area is during the Great Depression (Lee), the folks in Maycomb, was a small community with interesting people that keeps the town lively.

The setting for the novel is a fictitious town called Maycomb. This town is situated in Alabama, south USA. The racial prejudice shown in the novel has a lot to do with the town being situated in the southern United States. This is because there was a lot of racism in the southern United States in the 1930’s. This racism mainly originated from the civil war, which lasted from 1875 to 1883. The northern, more progressive states declared slavery illegal, but slavery was a vital part of the

It is normal for the people in this town to be racist, they grew up like that. The time period and the location (south) cause this town to be unfair. The setting affects the people that live in Maycomb, because if no one was racist the events in this story

Racial prejudice was demonstrated strongly throughout the novel. Tom Robinson being a clear example of the discrimination that took place in Maycomb,

The community of Maycomb, Alabama, as described in the book was not a very wealthy area. Families such as the Cunningham’s and Ewell’s made up the lower-class of the

Racial segregation is one of the biggest problem and form of prejudice in Maycomb County. People of Maycomb blamed Tom Robinson for raping Mayella Ewell because “she was white and she tempted a Negro. She did something that in [Maycomb’s] society [was] unspeakable: she kissed a black man” (Lee 204) Society has shaped people’s minds a certain way and it controls their actions. It makes people not think and treat others differently just because of their skin color. Even though people knew the truth, Tom Robinson was still convicted and found guilty because “when it’s a white man’s word against a black man’s, the white man always win”. (Lee 220) To end racial inequality, people need to understand the other person and view things in their perspective. Society needs to stop

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 … and the Negroes” (302). It is interesting to note that even though the Ewells are sorely looked down upon by the people of Maycomb, as shown by the fact that Atticus — of all people — calls them “trash” (164), they are higher up on the social ladder

The theme of prejudice most develops the setting of To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee by creating segregation amongst blacks and whites, economic class divisions, and stereotypes. After the Civil War, negro and white separation can be seen in the location of African Americans in the society of Maycomb, where blacks sit in a completely different section of the courthouse and live on the outside of the town from the white population. Francis also states on page eighty-seven, “...but now he’s turned out a nigger-lover we’ll never be able to walk the streets of Maycomb again,” displaying the idea that if people of the opposite skin pigmentation interact, the townspeople turn their back upon them. Another aspect of the setting is the contrasting

” As the reader progressed throughout that scene, you got a feel for the segregation in Maycomb County. In fact, this is one of the strongest ways Harper Lee demonstrated segregation and racism during the course of the book.

Maycomb has many different forms of discrimination. Many people in the story are subjected to biased actions.

In the beginning, Maycomb, Alabama seemed to be a quiet, accepting of others community. A place that was safe for rearing children, and somewhere everyone could live peacefully. The community members watched out for each other, and helped others without procrastination or the thought of otherwise. Life was routine. One could declare what the community members were doing, just by knowing what time it was. As the story progressed, the community’s skeletons were exposed, and one begins to realize that Maycomb is not much different from most other small communities, in that human nature thrives throughout the community. Atticus took on the most difficult case of his career when he agreed to defend a black man, who was obviously innocent, but accused of beating and raping a white girl. Prejudiced thoughts and behaviors riled when Tom Robinson was brought to the county jail.