To Kill A Mockingbird Social Injustice

Social inequality is an uncivilized ranking scale which was created by simple minded people who held the fear being surpassed. The argument made by Harper Lee in her work To Kill a Mockingbird is that social inequality is a hierarchy that is complex and affects everyone. More specifically, the author argues that the racial boundaries put between the black and white during the 1930’s caused great stress. This is proven in the novel multiple times. The people of Maycomb judge one another based on the background and wealth of their families. Not only do they judge each other within the community, they discriminate against anyone different than them. Social inequality does not only exist in the form of racism, there are many forms; some of the major ones appear in this book. Social inequality based purely on family background, social inequality based on the wealth of the individual and family, and racism. These are three of the major forms of social inequality that appear numerous times in the book.

In the book ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee, racism and social inequality are two central themes. Many different forms of social inequality coexist in the society depicted in the book, as the people of Maycomb are very rigid in their ways. This is because the book takes place in a time at which there was much racism and social inequality. In Maycomb, firstly there is discrimination between rich and poor white people, who do not often interact with each other. There is also racism against blacks by all white people in society, both rich and poor. Black people are denied basic rights and discriminated against in this town. Lastly, there is racism between the lowest classes of the community: poor white people and

Social inequality based entirely on race affects people who don’t deserve it. To Kill a Mockingbird original publication was in 1960, it is a classic novel written by Harper Lee, the book is set in 1933 to 1935. To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in a small town called Maycomb, Alabama and follows two years in the life of 7-year old Scout Finch, her brother Jem, and their father Atticus, an attorney who hopelessly strives to prove the innocence of a black man accused of rape. The book also talks about Boo Radley, a mysterious neighbour who saves Scout and her brother Jem from being killed. The definition of social and legal codes are social codes made up of rules and standards, and a legal system is a code of laws made by a state or nation. Throughout the book, social and legal codes are exploited by people to help maintain their social status. In Maycomb County, social and legal laws harm black people to protect white people, such as Atticus Finch, Bob Ewell, and Tom Robinson.

To Kill A Mockingbird is a highly successful, awe inspiring novel written by Harper Lee. It guides the reader through the complex structures of the small town mentality in 1930’s America, which is all written through the mainly objective perspective of a young girl named Scout. The major draw factor of this novel is the eloquent yet sometimes brutally upfront way in which it portrays not only racism, but the theme of appearances versus reality too. The choices Harper Lee made in terms of setting, character choice, and language technique cleverly influenced my reactions to the latter theme.

Our nation is supposed to symbolize freedom, happiness and social equality . However, manny still fall victim to the social injustice brought upon our society. The novel, “To Kill A Mockingbird”. Portrays these social injustices despite being published many years ago.

Social injustice has flooded the world and will continue to flood the world until someone stops all this evil. In Maycomb, Alabama, during the Great Depression, there is poverty and racism ruling over the South. Scout Finch has yet to realize all the evil surrounding her and her family. The evil that takes over Maycomb is the racism that lives in the hearts of its citizens. In To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, readers see a view of social injustices caused by racism through the Maycomb citizens who see the world through a veil of hypocrisy, which is shown by their actions in the way they talk down to Tom, and the truths of Maycomb’s society.

As the United States “progresses” in economic, educational and technological advancements we still are fighting for racial equality. With more than 50 years since the brown vs. board of education case there is still incidents like Ferguson, Baton Rouge, and Phiando Castile where many questions are still unanswered. However, Harper Lee dealt with these same problems in 1960 when she wrote To Kill a Mockingbird. Lee created an emotionally confronting story. Lee writes through the eyes of “Scout” a lawyer’s daughter in a small sleepy town of Maycomb in Alabama during the great depression. Throughout the book “Scout” learns coming of age lessons from Atticus and her own experiences. But when Atticus takes on a case defending a black man (Tom Robinson) convicted for rapping a white woman (Mayella Ewell) and is found guilty. “Scout” her brother Jem begin to understand the effects of the prejudices in society. Therefore, Lee applies the literary concepts of diction and tone to revel the truth that prejudices in society negatively affect the way people treat each other in To Kill a Mocking Bird.

I experienced very many examples of injustice every day at school such as being made fun of for my height, weight, and the way I dress. At the time I felt as if the whole world was against me and didn't really know what to do. I find it interesting that a few simple things define how someone is seen by many others. My definition of justice would be everyone being treated equally regardless of race, gender, religion, mental ability, or physical ability.

In the riveting coming-of-age novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, the author Harper Lee projects the idea of acceptance of all people, through the eyes of a child. Harper Lee combats the prejudice of social standing when she proves that some of the poorest people have the best of character traits. While racism of African Americans is first and foremost in this novel, the acceptance of white people into the African American community shows racism can be beaten from both point of views. Finally, the disabilities that Arthur Radley portrays, is forgotten, when his actions help him soar above the bigotry of the people of Maycomb County. The most obvious topic is the overt racism based on a person's skin color, however, Harper Lee takes us beneath the skin to show that discrimination occurs in other ways.

“‘Your father's right,’ she said. “Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corncribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.”’ (Lee 90). In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, siblings Jem and Scout Finch grow up in a small town called Maycomb, Alabama. There they witness racial inequality and injustice. By analyzing To Kill a Mockingbird, the reader can learn that racism, the moral nature of human beings, and social status relate to the theme of justice and fairness.

The novel ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee explores how characters demonstrate social inequalities and how characters in the novel defeats them with acts of courage whether public or private. Harper Lee explores the need for courage to bring societal change by Atticus’ decision to defend Tom Robinson and how he challenged society as the book was set in the early 1930s and racial prejudice was a big issue and was normal in society, Mrs Duboses’ courage to defeat her addiction demonstrating private courage to fix her own issues as well as gaining a new perspective and Scout’s courage by establishing public courage and challenging. To Kill a Mocking bird is still relevant today, more than 50 years later because racism is still an issue and

Everybody is familiar with the Pulitzer Prize winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. This groundbreaking and heart wrenching piece of literature is famous worldwide for its realistic and historic story that is read in schools all over the United States. To Kill a Mockingbird demonstrates the gruesome truths of worldwide subjects such as: racism, religion, and domestic violence. In addition, this book establishes a variety of important messages to take away after reading. These important themes can relate in the lives of anybody that can identify them.

To Kill A Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee, that has a basic plot about the novel where there are two children with their widow father and the main protagonist is named Scout Finch, her brother, Jem, and their father, Atticus who live in the sleepy Alabama town of Maycomb. Maycomb is suffering through the Great Depression, they live through social inequality in the south. Atticus the mature, wise, confident and bold father is a lawyer for Maycomb county who is defending an innocent black man who is accused for a crime he didn’t commit and so the accuser, Mayella Ewell, who accused the defendant, Tom Robinson, for rape and is now guilty then dead later in the novel. Then Scout and Jem are later protected by the town’s misunderstood and misjudged man Boo Radley who would help in secrecy. Throughout the story, it shares two themes that I found interesting “the coexistence of good and evil” and “the existence of social inequality.”

Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird, takes place in Monroeville Alabama in the 1930s during the time of the Great Depression, when racial discrimination was very prominent in the American South. It is narrated by the main character Jean Louise “Scout” Finch, a six year old girl who is the daughter of local attorney Atticus Finch. She tells the story from an adult perspective about her own childhood experiences. Through Scout’s eyes, Lee is able to present the story objectively by having an innocent girl make observations about the town she lives in. She presents the theme of racial discrimination and injustice to make the reader think, using powerful description, strong characterisation and colloquial language to make the story come alive to the reader.

Jeremy Finch, a ten year old leading protagonist to the novel by Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird published in 1960. Jem, and his family are located in Maycomb, Alabama which was currently suffering through the Great Depression. In this novel, it demonstrates the existence of social inequality and ignorant country farmers like the Cunninghams which lie below the townspeople, and the white trash Ewells rest below the Cunninghams. Correspondingly Jem, being a child at the beginning of the novel is immature and unaware of the community in which he lives in. He matures mentally to the point where he acknowledges the injustice in society and he becomes wise with the experiences he is given with the society around him by learning to interpret everyone in a more competently way. Although Jem, being a child at the beginning of the novel, his view on Boo Radley, a mysterious neighbour who lives in the same neighbourhood as the Finch family, changes throughout the novel. He has ridiculous judgements about him and they slowly start to change as he became more conscientious about Boo’s feelings. Moreover, Jems approach towards Scout, younger sister of Jem, becomes cordial as he matures through time and gains wisdom by thinking in a evolving way, by instead being an overbearing brother. Lastly, his perception on Atticus, his father who is more of a lawyer than an affectionate father, changes drastically from the beginning to the end. Jem had a negative outlook towards him by thinking