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Atticus Discrimination Quotes

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People feel bad when they are discriminated because they might feel like they don’t fit in. Also they feel like they don’t need to exist anymore. They might even feel left out because of other people always discriminating them.Sometimes tragic stuff like suicides happen because they don’t feel accepted in their own community. For example, sometimes even their own people discriminate them. Discrimination like this one is similar to the discriminations in To Kill a Mockingbird. Acts of discrimination impact the lives of scout , Atticus and Helen..
The issues of racism affect the life of Scout because she grows up around racism.”Hi mr.Cunnigham, hows your entailment getting along?” .Scout is making conversation with mr.Cunningham who almost killed a black man.She is confused because he isnt responding to her or being kind. This illustrates how she’s growing up around racism and it doesn’t make her act racist like him.
One issue that affect the life of Atticus is that he and his family gets threatened after defending Tom Robinson. Atticus defends Tom Robinson because he tries to prove that just because of his skin color it doesn’t mean white people can treat them bad."I can't conceive of a man who'd I thought he got it all out of him the day he threatened me. Even if he hadn't, I thought he'd come after me.” This …show more content…

Scout life is affected by discrimination because he grows up around alot of racism and discrimination The life of Atticus is affected by discrimination because he and his family gets threatened after defending Tom Robinson. The life of Helen is affected by discrimination because the Ewells think they can treat her like trash because she was Tom’s wife. Many people like to be racist and discriminate against other people but they dont notice how they affect other peoples

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