In the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, I noticed a lot of stereotyping. The characters stereotyped one another in multiple ways. The way they stereotyped one another shows how different each individual thinks about one another. Most of these stereotypes are shown negatively. This novel is shown from a child's point of view to show the difference in thinking between a child and an adult. It also shows how the child wees her society and the people in it. The town stereotypes every family. For example Atticus says the Ewells are under special circumstances. He compares the Ewells lifestyle to an animal's lifestyle. The town bends the laws for them. They are allowed to hunt out of season, miss school, and more. For every other child the cops would force them to go to school, but not the Ewells. The Ewells missed so much school, the police gave up on them. They were allowed to hunt out of season due to a shortage of crops. The town said that they either hunt out of season with permission or they would starve. The Ewells remind me of the homeless people around Anaheim. If the homeless had a job, or a roof over their head the state wouldn’t offer them more help than the other citizens. …show more content…
Dubose stereotypes the Negroes. She says they are low and dirty creatures. Her and the rest of the town put Atticus in that category. He is stereotyped with the Negroes because he is defending one of them in court. In the towns eyes he is just as bad as the Negroes. Nearly everyone in town has a colored person working for them, but still think they are low and dirty. This makes Mrs. Dubose a hypocrite because she needs the help of her Negro girl to get through the day. The town saying all Negroes are the same is like saying all mexicans or chinese people are the same. Everyone is different in their own way. This situation reminds me of all the terrorism that's been happening. Just because there's refugees in syria trying to cross the border doesn't mean they're all trying to bomb