Examples Of Blindness In To Kill A Mockingbird

¨Atticus had used every tool available to free men to save Tom Robinson, but in the secret courts of men's hearts Atticus had no case. Tom was a dead man the minute Mayella Ewell opened her mouth and screamed¨(pg 241). Tom Robinson, a young black man accused of a crime, is a main example of blindness to prejudice throughout the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Taking place within the Great Depression and the Jim Crow era, these issues affected many people's lives. Throughout the novel, Harper Lee writes about issues with prejudice that are presented often through racism, social class, and sexism. Social class and sexism take a major part in the lives of the people of Maycomb and affect the way they treat each other. Tom Robinson, a young man accused of a crime because of his race, is a main example of the blindness to prejudice in this novel. Throughout the novel the author discusses the issue of racism and its effects on people. When Atticus Finch took on defending Tom in court, people told him that he would lose the case because of Tom's race. Atticus was upset over the fact that the courts were biased, no matter how much evidence shows that they were innocent. ¨As you grow older, you'll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and don't you forget it - whenever a white man does that to a

I could not possibly hope to be a lady if I wore breeches; when I said I could not do anything in a dress, she said I wasn't supposed to be doing things that required pants¨(pg 81). This was the thought that Scout had towards being a lady. Scout thought that being a girl was one of the worst things. Reason being, being a girl meant being a lady. And being a lady meant living in a confusing world of wearing dresses and doing lady things. The expectations of being a lady upset Scout who would rather wear her clothes and be a tomboy and not care about being