A Discriminated World
History as we know, will forever shape the future. We can only hope that the prejudice that was present in our nation's history, will NEVER occur again. The novel To Kill A Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, is a story about a young girl, and her journey through a world of prejudice. The setting is Maycomb Alabama, a small and quiet southern town with many types of people. Of course segregation of races were very common at the time of the this book. Since it takes place in the early 1930’s the Great Depression was in full height. Poverty was very common and affected many families, from the privileged, to the negroes, to the white trash. The 1900’s in America was a dark and brutal time. This is when where whites were to be treated inferior. The presence of prejudice should not be surprising when it comes to our
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When most people think of prejudice, they think of racism. This is definitely the most common type of prejudice, but there are definitely different forms. Gender, socioeconomic, and racial prejudice are all common in this novel. Throughout the story, the author gives the reader an insight on how these different types of discrimination affect the community of Maycomb.
Gender inequality is very common not only in the past, but still today. It is present in a number of things such as pay wages, sports, academics, and skill. Some people just believe that men are superior and are better than women. This is present in To Kill A Mockingbird. Scout does not want to be called a girl because, at that time, being a girl meant that you were weak. “‘Scout, I’m tellin you for the last time, shut your trap or go home-- I declare to the Lord you’re gettin’ more like a girl every day!’ With that I had no option but to join them” (Lee 69). ” As you can see from this quote, Scout is not fond of being a