Examples Of Discrimination In To Kill A Mockingbird

“As Mr.Dolphus Raymond was an evil man accepted his invitation reluctantly”(pg.200) Dolphus Raymond is known for having mixed children with a black woman. This makes him appear as an outcast and a bad person which shows both discrimination and good vs evil, which is especially expressed in the trial of Tom Robinson and Mayyella Ewell. In Harper Lee's book To Kill a Mockingbird, she uses the trial to create the themes of good vs evil and discrimination. Bob Ewell shows this through what he says, what he thinks as well as the language he uses, also how a trial is set up, and what happens in the testimonies show good vs evil. It also shows discrimination by where the people have to sit, with the section specifically for black people. The interaction

Firstly the character Bob Ewell. Bob Ewell is the father of Mayella Ewell who is the one accusing Tom Robinson of attacking her and taking advantage of her earlier in the book. He is a very unsuccessful poor man who spends all the relief money the government gives him on alcohol and things he doesn't need. When it is his turn to testify and stand as a witness of the event, he uses very bad language as well as using many racial slurs towards Tom Robinson.”e. “Well, Mayella was raisin‘ this holy racket so I dropped m’load and run as fast as I could but I run into the’ fence, but when I got dis tangled I run up to the' window and I seen—” Mr. Ewell’s face grew scarlet. He stood up and pointed his finger at Tom Robinson. “—I saw that black person yonder ruttin’ on my Mayella!”(pg,172) Bob Ewell clearly shows discrimination as well as tries to use it against Tom Robinson. He knows that the entirety of the jury are white so he tries to get them to believe Tom is guilty purely because of the fact that he is black. So he is using discrimination in his words as well as in his actions to deflect the blame of Mayella’s beating and attack on Tom

This theme is mostly represented by Atticus Finch and Tom robinson as the good, and Bob/Mayella Ewell as the bad. This theme is shows mostly in the trial but is also shows in the after affect of the trial. When the trial starts and Atticus initially starts his cross examination to Mayella Ewell he does it calmly and without showing emotion, this represents good because he is not letting any emotions such as anger or the feeling of the trial being unjust get to him. ”“Just answer the question yes or no, please, Sheriff,” said Atticus dryly, and Mr. Tate fell silent. Atticus sat down and nodded to the circuit solicitor, who shook his head at the judge, who nodded to Mr. Tate, who rose stiffly and stepped down from the witness stand” Atticus was defending Tom Robinson out of the kindness and the goodness of his heart. He is an extremely kind and caring person which is one of the reasons he is such a good lawyer, he always has other people's best interest at heart and is one of the most selfless people in the book which is why he represents good in the trial of Tom Robinson. But the opposite type of person would be Mr. Gilbert who is Mayella Ewell's lawyer when cross examining Tom Robinson spoke and questioned with a anger and hatred to it. Both in the tone he was setting when he spoke and even just the word choice he was using. So Mr. Gilbert is representing the idea of bad