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Examples Of Discrimination In To Kill A Mockingbird

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In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee argues that Scout’s community of Maycomb, Alabama is not all good that there is discrimination, unfairness, and even evil because of the time period which was during the depression. “To kill a mockingbird” is to destroy innocence. In the novel Jem, Tom Robinson, Dill, Boo Radley, Mr. Raymond can be identified as mockingbirds, innocent people who have been injured or destroyed through contact with evil. In the novel there are three young kids that are protected and has never truly experienced the evil of the world. In their neighborhood they get to know their community more and start to realize and see the good in people and the evil. The kids go through a big part of their life during the trial between black man, Tom Robinson and a white woman Mayella Ewell. When the kids see the discrimination in the trial they are saddened. They see the evil of their community that they have never been exposed to before. In a world good does not always win against evil. …show more content…

This is when the kids see the good in the world but along with the good there's some evil. One night when Jem and Scout are trick or treating Bob Ewell comes out and tries to attack them and breaks Jem’s arm. They see how evil Ewell can get and why he would want to hurt them. They see good again when Boo Radley comes out to save and defend them from Bob Ewell, “Still but for a man breathing heavily, breathing heavily and staggering. I

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