Examples Of Hypocrisies In To Kill A Mockingbird

Not everything in life is equal. Many places such as the United States say that the people follow what they believe or the system treats people equally, but that is not the case. These flaws are called hypocrisies. These Hipocrasies are presented in the story To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. They help shape the story and create the characters. The main characters named Scout and Jem experience these hypocrisies throughout the book from people and places. These hypocrisies are split into three groups: Religious hypocrisy, Legal system hypocrisy, and Educational hypocrisy. One hypocrisy that Harper Lee presents in the story is religious hypocrisy. One such thing happens when Scout goes to the tea party that Aunt Alexandra sets up. After an awkward silence in the missionary group, Miss Stephanie comes in and asks

A lawyer?” Scout answers”Nome, I hadn’t thought about it…” Miss Stephanie asks “Why shoot, I thought you wanted to be a lawyer, you’ve already commenced going to court.” The Ladies later laughed. Stephanie being part of a missionary group should make her religious, thus making her more nice and caring about others. What is so hypocritical is that Miss Stephanie is being mean to Scout and makes fun of her. Another such hypocrisy happens when Scout and Jem with Calpurnia are going to Calpurnia’s church only to be stopped by Lula. Lula stated,“You ain’t got no business bringin’ white chillun here – they got their church, we got our’n. It is our church, ain’t it, Miss Cal?” Churches are suppose to be open for anyone no matter what race he or she is in, but there are two different churches worshipping the same god with the only difference being that black attend one church and whites attend another church. This can be religious hypocrisy because that churches are suppose to be