Brooke Hines Mrs. Kennedy English 8, Period 6 1 March 2016 Contrasts and Contradictions in To Kill A Mockingbird In To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, there were many different characters who changed throughout the book. The story was written in the perspective of a young girl named Jean Louise Finch, who was known as Scout in the book. The Finch family consisted of Jem, otherwise known as Jeremy Atticus Finch, and Atticus Finch, the widowed father of Jem and Scout. The Finch family lived in an old southern place called Maycomb County where almost everyone knew each other.
What racisms in US at that period was influenced “Tom Robinson trial” in the novel To kill a mockingbird? The aspects and backgrounds of racism in US influenced the novel “To kill the mockingbird” The content of the book called To kill the mockingbird by Harper Lee is including racism of black people, such as Tom Robinson trial. Middle of the Great Depression, this book was published by Harper Lee’s background since he was young.
Many people would expect Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird to include little to no adult topics considering the narrator is a 6-year-old girl at the start of the novel. However, this is not the case, as many adult topics, such as racism and prejudice, are exposed to the young girl throughout the novel. Miss Gates, who appears only briefly in the novel, suggests that prejudice can lead to hypocrisy, and the way people act around a certain group of people does not always reflect their true nature. The sophisticated Miss Gates illustrates the idea that prejudice can lead to hypocrisy by looking down on prejudice yet continuing to have a prejudiced mindset.
out in the woods, the kind like the Ewells down at the dump, and the Negroes. "(226) People despise other people because the society they were surrounded by was to criticize the people based on their appearance and what the rest of the people’s opinions were. The children discover more about the hypocrisies and double standards during the trial. Atticus Finch, Jem and Scout’s father, is a layer that was ask to defend an African-american man, Tom Robinson, that was accused of rape by a white woman.
Holden often carries hypocrisy because he exposes the weakness of others but doesn't pay attention to his own weakness. In J.D Salinger's Catcher in the Rye, we can see Holden Caulfield show the weakness of others but he never seems to recognize the weakness that he has throughout the story nor the depression that he has he talked about it but he never fully recognizes it. With other characters like Ackley, Stadler, Mr, Spencer Ect. we can see Holden find the weakness of these characters saying that they are hypocrites but he never seems to comprehend how much of a hypocrite is.
Can people be inhumane to others? To be inhumane means to not be kind or gentle to people or animals. “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee is a social drama that shows inhumanity in a great way. A major theme in this novel is man’s inhumanity to man. The Tom Robinson plot, Boo Radley plot, and the name of the novel play a part in portraying inhumanity to others.
In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses characterization, symbolism, and irony to express the cloud in judgment prejudice causes when examining the morals of others. Scout is able to understand more about the town folk in Maycomb County through studying her teacher’s ironic and corrupted views of life around her. Lee uses Miss Gates, Scout’s teacher, to allow Scout a chance to understand the complexity of the adult world. While teaching the class about the Holocaust, Gates expresses the injustice being done to the Jews. She teaches the children that the town does not “believe in persecuting anybody” (Lee 329) because of the U.S. democratic government.
How is the racial problem of the southern states of USA in the 1930s portrayed in To Kill a Mockingbird? INTRO In the 1930s the Southern states of America suffered from a strong discrimination and racial hatred towards colored people. They had no rights, no respect and were not allowed to go places white people went. In other words they were segregated from the rest of the society.
The novel “To Kill A Mockingbird” was written in 1960 by Harper Lee in the point of view of a young innocent girl named Scout. One of the main messages that Lee has (need a new word than – indicated or set out) is racism, it plays an important role which strongly impacts many character’s lives unfairly and changes the relationship between two. Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mockingbird” shows that it is wrong to hurt someone who does no harm to you, for example, black people are innocent but no way did they have as many rights as white people did. Black people lived hard lives because society was judgemental, irrational and most importantly, racist. As Scout and Jem grow older they learn to cope, take responsibility and are introduced to new aspects of life, one of which is racism.
The author of the historical fiction novel To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee, wrote this story to warn the reader about how easily morality is influenced by society. People in the book are often caught between standing up for what is right or standing with the crowd. The author uses Miss Gates as an example of someone whose judgement is clouded by the society’s opinion. Lee uses Miss Gates to display the good, bad, and the hypocrite who lives in everyone. Miss Gates’ morals stood with the rest of the U.S. when she disagreed with how Hitler persecutes the Jews.
The case of Tom Robinson and how it’s a much broader problem in society Although the 1965 Voting Rights Act marked the end of the Civil Rights Movement and the full integration of African Americans into society. There are still countless violations, injustices, and cases of racism toward minorities. There are measureless examples of Police brutality, purposeful segregation of minorities, and racism with employment and wealth. And how simply creating stricter regulation and laws in work environments, school environments, and in law enforcement can help to fix the problem.
Humans live in a world where moral values are very clearly set determining what is good and what is bad. We know what scares us and how racism should be treated. Nevertheless, this was not the case back in Alabama during the 1950s. In the famous novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee narrates the lives of the people of Maycomb, Alabama, focusing on the story of Scout and Jem Finch, and the case of a said to be rape. In this emotion filled narrative, readers learn how life was back then not only in general, but for the separate social statuses that there was.
Gates, and Mrs. Merriweather. Hypocrisy is a major theme in To Kill a Mockingbird and Harper Lee leaves an underlying message to explain what the times were like. Aunt Alexandra was hypocritical because her statements about Cousin Joshua and the Cunninghams. Miss Gates was also hypocritical because of her statements about Hitler and the black people in Maycomb. Lastly, Mrs. Merriweather is a voice of hypocrisy because of her opinion about blacks in Maycomb and blacks in Africa.
1. During February 4-11, 1945, Big three, US, Britain, and USSR decided to meet at Yalta and discussing the future and post of the second world war. All three country were represented by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin This essay discussed Yalta and Potsdam main agendas. And then review iron cutter speech provided by sir Winston Churchill in Westminster college and reflecting its consequences post world war two.
In the 1930s, if a black man was on trial there was a ample chance he would be convicted even if evidence proved he was innocent. Throughout history humans being prejudice and bias have affected the lives of thousands of people; some ending with favorable outcomes while others weren’t so fortunate. Within the book To Kill a Mockingbird the readers learn that prejudice and bias people outnumber the understanding and kind. One decision or in this case twelve decisions decide the fate for an unfortunate man. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee reveals that people often follow their biases and prejudices rather than the truth.
