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Examples Of Ignorance In To Kill A Mockingbird

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“Ignorance, Prejudice, and Innocence” “I was born good but had grown progressively worse every year” (Lee 83). Author Harper Lee continues with this idea, spoken by Scout Finch, in Chapter 17 of her book To Kill a Mockingbird. Scout Finch, age six, is stripped of her innocence in a mid-20th century Alabama courtroom. On trial is a black man accused of rapping a young white woman. Scout’s father, a lawyer, is unaware of her presence during the interrogations and cross-examinations. When the father of the supposed victim is cross-examined, his vulgar replies arouse the courtroom. Scout describes, “...Mr. Heck Tate as the first officer of the county stood in the middle aisle quelling the packed courtroom” (Lee 231). In this passage, the literary elements diction, imagery, and tone, develop the theme that innocence is a mirror shattered by ignorance and prejudice. …show more content…

This scene is where the Tom Robinson case is in the courtroom. Mr. Gilmer asks Mr. Ewell about what he believed happened to his daughter. Of course Ewell is aware of the families and children in the courtroom that afternoon, but he allows his ignorance to get ahead of him. Bob Ewell’s diction is meant to cause harm and is meant to deceive. “...I run into th’ fence, but when I got distangled I run up to th’ window and I seen---” ; “I seen that black nigger yonder ruttin’ on my Mayella” (Lee 231). Not only do we see his word choice stir the courtroom but we notice it harms Scout. Scout becomes more matured and less innocent by hearing these words. Even though she may not be able to understand all of it at the moment, she eventually is able to see the prejudice in that

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At a young age, the children in Maycomb are getting introduced to a very crucial language. The novel's setting gives an example of Mr. Ewell using racist language, ‘’I seen a black ****** yonder ruttin’ on my Mayella!” (Lee 196). The way he phrases his accusation achieves an impressive feat of multitasking. This is one of the circumstances that was held back when the novel took place and how it affected children.

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People need to start thinking before speaking. In addition, Scouts hears her teacher makes a racist comment about african americans, a clean act of hypocrisy even Scout can tell is immoral. For example, when Scout and Jem are walking down the courthouse, she hears, “Well, coming out of the courthouse that night Miss Gates was--she was goin' down the steps in front of us, you musta not see her--she was talking with Miss Stephanie Crawford. I heard her say it's time somebody taught 'em a lesson, they were gettin' way above themselves, an' the next thing they think they can do is marry us. Jem, how can you hate Hitler so bad an' then turn around and be ugly about folks right at home--"( ).

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In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, a man named Tom Robinson was accused of raping Mayella Ewell. Until Tom was placed in front of a judge, he had been forced to be held in the Maycomb jail. While he remained there, an angry and ignorant mob went to jail to kill Tom. Ignorance is the absence of knowledge on a subject, which is like how the mob lacked knowledge on how being black does not cause Tom to be guilty. The mob is not the only instance in which ignorance is used; it occurs regularly in Maycomb.

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