Does two plus three equal four? In To Kill a Mockingbird, it does. In To Kill A Mockingbird, inequality is seen throughout the book in all characters in one way or another. In this essay, I will be talking about those instances and how they relate to reality. The African-Americans are treated unfairly in this book. You may see an example of that when Mr. Ewell says in the book, “ I seen that black nigger yonder ruttin' on my Mayella!”, said Mr. Ewell (231) This implies that if it were anyone but a ‘black nigger yonder ruttin’ on my Mayella’, then it would’ve been completely fine. This shows a violation of the equal rights ideology that I’d assume most of us posses in the 21st century. This shows that inequality was prevalent at least some places in the book. Why doesn’t he care about other races doing the same, but he cares so much about when a black person does? I believe this stems from our days of survival. We had to to judge people and any animals, really, on whether or not they were a clear and present danger. Now, let’s move on to more cases. …show more content…
“I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks.”, says Scout. (304) This is especially interesting and important that she says that because that is where our ideas stemmed from, and about one generation later, the Civil Rights Act was passed in 1965. This shows that from cruelty comes a sense of guilt, and people who want to make right by