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Examples Of Injustice In To Kill A Mockingbird

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Themes of To Kill A Mocking Bird In the book To Kill A Mocking bird there are many examples of injustice all through out the book. Back in the 1930’s many white people did not think very good about blacks or other minorities. These people also had an unfair judging system. Back in the book had a very unjust system for many things. The first of example of this unjust nature is the way that aunt Alexandria treats calpurnia. Aunt Alexandria thinks that Calpurnia is not very good for scout to be around and is not ver fond of Calpurnia. This is shown when aunt Alexandra says to Atticus, “You’ve got to do something about her”, this shows how aunt Alexandra fells about the fact that Cal has a lot of authority in the house. Aunt Alexandra doesn't like how Atticus lets them go to the church of the blacks and do the things that the blacks do because its weird for them to do that. The people should have boundary's for black and white people back in that time. …show more content…

This trial is unjust because of the fact of how the jury was set up and the prejudiced against the blacks. I the Book Atticus says, “"There's something in our world that makes men lose their heads—they couldn't be fair if they tried. In our courts, when it's a white man's word against a black man's, the white man always wins. They're ugly, but those are the facts of life” Pg 223. This quote shows how even if a black man was not guilty he would be charged as guilty because he is actually against a white man who is ‘superior’ back in those days

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