An anonymous person once said, “Not all wounds are so obvious. Walk gently in
the lives of others”. Every single person on this earth has a different story. Every person
has something unique and special to bring to the table. No matter what color of skin you
have, what religion you follow, or what country your from, everyone should be treated
equally and not be discriminated from others. Harper Lee used real life events as
encouragement for her novel To Kill A Mockingbird. These can be associated with the
Jim Crow laws, mob mentality, and issues of racism in that time period.
In To Kill A Mockingbird, the Jim Crow laws are one of the basic factual
indications to racism. The Jim Crow laws were a system of laws the whites and blacks
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our country’s past mob mentality also takes place. One example may be when there was a
lynching in the 1930’s. People from all over went to watch the lynching (“strange fruit.
Anniversary of a lynching”). This shows that a lynching was entertainment to the whites
and where proud of there actions. A photo at the lynching shows that whites think they
had more power over blacks. No one would ever get in trouble for these types of crimes
because the police officers had no one to blame (Beiter). In Maycomb County the citizens
experience mob mentality in the novel. One example is when Atticus goes to the jail a
group of guys meet him there and threaten him (Lee 205). This shows mob mentality
because it’s a group of people who all act a certain way together. One other piece of
evidence may be when Jem, Scout and dill all follow where Atticus goes. The go to the
jail and find him there with other men. The kids all go there for the same reason and try
to figure out what Atticus and the men are up too. The last example of mob mentality