In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee conveys that prejudice divides communities and that persecution of innocent people is evil; furthermore; these two minor themes reinforce the major thematic idea that a simple assumption can divide people. When Tom Robinson is put on trial for supposedly raped Mayella Ewell, the racism in Maycomb surfaces and creates conflict. In the novel, a stranger says, “You know what we want,” ‘another man said.’ “Get aside from the door, Mr. Finch.”(172). Some drunken men want to harm Tom Robinson for the wrong that he did.
People now a days think they are being racially profiled for being looked at. They feel they are being judged by everybody. In Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird there are multiple accounts of actual racial prejudice. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee shows racial prejudice through how people around the town treats the black community. Like in today’s society, many people are in fear of being judged because of what they do, but in the book there are many examples of people living in terrible conditions in order to not be judged.
In To Kill a Mockingbird one of the themes portrayed by Harper Lee is that prejudice is a disease with deep and far-reaching roots. This theme can be seen throughout the book, whether it is based on race religion or even social status. One of the first instances of prejudice that really drives the story is when Scout tells one of her schoolmates, Cecil Jacobs, to take back what he said about Atticus, to which Cecil responds, “You gotta make me first! My folks said your daddy was a disgrace an’ that nigger oughta hang from the water-tank”(102). This moves the story forward because it is one of the first instances of racism that Scout witnesses in the novel.
In the novel ¨To Kill A Mockingbird, the author belives that people show the evils prejudice. One example from ,To Kill A Mockingbird¨that proves this is when at the beginning of the novel when scout tells us her original thoughts of Boo Radley. The text states¨Boo was about six and a half feet tall judging from his tracks: he dined on raw squirrels and any catshe could catch¨.(Lee, p.13).This supports the theme because the children have a preconecved prejudiced notion about Boo because of the stories they have heard. According to¨Too Kill A Mockingbird¨,after Mr. Gilmor cross examines Tom Robinson, Dill runs our of the court crying because he does not like the way Mr.Gilmor treated Tom.
Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird has a recurring theme of prejudice. Throughout the novel the narrator Scout Finch, Arthur “Boo” Radley and colored people are faced with prejudice. Prejudice is an assumption about someone based solely on what they believe is true or on what they were told or taught. Scout experiences prejudice because of her age, Boo because he is seldom seen and colored people because of the color of their skin.
To Kill a Mockingbird (TKAMB) was written by Harper Lee in 1960 taking place in 1930s Maycomb County, Alabama. TKAMB is a recount of Lee (Scout)’s childhood, during which her father (Atticus) defended Tom Robinson who was charged with raping Mayella Ewell. Other characters include Calpurnia (their colored housekeeper) and Jem (Scout’s brother). As a result, TKAMB runs deep with gender, racial and social prejudices. These prejudices surrounded the people of Maycomb every day and influenced their outlook of the world, thus giving them such wayward views on the world.
There were many examples of prejudice in “To Kill a Mockingbird”, but a few of them were much more noticeable than others. There was a great deal of prejudice against black people, specifically Tom Robinson, in this book, this was largely because of the time era this book was set in and, because this book was set in a predominantly slave state after the slavery abolition act. There was also an abundance of prejudice against Boo Radley just because they didn’t know who he was and as a community they deemed it necessary for some explanation of him staying inside all the time. Both of these men faced the consequences of rejection from society just because there was prejudice against them.
Prejudice is preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience. So how would that be represented in the book to kill a mockingbird? Well the main character Scout learns about different types of prejudice that are illustrated by the actions of the towns people towards Boo Radley, the Ewells and Tom Robinson. Scout learns that they way Dyl, Jem, and herself look at and judge Boo Radley is very prejudice because they do not know how Boo Radley really is.
Prejudice causes problems for communities. Great examples of prejudice causing trouble for communities are in To Kill a Mockingbird. Everyone in the small town of Maycomb describes Boo Radley as an awful human being but n one has actually met him. When Scout wanted to know what Boo was like, she soon found out: “Jem gave a reasonable description of Boo: Boo was about six-and-a half feet tall judging from his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch, that’s why his hands were bloodstained-if you ate an animal raw, you could never wash the blood off. There was a long jagged scar that ran across his face; what teeth he had were yellow and rotten; his eyes popped, and he drooled most of the time (Lee 16).
Prejudice is perceived opinion that isn’t based a upon actual fact. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, there are a lot of examples of prejudice towards black people because it was around that time that African Americans were finally receiving the same rights legally as that of a white man, but the white man thought that this was preposterous. However, throughout the story we see plenty of prejudices against other types of people. For instance, there are prejudices against, Boo Radley, women, and finally white people that believe the blacks are equal to the whites. These are the three types of prejudices that I will be discussing throughout my essay.
Prejudice is an inevitable aspect of society that has affected people in negative lights. In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout demonstrates her growth in understanding social issues that occur in the typical American society of Maycomb, where discrimination occurs towards both the lower-income population and racial minority. Calpurnia acts like a parental figure to inspire Scout of the invisible yet existing prejudice towards the economically disadvantaged people. When Jem invites Walter Cunningham to dine at his house, Scout disappoints Calpurnia by disrespecting Walter at the dinner table. Due to the sense of responsibility in the family, Calpurnia calls her out to educate her that, “‘[no] matter who they are, anybody sets foot in this
Another example of people being prejudice in the novel is when Tom Robinson a black man was accused for
In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee shows social, gender and racial prejudice. We see prejudice when Scout says “He ain’t company, Cal, he's just a Cunningham.”(Lee, 1960, p33). This is an example of social prejudice because Scout thinks that since Walter’s family is poorer than her’s that he’s not worthy to be called company. Another example of prejudice is “ I was not so sure, but Jem told me I was being a girl, that girls always imagined things, that's why other people hated them.” (Lee, 1960, 54) This quote is an example of gender prejudice because Jem is saying that girls imagine things too much and that's why no one likes them.
The child is innocent and curious, fluid and thinking, rash and developing. Therefore as time goes on, a child will take on the opinions of others. Throughout To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee, the children of the story, Scout, Jem, Francis, and Dill, are faced with an environment of prejudice towards others. The people of this environment spread their beliefs and change the children’s minds time and time again. Their views are molded by the people who interact with them causing their innocence and perspectives to be in constant flux.
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