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How Does Harper Lee Present The Stereotypes In To Kill A Mockingbird

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In the book to kill a mockingbird the author harper lee portray racism for what it is cruel and morally wrong. In the story to kill a mockingbird takes place during the 1930's in maycomb alabama, Tells the view of racism and segregation through the point of view girl names scout finch, whos dad later end’s up defending a black man names Tom Robinson in court who is accused of rape. It shows the moral effects on people of segregation being forced to live in a crappy side of town. The stereotypes, use older churches and white people taking advantage of the african americans Atticus (scouts father) teaches his kid’s not to treat black people unequally and to treat them like any other person. And that racism is wrong even though everyone else is doing it. He also teaches them never to take advantage of them. “As you grow older, you'll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and don't you forget it—whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes from, that white man is trash." he treats eveyone equally and wishes that his kid’s grow up not racist. …show more content…

He is then offended after atticus inform’s him that he will do his best to defend him. We later find out in the story that the atticus was not orignally suppose to defend tom robinson the case should’ve gone to the new lawyer who needed the experience instead the judge specifaclly appointed tom’s case to atticus because he knew that atticus wasnt racist and would give tom a fair defense despite tom being

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