How was racial discrimination important to the history of the United States of America? The theme of racial discrimination was very significant and important to the history of the United States of America. In the To Kill a Mockingbird passage in which the result of the trial in one county’s court in Alabama was absolutely illogical, because of racial discrimination, author Harper Lee uses conflict and plot events to help develop the theme that discrimination is absurd, because of conflict as a result of it. Conflicts without reliable proof between different racial people in a society where the discrimination has a big influence on people are usually ending by the loss in the courtroom of the person who is discriminated against. In the To Kill a Mockingbird novel, there is the trial of Tom Robinson, who is Black. …show more content…
Mayella Ewell is the 19-year-old girl, who is white and also from a very poor Maycomb County family. Her father is Bob Ewell, who likes to drink alcohol and when he is drunk he beats his kids. Mayella is proving that there was not any rape from Tom Robinson, and that all proof of her injuries is showing that Bob Ewell beat her: “Do you love your father, Miss Mayella?” was his next. “Love him, whatcha mean?” “I mean, is he good to you, is he easy to get along with?” “He does tollable, ‘cept when—” “Except when?” Mayella looked at her father, who was sitting with his chair tipped against the railing. He sat up straight and waited for her to answer. 208. In that moment, Mayella is showing that she is afraid of her father’s reaction and she is not telling everything. Furthermore, the only proof that the Tom Robinson rape Mayella is that she had a left eye hit, but the fact is that Tom Robinson could not use his left arm to hit Mayella’s left