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How Is Racism Developed In To Kill A Mockingbird

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Racists aren't born racist, racists are made... in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, the main character Jean Louise "Scout Finch tries to understand how society works. At a young age, her innocence is put to the test when the rest of the town talked bad about a black person. Scout shows how adolescence can be seen as unfair, cruel and confusing. Shaping the meaning of the work by demonstrating two sides of a world through childhood and adulthood. How some may view things differently for the fear of judgment. However, Scout's behavior can be considered reasonable due to the fact that she lives in a town filled with evilness and racism.

Scout, an innocent girl trying to understand the perspective of other people's actions. Through her father's footsteps, she soon comes to the realization the world wasn't what she thought it was. Growing up in a racist community she is determined to seek for only the truth. Observing and questioning every move she manages to understand everyone's actions setting aside the evilness that comes with them, but much better appreciating the little good things they have to offer. Looking up to her father she takes upon a quest on what she will soon take conscious of. …show more content…

There will be two sides of a story a true and false one. Scout's father, Atticus Finch one of the town's lawyers stands up for what he believes is right, setting a great example towards his children. Being the only role model Scout and her father Jem had, they were taught to always do the right thing. Having enough courage to take the trial of the opposite race he fights for the morality and equality of Tom

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