Racial Issues In To Kill A Mockingbird

Created in 1960, Harper Lee’s book, “To kill a mockingbird” extends far beyond just being a fictional book about a town set in a more racially biased point in history, and actually shows what prejudice and instances of racism were like in famous cases in history and how some of the lessons taught in the book still can be found in modern times. Lee shows the theme of how difficult it is to solve racial issues, if not everyone is willing to change or even help.

In the novel the theme is shown majorly in three different instances, one being the Tom Robinson trial. Before, during and after the trial, almost everyone in Maycomb already knew that the trial would have a massively unfair and biased outcome, and that Tom would not have a chance at

Even when it’s not directly towards him, he is often described as someone who has to do the jobs people do not want, like in chapter 22 when Miss Maudie says, “I simply want to tell you that there are some men in this world who were born to do our unpleasant jobs for us. Your father's one of them.”(pg 288). Some citizens of Maycomb even felt that he had turned on them for choosing to defend a black person and would harass him. Even the kids at school would shame Scott and Jem who weren’t even involved in the case at all for having their father defend

Taking place in Money, Mississippi 1995, an incident occurred when a white woman claimed that the 14- year old Emmett Till said something vulgar to her at a grocery store which would then lead to his gruesome death of being kidnapped, beaten, shot then thrown in the Tallahatchie River. After being tried and found not guilty, the two murderers would go on to admit that they were the ones who committed the crime and not face any repercussions. This is also similar to Tom Robinson’s trial in to kill a mockingbird because when it is shown that Tom was physically incapable to commit the crime, he was still unfairly charged and found guilty by the