The Theme Of Inequality In To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee

A major conflict established in this story was injustice and inequality. “Atticus was right, one time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them” (Lee 321) Scout realized that Atticus was right about what he said, you don’t know how things are for people unless you see it from their point of view. In the story Tom Robinson faced inequality when he was accused for raping Mayella Euwell in a trial, Mayella accused tom of choking her wither one and beating her with the other one but Tom Robinsons other hand was useless to him. “ He looked oddly off balance, but it was not from the way he was standing. His left arm was fully twelve inches shorter than his right, and hung dead at his side. It ended in a small shriveled

“You know something, Scout? I've got it all figured out, now. I've thought about it a lot lately and I figured it out. There's four kinds of folks in the world. There's the ordinary kind like us and the neighbors, there’s the kind like the Cunninghams out in the woods, the kind like the Ewells down in the dumb, and the negroes” (Lee 258). This quote explains how Jem explains to Scout realizing how people are labeled for the wrong things. “Atticus said one time the reason Auntie’s so hipped on the family is because we’ve got’s background and not a dime to our names'” (Lee 258). This quote signifies how the Finches are considered upper class and more respected compared to other families. “Every town the size of make home had families like the Ewells. No economic fluctuations changed their status– people like the Ewells lived as guests of the county and prosperity as well as in the depths of a depression…” (Lee 193) This quote represents how everyone considered the Ewells as repulsive and white trash. The Ewell family was treated unfairly no matter who they were and their class impacted everything including their friend groups, and their