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

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The novel To Kill a Mockingbird serves as the basis for my topic. It's all about how inequality is shown to those who don't live up to society's expectations. We are drawn to the story's theme of family's significance and its connection to internal conflicts throughout. Different racial injustices exist, and even the presence of evil in unexpected places is widespread. To kill a mockingbird shows the moral truth in regards to an immense racial issue during the Economic crisis of the early 20s. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee demonstrates that inequality is a recurring theme that only affects those who do not conform to society's expectations. Discrimination, racism, and social inequality are just a few examples of the kinds of things we …show more content…

The statement "There's something in our world that makes men lose their heads—they couldn't be fair if they tried. In our courts, when it's a white man's word against a black man's, the white man always wins. They're ugly, but those are the facts of life.” ( Lee 295) is a great example of discrimination. The Cunninghams got victimized, simply because of their absence of cash like the rest. Not only was color a factor in discrimination, but so were wealth and gender as well. Lee 34) Blacks faced discrimination more frequently than whites during the Great Depression. People's lives and reputations were being ruined by lies. causing an individual to feel unwelcome and as though they are nothing even in the church. According to the quotation, "Suppose you and …show more content…

People are treated differently, but it's not because they did something wrong but rather because of their race. In the quote “She was white, and she tempted a Negro. She did something that in our society is unspeakable: she kissed a black man. Not an old Uncle, but a strong young Negro man. No code mattered to her before she broke it, but it came crashing down on her afterwards.” - (Lee 231-232) We gather that not only are they being judged for their color and becoming set apart from the rest but just by her kissing a black man, she had done something in society that was wrong. By one kiss, it created a change in the town. Everyone knew, everyone judged, and everyone blamed the man with color. Racism interferes with character traits, abilities, lifestyles and even rights. This was shown significantly when a white speaks against a black in court in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. In the quote “Cry about the simple hell people give other people—without even thinking. Cry about the hell white people give colored folks, without even stopping to think that they’re people, too.” People had to begin to feel isolated during the Great Depression because of their color. It was overlooked that people of color are just like white people in that they are human and have feelings. The inequality between black and white was a typical behavior in this time period. By depicting how the lives of

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