Theme Of Corruption In To Kill A Mockingbird

Corruption, bigotry, racism, all part of the habits of mankind, from the beginning humans have always been unjust, selfish, and evil, giving us proof of how much humanity hasn't changed in over 1000 years. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, the novel follows two children of a lawyer in a small town called Maycomb. Where it shows the children the hard reality of the world, how it's not all smiles and sunshine, but hardships. It showed the financial difficulties of others, it showed the prejudice of the community, and followed their fathers case on Tom Robinson, a black man accused of assaulting a white woman named Mayella. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird written by Harper Lee, the reader perceives the racism, bigotry, and secrecy through

In the the novel, there is a man named Dolphus Raymond who had children with a blakc woman and had mixed children. He would drink coca cola in order to make the town think he was drinking and an alcoholic. So after a day in the trial the children go outside and meet up with him, and Scout says that,” I shouldn’t be here listening to this sinful man who had mixed children and didn’t care who knew it, but he was fascinating” (205) . Showing us that although Raymond is a kind hearted person, the community perceives him as a rude, shameful alcoholic. Of how Scout felt as if she,”shouldn't be here listening to this sinful man who had mixed children”, yet again making the audience feel a sense of secret between the community and misconception of an innocent man. The word sinful is an example of diction, making the children and audience feel as if he's a disgusting and vile man, whilst he's done nothing. It also lets us know the the setting, letting us know they are outside and conversing with

As she said,” “Tom Robinson’s manners were as good as Atticus’s. Until my father explained it to me later, I did not understand the subtlety of Tom’s predicament: he would not have dared strike a white woman under any circumstances and expect to live long” (198). Showing how if Tomb Robinson truly valued his life, he would never even think about hitting a white woman. The author Harper Lee made sure to include the word white in front of women, showing how much race plays a big part in the trial, and the choices of everyone's day to day life. It's bad already if you hit someone, and that woman, but also in this case it's a much bigger problem if the person is white. The author also uses metaphor to further dramatize the comparison between Atticus and Tom Robinson. As Atticus is already known as a righteous man, and so comparing Tom to him is showing that Tom's character is also of the same