Theme Of Discrimination In To Kill A Mockingbird

Last year in Seattle there was an uproar of black people rioting for their right . People called this march ”Black lives matter” and citizens were fighting for equality; black people fought for equality since others had regarded them wrongly for having a different color skin tone than the majority. The novel, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee tells the story of a girl, Scout, facing the realities of bigotry in a court case where her father is defending an African American slave from a case he was accused for. Therefore, it displays how people decide to discriminate others for many reasons such as the shade of their skin or that they feel as if they are of a higher status. While others, such as Atticus, tried to embrace these differences simply because they understand them and think of them as normal people. In all there are people who discriminate one’s differences and others who try to to accept them.

The author states, “People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for” (Lee 232). Consequently, shows how people rather see what they want to see than believe what is right in front of them. Evidentially, people would rather look at the cover, skin, of a person and judge them on that than find out personally who they are on the inside. Many others also thought since someone looked different from them, they felt they were of higher standards. The novel conveys, “If there's just one kind of folks, why can't they get along with each other? If they're all alike, why do they go out of their way to despise each other?” (Lee 302). Ironically, people despise each other even if they are just “one kind of folk”. As a result, people in that mindset will always try to find a reason to be better than a person even if they are all