To Kill A Mocking Bird Response Essay

To Kill a Mocking Bird

The society of Maycomb is nothing to be surprised about. At the time the novel was written, things such as racism and prejudice were at an extremely high rating. Which was clearly why Lee wrote it like that, she had observed these racisms and she was simply inspired and decided to write a book. And so in the book, you can notice lots of racism and prejudging. For example talking about the dark-skinned people, they would say ‘nigger’ instead of saying a black man or anything less racist. Although the most obvious example is the charge that Bob Ewell had against Tom Robinson, according to them it is normal when a white man has a charge against a black man. But when a black man has a charge against a white man, then

First of all, what is a ‘society’? A society is a group of people who interact with each other in different ways and live in the same territory. In general, society has changed a lot. The people changed compared to how it was in the book. Of course one can still find racism and judgment in some countries but it has decreased from before. People have matured and we human beings are more capable of accepting one another no matter what one’s race is or religion one supports. These are the things that changed from the time of the book until now. The human mind has grown up and people are still learning that there is no difference between each other; people such as the dark-skinned ones are more comfortable now because even they know that it isn’t like before. In the book, a good example would be when Tom Robinson said that he wanted to help Mayella because he simply felt sorry for her. This was a crime at that time, a black man feeling sorry for a white woman. Although right now, there are more human rights and the results aren’t the same if a black man says that to a white woman that he feels sorry for