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To Kill A Mockingbird Ethical Dilemmas

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Not only does race divide the town of Maycomb, it also dictates the ways in which characters conduct themselves in relationships.What are the hidden rules of conduct the people of Maycomb follow because of race? How does race structure relationship in term of power,language,and social status.What are the major ethical dilemmas of To Kill A Mockingbird and how do different characters resolve these dilemmas?What ethical system inform their resolution? Lastly, is the author Harper Lee challenging the status quo about race relation through To Kill A Mockingbird. Is she political or just describing the life as it is in Maycomb?

What are the hidden rules to conduct the people of Maycomb follow because of race? One of the many hidden particular …show more content…

What ethical system inform their resolution? If the ethical system didn't exist the death of Tom wouldn't have happened. Then Tom's hand wouldn't be handicapped /wouldn't have happened. Finally a innocent man without proof wouldn't have been committed of rape or convicted.

Lastly, is the author Harper Lee challenging the status quo about race relation through To Kill A Mockingbird. The author Harper Lee is challenging the race relations in How To Kill A Mockingbird because in the book Harper Lee is describing the social status such as how Tom worked in the cotton field when he was 13.Political Tom was convicted with murder even with medical proof ,he was convicted with murder even though there was proof. Tom was convicted with murder because of his race and the jury (most of the people of the town were racist). Economic, the African-Americans were separated from the Americans.

Is she political or just describing the life as it is in Maycomb ( Harper Lee)?Political, because it was describing the the separation of the African-Americans and the Americans and how they were separated by social,political and

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