To Kill A Mockingbird Human Rights Quotes

Bailey Johnson

Block 2

2/17/22

"Only four in 10 respondents to a 2019 Ipsos survey think that their country should always respect international laws on human rights." (legaljobs.com). To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee follows a young girl, Scout, who witnesses the stimulating trial of Tom Robinson, a black man accused of raping a young woman. Through the teachings of elders in her life, she learns about the basic human rights that all people deserve, even though her town of Maycomb doesn't follow through with them all. Human rights, created in 1948 (after To Kill a Mockingbird), are the rights that belong to all people, regardless of race, sex, nationality, etc. They help every person on our planet live a life that's equally valued, defended,

To ensure that all people receive their justified human rights, we need to prevent discrimination in our communities. In our world, discrimination is a serious problem. Discrimination is the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of ethnicity, age, sex or disability. For instance, treating someone differently based on their ethnicity. One example of this is Tom Robinson’s trial, where Atticus teaches the children that discrimination is repugnant. "As you grow older, you’ll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and don’t you forget it—whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes from, that white man is trash." (Lee, 207). Atticus had been teaching Scout and Jem lessons since they were little children. He had raised them to be compassionate to all people, even those who were boorish. Now, it is imperative that all parents teach their children to treat people the same, regardless of their skin color and/or race. This is very

To fabricate a world where all are equal, all should be equal before the law. This means that all are treated equal in law, meaning that people of different ethnicities should be treated similarly in court, persecution, etc. An ample example of this being violated is when Miss Maudie explains how the court in Maycomb isn't always fair. “The handful of people in this town who say that fair play is marked white only; the handful of people who say a fair trial is for everybody, not just us; the handful of people with enough humility to think, when they look at a n word, there but for the lord’s kindness am I … the handful of people in this town with background,” (Lee, 269-270). Many people in Mayfield believed that black people didn’t deserve the same rights as the white people in Mayfield. After Tom Robinson’s court case, Scout and Jem were upset about the bias in the jury that sent Tom to prison. They learned from Miss Maudie that not everyone in Mayfield does the honorable thing and they can’t control them, but they can control themselves. Without the fair treatment in court, there were many repercussions that occured. People were hurt, upset, and the people involved in the case were affected negatively. To combat this, it is predominant that all courts respect, assist and treat all involved with equality. Similar to the court case Brown V. Board of Education, Plessy V.