Harper Lee portrays the town of Maycomb, Alabama in her American Literature book, To Kill A Mockingbird, for she uses the characters in this novel to explain how her feelings about the world and the . The understanding of To Kill A Mockingbird examines society and culture of racism through the lens of Maycomb. ((((THESIS))))
To Kill A Mockingbird shows racism during different times throughout the book. This includes when Atticus was telling Scout about the nicknames of the blacks in Maycomb. For he said, “nigger-lover is just one of those terms that don't mean anything --like snot nose. It's hard to explain -- ignorant, trashy people use it when they think somebody’s favoring negroes over and above themselve.”( ) which shows that it was normal to give such a name to a person. Scout grew up hearing these names from adults and even the children in her school. These words were said about people she saw and she had no idea that it was bad.
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This quote from a source explains that you can’t judge someone or you can't give them a nickname saying if they are good or bad. If someone does not know someone's characteristics, then they should not have the right to give someone a name that they were not given at birth.
Another reason that To Kill A Mockingbird shows racism throughout the novel is when the children went with Calpurnia to her church. This showed major racism against the whites and then blacks. Many people gave Scout and Jem looks when they went into the black church. Just because they had a different skin color, many people judged them just for going to a church. The churches were even discriminated against all people, for the blacks only went to their church and the whites only went to their