To Kill A Mockingbird Social Injustice Analysis

In To kill a mockingbird, Harper Lee tried to describe several social injustice issues that affected a number of people in the book including Tom Robinson. Tom Robinson’s case was an important incident that showed the negative injustice in Maycomb. On the other hand, Harper showed how Atticus involvement in Tom’s case was rejected from the society due to racism. Maycomb’s setting was a major factor that contributed in the delivery of the message of social injustice. Harper Lee tried to portray the negative impact of social injustice that was occurring in Maycomb county during 1960s.

Tom Robinson's case was a major, yet effective conflict that exhibited the negative impact of social injustice. The trial judgment

Although Atticus exerted so much effort and tried his best to give Tom the best defence to prove he is innocent, however, the jury still found him guilty all because of his colour. This expresses the ethnic injustice in the society of Maycomb. Furthermore, some people in Maycomb wanted to help Tom but they were afraid from the society judgments. When Alexandra said “I mean this town, they are perfectly willing to let him do what they are too afraid to do themselve- it might lose them a nickel. They are perfectly willing to let him wreak his health doing what they are too afraid to to do (Lee,p.316). Variety of people had the motive to stand and help Tom because they knew that he was innocent. Unfortunately, their fear of the society judgments stopped them and hesitated them from letting their voices be heard. For this reason, they wanted Atticus to stand against the law and defend Tom because they knew that Atticus would accept the case and try his best to prove Tom Robinson’s innocence. They knew that Atticus had different mentality and beliefs that differs from the rest of the society. They knew that Atticus would do everything that they are afraid to do. In some people perspective, they think that if they raised their voices and helped Tom, they would

Maycomb is a small town in the South of America in 1960s where blacks and poor people were segregated as many southerners. The writer mentions how people were classified based on class structure and how people treated each other differently “ The thing about is, our kind of folks don’t like the Cunningham, the Cunningham don’t like the Ewells, and the Ewells hate and despise the coloured folks (Lee,p.303). In Maycomb, most people tend to be judgmental and intolerant, excluding other people from the community. Poor and black people had exceptional neighbourhood to prevent them from interacting with other people who are higher than them. People of different classes hated each other for vary reasons. Rich hated poor, poor did not like disrespectful people and disrespectful people despised and hated black people. No doubt of the biased classification since Maycomb is located in America, particularly in the South where people there are racist to each other, especially to black community. So, as a result of living in the South, people had that ethnic racist mentality to other people. This expresses the negative impact of social injustice towards black and poor people. Regarding Maycomb society, citizens in the society were also racist to black people. Black people did not have the same rights as white people. In the case of Tom Robinson, they refused to set up a trail to