All Men Are Created Equal In To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee

In the story, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Harper Lee exercises quotes from the United States constitution. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.” This quote applies to the theme of “To Kill a Mockingbird.” “All men are created equal,” is a quote that has been put into our constitution, but not enforced. Through the use of setting and point of view, the author proves that no matter what people say, all men are not created equal. Lee uses the setting, of a small town in the 1930s, to show that during this time period, although we said, “all men are created equal,” not all men were treated equally. During the story a man, Tom Robinson, is brought to trial for the rape of a young woman, Mayella Ewell. If Tom is