To Kill A Mockingbird is a novel that portrays a lot of situations regarding discrimination and prejudice and anyone can write about these situations because it gives you a lot of chances to prove your points. The effect discrimination has on people of Maycomb is a very influential effect. Atticus Finch defending Tom Robinson was an example of discrimination,and the target of discrimination was Tom Robinson.
It was an effect of Discrimination because the citizens of Maycomb didn’t like what Atticus was doing, because a White Man defending a Black man in the 1930’s was a very abnormal and unnatural gesture. Atticus defending Tom Robinson was a very bad decision in the eyes of the …show more content…
The residents of Maycomb discriminate and judge each other by looking at their social reputation. For instance Boo radley is not that active socially and his social reputation portrays him as an evil figure. In reality he is not what people see him as he is an innocent person. Dolphus Raymond’s reputation portrays him as an Alcoholic. In reality he carries cola in his bag not Alcohol. The citizens of Maycomb think he is a drunk because he creates a scene when he’s drunk and out of control. Dolphus Raymond pretends to be a drunk Alcoholic so the residents of Maycomb have an explanation for his behaviour. Dolphus Raymond Married a Black Woman and he lives in a black neighbourhood. Dolphus Raymond lives in a black neighbourhood because he thinks that white people in his neighbourhood are hypocrites. He lives in a black neighbourhood because he is Jaded by their hypocrisy and their unnatural and immature behaviour. To repeat Dolphus Raymond doesn’t like living in a white neighbourhood because they are big hypocrites. He prefers living with …show more content…
This Topic plays a big role in the novel. The Radley house, “A negro would not pass the Radley place at night, he would cut across the sidewalk”. The citizens of Maycomb were afraid of the Radley place because they didn’t know what was inside it. Scout fears the effect of the trial on Atticus. “Atticus is all this behavin and stuff gonna make things different?”. Scout fears how others will treat him after the trial. Tom Robinson fears the racism of the town. “Why did you run?” “I was scared suh, Mr Finch if you were a nigger like me you’d be scared too”. Tom was afraid how racism in the Maycomb town will affect his court case/trial. To Kill A mockingbird shows a lot of situations where Fear of the unknown is used like The Radley Place, Scout’s fear for Atticus and Tom’s fear of Racism affecting his