Examples Of Equality In To Kill A Mockingbird
In the Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird argues that the definition of equality is diffrent for diffrent people. There are many different examples of this throughout the story, and that prove that equality still has issues today.
One example that shows the different definitions of equality is how different members of the town reacted to Atticus defending Tom Robinson. While some of the town supported Atticus with defending Tom, and even change their views like Mr. Underwood, who said he would defend Atticus the night some of the town tried to lynch Tom in the jail, and some people in the Cunningham family, since one of the Cunninghams almost acquitted the trial by not agreeing that Tom was guilty. This shows that different people
have different definitions of equality because while some people thought that it was right of Atticus to defend Tom, others thought Atticus had lost his mind and that it was wrong for Tom do really be defended at all, like the people, even children saying Atticus defended negroes, and the mod of men coming to the jail to probably kill Tom.
Another place in the story that supports this is when Mr. Randolph talks to Dill and Scout about how unfair he thinks it is that white people treat black people with no respect. As Mr. Randolph explains to Dill “Cry about the simple hell people give other people- without even thinking. Cry about the hell white people give to colored folks, without even stopping to think they're people too.” This shows that people have different ideas on equality because while most of the people in Maycomb think that Mr. Randolph is eccentric for his at the time, radical beliefs and drunken behavior, he acts the way he dose so that his beliefs aren't questioned.
Harper Lees argument can still be applied to today's society, perhaps not to the extreme extent as in the 30’s, but are still prominent, even within our own age group. Disagreement over which groups should get more funding, and what people deserve more attention are just a few examples of differences in beliefs of equality today.
The examples above support my thematic statement for To Kill a Mockingbird, that in the society of Maycomb, people had different definitions of equality and what that meant for people, and not only how that impacted the people of Maycomb, but also how these differences can impact our society today.
One example that shows the different definitions of equality is how different members of the town reacted to Atticus defending Tom Robinson. While some of the town supported Atticus with defending Tom, and even change their views like Mr. Underwood, who said he would defend Atticus the night some of the town tried to lynch Tom in the jail, and some people in the Cunningham family, since one of the Cunninghams almost acquitted the trial by not agreeing that Tom was guilty. This shows that different people
have different definitions of equality because while some people thought that it was right of Atticus to defend Tom, others thought Atticus had lost his mind and that it was wrong for Tom do really be defended at all, like the people, even children saying Atticus defended negroes, and the mod of men coming to the jail to probably kill Tom.
Another place in the story that supports this is when Mr. Randolph talks to Dill and Scout about how unfair he thinks it is that white people treat black people with no respect. As Mr. Randolph explains to Dill “Cry about the simple hell people give other people- without even thinking. Cry about the hell white people give to colored folks, without even stopping to think they're people too.” This shows that people have different ideas on equality because while most of the people in Maycomb think that Mr. Randolph is eccentric for his at the time, radical beliefs and drunken behavior, he acts the way he dose so that his beliefs aren't questioned.
Harper Lees argument can still be applied to today's society, perhaps not to the extreme extent as in the 30’s, but are still prominent, even within our own age group. Disagreement over which groups should get more funding, and what people deserve more attention are just a few examples of differences in beliefs of equality today.
The examples above support my thematic statement for To Kill a Mockingbird, that in the society of Maycomb, people had different definitions of equality and what that meant for people, and not only how that impacted the people of Maycomb, but also how these differences can impact our society today.