Examples Of Racism In To Kill A Mockingbird
Dailey Donaldson
To Kill a Mockingbird
“Had your eye on him a long time, hadn’t you boy? (223) These racist words spoken by Harper Lee, strictly represent racism, which is a motif that occurs throughout Harper Lee’s, To Kill a Mockingbird. This time period took place in the 1930’s, therefore the majority of whites were very racist towards the blacks even though the blacks had the right to do what they want. The belief that racism exists is seen from many different ways throughout the book. An example of this would be when Scout joins the missionary group and she says “Excuse me, Mrs. Merriweather, I interrupted, ‘are you talking about Mayella Ewell? ‘May-? ‘No child, that’s darky’s wife, Robinson ma’am. “ (244) Not only calling
To Kill a Mockingbird
“Had your eye on him a long time, hadn’t you boy? (223) These racist words spoken by Harper Lee, strictly represent racism, which is a motif that occurs throughout Harper Lee’s, To Kill a Mockingbird. This time period took place in the 1930’s, therefore the majority of whites were very racist towards the blacks even though the blacks had the right to do what they want. The belief that racism exists is seen from many different ways throughout the book. An example of this would be when Scout joins the missionary group and she says “Excuse me, Mrs. Merriweather, I interrupted, ‘are you talking about Mayella Ewell? ‘May-? ‘No child, that’s darky’s wife, Robinson ma’am. “ (244) Not only calling