How Does Tom Robinson Use Prejudice In To Kill A Mockingbird
In To Kill a Mockingbird, race becomes a theme when people choose to stereotype and label as an excuse for being afraid. To Kill A Mockingbird tells the story of two children living in the town of Maycomb, Alabama. Race is a theme when their father, Atticus Finch, a well regarded lawyer, decides to defend a black man accused of a crime. In Maycomb, race is a person’s exterior appearance, and false description of who a person is, rather than who they truly are. Everything related to Tom Robinson’s trial is fueled by fear. ln To Kill a Mockingbird, characters choose to involve race, because they’re afraid of the truth. Tom Robinson is a black man wrongly accused of crime and defended by Atticus Finch. Atticus is admired in Maycomb, but after he decides to defend Robinson, he is poorly looked upon. Tom Robinson was convicted for the crime
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She asked her whether he is a kind person or not, if she loves him.
‘He does tollable, ‘cept when--’
‘Except when?’
Mayella looked at her father, who was sitting with his chair tipped against the railing. He sat up straight and waited for her to answer.
‘Except when nothin’,’ said Mayella (Harper, 208-209)
After atticus says, “Why don’t you tell the truth, child, did Bob Ewell beat you up?” Mayella was furious inside after her testimony directed at both Atticus and her father. She was battling whether to tell the honest truth or sentencing an innocent man to death but taking the wrath from her father. She liked this man, and had a relationship with him but her father wouldn’t approve of a black man nor would Maycomb for that matter. In To Kill a Mockingbird, this idea of fear displays itself throughout the story. This fear drives characters to explore various actions of anger, as Mayella and Bob Ewell do. Fear drives the town of Maycomb to act racist as if race is the issue. These people choose to stereotype and label, rather than accept that they're afraid of the
She asked her whether he is a kind person or not, if she loves him.
‘He does tollable, ‘cept when--’
‘Except when?’
Mayella looked at her father, who was sitting with his chair tipped against the railing. He sat up straight and waited for her to answer.
‘Except when nothin’,’ said Mayella (Harper, 208-209)
After atticus says, “Why don’t you tell the truth, child, did Bob Ewell beat you up?” Mayella was furious inside after her testimony directed at both Atticus and her father. She was battling whether to tell the honest truth or sentencing an innocent man to death but taking the wrath from her father. She liked this man, and had a relationship with him but her father wouldn’t approve of a black man nor would Maycomb for that matter. In To Kill a Mockingbird, this idea of fear displays itself throughout the story. This fear drives characters to explore various actions of anger, as Mayella and Bob Ewell do. Fear drives the town of Maycomb to act racist as if race is the issue. These people choose to stereotype and label, rather than accept that they're afraid of the