Injustice In To Kill A Mockingbird

The unforgettable novel “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee take place in Maycomb County Alabama during the 1930’s. During the time period discrimination towards the black community was huge back then. The novel is told from Jean Louise ‘Scout’ Finch. The whole novel is told from her point of view. Throughout the text Lee establishes the theme of injustice, there are a lot of characters which have to face the obstacle of injustice. The injustice which intrigued me was the one that happened to Atticus. He taught his children the importance of equality and respect. The journey of injustice faced Atticus when he was given a case where a innocent black man is accused of rapeing a young white women. Before the case even went to trial Atticus
knew that justice will not be met, but that does not stop Atticus from doing his best to serve the injustice. This experience affected the whole town but it mostly affects Atticus’s children Jem and Scout who have to deal with kids at school calling atticus a “Nigger Lover”.

Atticus and his family face a lot of criticism and many struggles as we get deeper in the book.
The family faces internal and external struggles. For Jen and Scout most of these struggles happened at school because the kids at school overheard their parents talking about how “Atticus is defending a nigger”. The kids at school teased Jem and Scout about how their dad is a nigger lover. As Atticus is a humble man he told his kids to keep their heads up high because they need to be prepared to hear these type of comments and to not let the comments get to them. The one thing that hit the family hard is when Aunt Alexandra (Atticus's' sister) say that Atticus that he is bringing disgrace to the family name through this sentence Lee establishes that even his own family has lost hope. His struggles began when he is called to do a case by Judge Taylor, where he really is setup for failure. Lee establish’s the idea of racism throughout the town, where people in Maycomb will not even take the time to look into aa negro case, nevertheless believe one is innocent. The community of Maycomb looks at Atticus with judgement making it hard for him and he even develops enemies for example Bob Ewell becomes one of Atticus enemies when he threatens Atticus and his kids, but being the humble person Atticus is he does not let Bob Ewell's words affect him. He still does what he believes is right and tries his hardest to defend Tom. One of the last problem the family faces is when Bob Ewell being
the twisted man he is, he goes after Atticus’s children and tries to take their lives. This event affects the whole town including Atticus for he almost lost his children because he defended a black man.

Another obstacle of injustice Atticus faced was equality injustice during the court trial. He’s aware that they’re going to lose the case regardless, but as proven through his actions and his words, he establishes that even if they lose, it doesn’t mean that it isn’t worth fighting for. As he talks to Scout, she asks “Atticus, are we going to win it?” He replies with, “No, honey.” She continues to ask him “Then why -” and gets cut off by Atticus, who tells her “Simply because we were licked for a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win.” Atticus stands for equality, which is also why he took on Tom Robinson’s case. Atticus is explaining to Scout what a nigger-lover is, and she proceeds to ask him if he really is a nigger-lover, and he responds with, “I certainly am. I do my best to love everybody.” with this quote Lee establishes that Atticus is trying his best to teach his kids