Loneliness In To Kill A Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in Maycomb County, Alabama, during the early 1930s. The Great Depression had taken over the town, leaving the people of Maycomb with little to no hope. The prejudice environment was typical for them.
Scouts difficulty in growing up has to do with all the prejudice she is surrounded by. Her innocence is exposed to the hatred against people of other races such as Tom Robinson, an African American man accused of raping Mayella Ewell, a white woman. Seeing the juror's bias opinion on Tom shows Scout the evilness in her society. Scouts upbringing is influenced by her older brother Jem, who portrays girl things negatively, which causes Scout to avoid acting like society's idea of a girl. “Scout, I'm telling you for the last time, shut your trap or go home- I declare to the Lord you're gettin’ more like a girl …show more content…
No men want to be with a poor girl and no black men want to be with a white girl.
Tom was declared guilty and was sent off to camp. Jem,who thought the jury for sure would support Tom, was startled by the decision. Atticus wishes to make an appeal of the case, but then realizes he will lose again. Bob Ewell, the evil father of Mayella is killed by Boo Radley. When trying to escape camp, Tom is shot 17 times, more than enough to kill him, by unsympathetic guards. After Tom's death, Atticus is given the assignment of delivering the inconsolable news to his loved ones.
To kill a mockingbird shows that good and bad can reside in the same person because of ignorance. The people of Maycomb aren't bad people, but lack knowledge on Tom. Another theme is social inequality, whether it be between men or women or people of color, the concept is shown throughout the book.
The novel transcends southern racial prejudice to conflicts found globally by showing that the discrimination is caused by unawareness of how the injured party actually
Scouts difficulty in growing up has to do with all the prejudice she is surrounded by. Her innocence is exposed to the hatred against people of other races such as Tom Robinson, an African American man accused of raping Mayella Ewell, a white woman. Seeing the juror's bias opinion on Tom shows Scout the evilness in her society. Scouts upbringing is influenced by her older brother Jem, who portrays girl things negatively, which causes Scout to avoid acting like society's idea of a girl. “Scout, I'm telling you for the last time, shut your trap or go home- I declare to the Lord you're gettin’ more like a girl …show more content…
No men want to be with a poor girl and no black men want to be with a white girl.
Tom was declared guilty and was sent off to camp. Jem,who thought the jury for sure would support Tom, was startled by the decision. Atticus wishes to make an appeal of the case, but then realizes he will lose again. Bob Ewell, the evil father of Mayella is killed by Boo Radley. When trying to escape camp, Tom is shot 17 times, more than enough to kill him, by unsympathetic guards. After Tom's death, Atticus is given the assignment of delivering the inconsolable news to his loved ones.
To kill a mockingbird shows that good and bad can reside in the same person because of ignorance. The people of Maycomb aren't bad people, but lack knowledge on Tom. Another theme is social inequality, whether it be between men or women or people of color, the concept is shown throughout the book.
The novel transcends southern racial prejudice to conflicts found globally by showing that the discrimination is caused by unawareness of how the injured party actually