Racism And Discrimination In To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee

Racism and discrimination often steps in between righteousness and justice, causing wrong to become right. In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, A lawyer by the name of Atticus Finch is asked to defend a black man by the name of Tom Robinson who is accused of raping a white woman named Mayella Ewell. She lives with her father Bob Ewell and several children near the dumps of Maycomb. The Ewells are often seen as savages. It doesn't make sense for Atticus to defend Tom Robinson, he should have not defended Tom. Atticus should not have defended Tom because it had threatened him and his children, Jem and Scout. After the trial, Bob Ewell threatens atticus when he “approached him, cursed him, spat on him, and threatened to kill him.”(291,Lee)