Racism And Injustice In To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee
The Town of Maycomb and Its Choices
Most Literature is influenced by where a book is written and the situation where it was created in. In The case of “To Kill a Mockingbird”, Harper Lee was influenced by the racism and injustice in Alabama 1933. “To Kill a Mockingbird”, Harper Lee sets the book in the town of Maycomb during the great depression this effects many of the choices character’s made. Harper Lee’s story is filled with many families who were driven to poverty, many examples of racism in Alabama and their effect on many lives and how the rural isolation in Maycomb tributes to the Maycomb’s society.
In “To Kill a Mockingbird” money is rarely mentioned at all, few kids had bikes, and even less families had cars. Scout and Jem never …show more content…
Racism is the belief that a race is superior or inferior to another race with the justification of social status or human characteristics. Tom Robinson a negro who was tried in Maycomb court on an alleged rape charge but was not given his innocence because of racism in Maycomb, this trial was the light that illuminated the social flaws of 1933 to Scout, Jem, Dill, and the rest of Maycomb. If there was no racism Tom would still be alive and Bob Ewell would instead be the one who serves time in jail. Mr. Dolphus Raymond’s storyline is effected by racism as he is seen by the white community as a drunk who married a black woman and is treated like an outcast because he associates himself with a lower social status “When I come to town, … if I weave a little and drink out of this sack, folks can say Dolphus Raymond's in the clutches of whiskey—that's why he won't change his ways. He can't help himself, that's why he lives the way he does" (Chapter 20) Mr. Raymond pretends to drink whiskey so people leave him be If it were not for racism Mr. Raymond would not need to pretend to drink at all he could live his life as he wants. Tom Robinson and Dolphus Raymond’s stories were altered by the racism in Maycomb this shows how much racism is embedded in Harper Lee’s, depiction of Alabama 1933 and the influence racism had on many of the characters and
Most Literature is influenced by where a book is written and the situation where it was created in. In The case of “To Kill a Mockingbird”, Harper Lee was influenced by the racism and injustice in Alabama 1933. “To Kill a Mockingbird”, Harper Lee sets the book in the town of Maycomb during the great depression this effects many of the choices character’s made. Harper Lee’s story is filled with many families who were driven to poverty, many examples of racism in Alabama and their effect on many lives and how the rural isolation in Maycomb tributes to the Maycomb’s society.
In “To Kill a Mockingbird” money is rarely mentioned at all, few kids had bikes, and even less families had cars. Scout and Jem never …show more content…
Racism is the belief that a race is superior or inferior to another race with the justification of social status or human characteristics. Tom Robinson a negro who was tried in Maycomb court on an alleged rape charge but was not given his innocence because of racism in Maycomb, this trial was the light that illuminated the social flaws of 1933 to Scout, Jem, Dill, and the rest of Maycomb. If there was no racism Tom would still be alive and Bob Ewell would instead be the one who serves time in jail. Mr. Dolphus Raymond’s storyline is effected by racism as he is seen by the white community as a drunk who married a black woman and is treated like an outcast because he associates himself with a lower social status “When I come to town, … if I weave a little and drink out of this sack, folks can say Dolphus Raymond's in the clutches of whiskey—that's why he won't change his ways. He can't help himself, that's why he lives the way he does" (Chapter 20) Mr. Raymond pretends to drink whiskey so people leave him be If it were not for racism Mr. Raymond would not need to pretend to drink at all he could live his life as he wants. Tom Robinson and Dolphus Raymond’s stories were altered by the racism in Maycomb this shows how much racism is embedded in Harper Lee’s, depiction of Alabama 1933 and the influence racism had on many of the characters and