Similarities Between 'To Kill A Mockingbird And The Lottery'

For my final project, I decided to create an art piece that represented what makes people evil. I chose to show Clay Derby from Copper Sun, Bob Ewell from To Kill a Mockingbird, and a character from The Lottery to show this. These three people all showed a lack of empathy and I drew a head that was split into the three people. The blindfold that is covering their eyes symbolizes the blindness to others’ feelings. Their selfishness is something that you don’t just see in books, but it relates to real life. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Bob Ewell shows an evil side to Tom Robinson. He shows blindness to Tom’s feelings when he blames him for raping his daughter. He doesn’t think about what would happen to Tom and his family. Ewell knows that Tom will be sentenced to death but he still blames him without taking Tom’s feelings into consideration.
Even if your sister was chosen to be stoned to death, you would still do it because it wasn’t you that was selected. They didn’t think about the position that Tessie Hutchinson was in because they were blind to her feelings and her thoughts. This story also shows that the evil in everyone is just waiting to emerge and when it does, you don’t think of anyone but yourself. Finally, In Copper Sun by Sharon Draper, Clay Derby show his evil side towards Amari. Clay uses Amari (Myna) for his pleasure and doesn’t think about maybe what she is feeling. At some parts he does ask what she is thinking but in the end he doesn’t really care. He is blinded by his own needs to actually do anything to benefit her. Clay claims she is “the only real thing he has”, but he doesn’t treat her like she is real. He treats her with no